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Sunday photo fun 01/07

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 8, 2007 8:50 AM

That is a great forest, Daan.

 Frank, it is scary to see those great post-war engines go around those curves. This looks like a dumb question: How do you know the trains are safe and not going to fall? Did you pre-run them especially on the curves before you finalized things?

Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.

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Posted by Frank53 on Monday, January 8, 2007 9:03 AM

Daan:

Those scenes are excellent. I am struggling with foliage and trees. I don't have a knack for it. Yours look very real.

Doug:

Yes, the bridges are a bit scary looking. I have run some trains in full-tilt boogie mode around both and they are very sturdy. However, as much as I hate to, I will probably be scrapping both of those bridges. On the one which is stained, I made the mistake of making the bents too upright. I need a wider base and I am going to rebuild this according to a new plan with a broader base, angles sides and a walkway at track level.

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Posted by daan on Monday, January 8, 2007 12:09 PM

@Frank, you don't need to scrap those bridges because of a base being too small, in real life, they used sometimes extra beams angular to the structure to give extra basewidth.

AWM 120511

Like this..

Daan. I'm Dutch, but only by country...
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Posted by thatboy37 on Monday, January 8, 2007 12:58 PM
nice pics everyone keep up the great work.
LIVE LIFE AS IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LIFE TO LIVE ! UNTIL NEXT TIME PEACE !!! REGGIE thatboy37@hotmail.com
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Posted by RR Redneck on Monday, January 8, 2007 1:31 PM
Good lookin pictures y'all.

Lionel collector, stuck in an N scaler's modelling space.

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