Jagger69
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
Thanks for this, amigo! :thumbsup:
Model railroading....
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Thanks for this, amigo! :thumbsup:
Jack Davenport
Banned
Well it looks like Sam ****** with the fishes again. I kinda liked the latest version of Sam.
Jagger69
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
Well, "liked" is going a bit far but he certainly seemed to be a kinder, gentler version of Bad Sam. Xanax maybe?? :dunno:
tartanterrier
Is somewhere outhere.
Some of you would love this:
http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/
The largest model railway in the world! In Hamburg, Germany. This thing is awesome! They have modeled and tried to copy places from all over the world, even great landscapes and all like mountains and the Grand Canyon. Haven't been there yet, but I want to someday.
I took my *** to see this a few years ago,as he has a North American N-gauge theme in the loft - it was tremendous.
Vanilla Bear
Bears For Life
Yeah and it is still growing so after a couple years you can see lots of new things now again.
BioDefenseGrad
Banned
I think the fun is in creating the little towns for the trains to pass through, and not the trains themselves. No?
Rey C.
Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
I've never built one but I've seen several that made me stand there for over an hour without moving... like a mesmerized *** caught in a trance. There was a decent setup with several trains at a small, local railroad museum, but a fire wiped it out about three years ago. There is a big set of them at a larger railroad museum about an hour away from me. I don't know anything about railroads (real ones or the hobby scale), but the next time I'm in that area, this thread makes me want to go stare at them for an hour or two.
If you build one, Rev, how about taking some pictures of the progress and show them to us in stages?
Mr. Daystar
In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
Rey C.
Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
For the past 4 or 5 years, I've been saying that I'm going to build a floor-to-ceiling display case for my diecast race car collection (from 1/43 to 1/18, I have hundreds of them). When I built this house, I added a room specifically for that purpose. But kind of like a sandwich that won't make itself, there has been 0 progress on the display. I even drew out the design in AutoCAD! But somebody's lazy ass won't make a materials list and come up with a plan to build it. Shameful!
All that to say, don't let too much time pass before you set to work on this, or years (a decade) will pass and you'll wish that you'd done it.
All that to say, don't let too much time pass before you set to work on this, or years (a decade) will pass and you'll wish that you'd done it.
Mr. Daystar
In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
In all seriousness....check into the work of, and available measured drawings from, Norm Abrahms, and "The New Yankee Workshop". He may have already made something that will work for you, and they sell the materials list, with a measured drawing. Or they used to...might not be on the air anymore. he was on PBS. He's the chubby guy, that used to do all of the work Bob Vila took credit for, on his show.
I actually have a few 1/48th scale die cast tractor trailers, and construction equipment models I would like to sell to an "O" gauge railroad modeler...but I paid a lot, and no one wants to give me a decent buck for them.
bahodeme
Closed Account
^^^^^^^^
His show is not on the PBS stations in my area. It depends on the viewers and whether there is enough contributions. He still does some work on This Old House occasionally.
But here is their website - http://www.newyankee.com/
His show is not on the PBS stations in my area. It depends on the viewers and whether there is enough contributions. He still does some work on This Old House occasionally.
But here is their website - http://www.newyankee.com/
I have a friend who actually re-creates historic trains in scale (not sure which, the train cars are around 10 inches long). He's quite well known for it. He makes everything from nothing - builds all the parts, shapes all the metal, creates electric transistors, all of it. He's a master. He has a section of New York city from something like 1924 or something that is historically accurate. Four levels of trains (surface, elevated, two deep subways). He has all the buildings/subway stops/etc. made correct to the period. Model railroading is not something that I thought I'd find interesting. But I took my **** over to see his set up (entire basement is taken up with this installation, about 1200 square feet), and I enjoyed it way more than the **** did, I think. Very cool. The attention to detail is remarkable.
Also, he made a train that goes around the perimeter of his property (5 acres). Through trees, through his orchard, across the lawn, even a crossing with working guards across the driveway. He made it to take his grandkids around. Every *** in the world would love this guy.
Also, he made a train that goes around the perimeter of his property (5 acres). Through trees, through his orchard, across the lawn, even a crossing with working guards across the driveway. He made it to take his grandkids around. Every *** in the world would love this guy.
Mr. Daystar
In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
Sounds like a true artisan. I would LOVE to have a "G"-scale, or garden scale railroad...if I lived in Arizona, or somewhere like that.
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