Detailed Wood Models Capture The Real Thing AG WORLD 30-3-22 When something catches Harvey Waldron's eye, it's often old, unusual and of the tractor, truck or steam engine variety. If it really tickles his fancy, he's likely to "capture the item" in a mini version. Over the years, Waldron has made 46 wooden models and most of them are on display at his Crystal, Michigan home. He uses walnut, cherry, maple and sometimes mahogany to create his works of art, making the wheels on the band saw, and using the rest of his shop tools to cut out and drill parts, before gluing them together. Waldron painted some of them, but left the rest in natural wood. "I use a magazine or calendar picture of whatever it is that I'm going to make, and look at that while making it. It's usually something unusual," he says. "I try to make them as close to the pictures as possible, but sometimes I have to guess at one side of them. I've made them all similar in size." The collection ranges from steam engines to tractors, trucks, and threshing machines. "I can turn one out a week if I want to," he says. "I've done up to six a year. Each one is different from the other but they're not like some you see that are perfect. People seem to like them." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Harvey Waldron, 1327 N. Pine Grove Rd., Crystal, Mich. 48818 (ph 989 235-4753).

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