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Re-Creating Post War Catalog Covers

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MartyE
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Posted by MartyE on Sunday, October 15, 2006 8:31 AM
I think someone said it on another thread...Right Click...Set as Desktop Background...  ENJOY!

Trying to update my avatar since 2020 Laugh

MartyE and Kodi the Husky Dog! ( 3/31/90-9/28/04 ) www.MartyE.com My O Gauge Web Page and Home of Kodiak Junction!

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1688torpedo
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Posted by 1688torpedo on Friday, October 13, 2006 9:23 PM
Frank- Your photo's are superb.And, I can see why the 726 is your favorite. Your's looks like it is very clean & taken care of........Take Care
Keith Woodworth........Seat Belts save lives,Please drive safely.
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 13, 2006 11:38 AM
Wow!  Simply beautiful pictures!  What more can I say?
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cnw1995
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Posted by cnw1995 on Friday, October 13, 2006 8:35 AM
What a great idea, Frank! And you have the engines to pull it off. Nicely done.

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

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dwiemer
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Posted by dwiemer on Friday, October 13, 2006 8:11 AM

Nice shots and engines Frank.  I am planning on taking some pictures of some old Lionel Catalog covers and reducing them to make billboards out of them.  an idea I read on one of these posts.  Lionel should jump on this and make these available. 

Keep up the good work

dennis

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Blueberryhill RR
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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Friday, October 13, 2006 7:21 AM

Frank.....those are really nice pictures of great trains.

Chuck

Chuck # 3 I found my thrill on Blueberryhill !!
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jimhaleyscomet
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Posted by jimhaleyscomet on Friday, October 13, 2006 7:01 AM
When you click on reply the pictures get really big and WOW!

WOW!, WOW!, WOW!

Jim H
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Jumijo
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Posted by Jumijo on Friday, October 13, 2006 5:53 AM
Too nice for words, Frank. You have some great trains there. Great photos.

Jim

Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale

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Frank53
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Re-Creating Post War Catalog Covers
Posted by Frank53 on Thursday, October 12, 2006 9:34 PM

I've been plotting out my website and decided to use photo layouts from a few of the more recognizable post war Lionel catalogs as page graphics.Including these two:

I had enough of the more recognizable post war classics and mocked it up on the kitchen counter:

Realizing I don't have the ability or equipment to do this well, I had a friend of mine who is a professionoal photographer shoot a few layouts for me:

This is just my favorite engine ever:

 

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