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Posted by BigDaddy on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 6:39 PM

dfdf1995

Opinion of the Life-Like model please. Im considering using it but have not seen one except in poor pictures. Thanks

This thread is 14 years old and your question is very specific.  Steve Otte will not charge you if you start a brand new thread about the Life Like model.  There are Maryland modelers here who may be familiar with that model.  Weathering makes all commercial models look better.

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Posted by BRVRR on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 3:18 PM

The "New" Black River Station:

Built from a highly modified Bachmann Franford Junction Kit.

Remember its your railroad

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Posted by dfdf1995 on Monday, December 26, 2022 8:59 PM

Opinion of the Life-Like model please. Im considering using it but have not seen one except in poor pictures. Thanks

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Posted by dfdf1995 on Monday, December 26, 2022 8:54 PM

CSX_road_slug

Sykesville, MD station - the model (by LifeLike, OOP): 

...the prototype, after being converted to a restaurant:

 

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Posted by C&O Fan on Sunday, August 31, 2008 7:36 PM
 twhite wrote:

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Terry:  I really love that station of yours.  Is it based on the station at Thurmond, WVA?  Reason I ask, is that the combo railroad-highway bridge on the branch leading across the river sure reminds me of an article in this month's TRAINS magazine.  But it's just a beautiful job.  Really, REALLY like it!

Tom Big Smile [:D] 

Yes Tom it is !

Thurmond is the focal point of my layout the branch line going across the river is The Loup Creek Branch which in the real world does lead to the other station and the town of Mt Hope
the Station has been turned into a museum by the National Parks Department

It now sports a bright yellow paint job

http://www.wvepostcards.com/postcards/?picture=/pimages/p7005.jpg

 

I had to Shorten my version to make the whole scene work

In this photo you can see the mirror i use to make the tracks seem as though the continue past the station

You can download the drawings for the station here and you can see how long the real thing is

http://www.wva-usa.com/newsite/www.wvrailroads.com/drawings/thurmond-depot/

The combo bridge is really there but the freight house behind the depot burned down in the late 50s

 

 

 

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Posted by twhite on Sunday, August 31, 2008 6:58 PM

Crandell:  Thank you for your kind words.  Unfortunately, my Deer Creek station, which is the same as yours (I love those kits!) can only be photographed from the back, as the only way I could position it in the Deer Creek yards to face the mainline tracks was about 5" from the backdrop Shock [:O].  Maybe I can set the camera on the tracks facing the station and pray as I snap the shutter, LOL! 

Terry:  I really love that station of yours.  Is it based on the station at Thurmond, WVA?  Reason I ask, is that the combo railroad-highway bridge on the branch leading across the river sure reminds me of an article in this month's TRAINS magazine.  But it's just a beautiful job.  Really, REALLY like it!

Tom Big Smile [:D] 

 

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Posted by galaxy on Sunday, August 31, 2008 2:22 PM

Some dandy looking stations guys!

Some are great looking, and some, oh boy, dare I say, "cute" on this forum?Wink [;)]

I have one of these stations posted, bought at a show. Think I will "customize" it. I also have one that is a small country dual station that I did already customize, though it's not as cute as the one above.

Great jobs, guys.

Keep 'em coming!

-G .

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Posted by Renegade1c on Sunday, August 31, 2008 1:16 AM

 shayfan84325 wrote:
Here's mine, built from a Grizzly Flats Depot craftsman kit:Photobucket

 That is a fun kit to build. I also have built a version of this kit. It is a beautiful model. I also did a full interior for it but unfortunately I permanently attached the roof because of all the little details.

Here is a picture:


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Posted by selector on Sunday, August 31, 2008 12:45 AM

Two more great images showing your super layout, Tom.  Wow.  I love the rock work.  But I see a great deal in your first image, and your station is nestled right in there as if on a post card.  Nicely done. Bow [bow]

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Posted by Flashwave on Saturday, August 30, 2008 10:37 PM

It;s not minge, but I love the Easdt Bend Station at Naptown Club. I had the opportunity to watch it rise from the cardboard tracing ground into something that photgraphs magnificently. Except when I have the camera it seems. A tad blurry.

 

I lovee your guy's work

-Morgan

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Posted by howmus on Saturday, August 30, 2008 8:30 PM

The SLOW Station at Hopewell Junction:

 

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by twhite on Saturday, August 30, 2008 6:58 PM

Aw, you guys--Terry, Crandell, Wayne, Garry--everyone.  Such terrific stations. 

I've got four on the Yuba River Sub--the largest is the same design as Crandell's--mine's from an old AHM "Ophir Station" kit, two of them, in Sierra City and Wagon Wheel Gap are old AHM "Arlee" station kits, and one of them is a little flagstop station from a WS metal kit at Bassett's. 

Unfortunately, the closest thing I have to a close-up photo is the station at Wagon Wheel Gap:

 

Here's one of Bassett's--but you kind of have to look close to find it:

But wow, you guys have STATIONS!! Bow [bow]

Tom Smile [:)]

 

 

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Saturday, August 30, 2008 5:58 PM

This is a great thread. I like all the pictures so far.

Here's my Prairie View Depot. I had a very similar picture published in Trackside Photos of MR's Oct 2007 edition. Wow.... it's been a year already!

GARRY

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Posted by nbrodar on Saturday, August 30, 2008 5:12 PM

Great looking stations everyone.  Here are mine.

Basically a stock LL Main Line Station, with added platforms:

A kitbashed Atlas station:

And some heavily modified DPM modules:

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Posted by russstraw on Friday, August 29, 2008 1:53 PM

You do great work, Russ. Ever write about it? Especially interested in that T-29 you did.

Thanks Andre. It has been quite a while since I submitted anything for publication. I may write something about the T-29 Ten Wheeler for The N Scale Steam Locomotive Information Book put out by the NTRAK organization. Until then there is a thread on another forum where I covered a little of the process.

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Posted by Kenfolk on Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:47 PM
The Sykesville, MD station reminds me of my favorite, the old Point of Rocks station (I have some photos of the prototype somewhere, but haven't found them--they were taken in the '80's on color slide film). Someday  I'd like to try to scratchbuild something like it for my layout.

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Thursday, August 28, 2008 8:54 PM
Hi all: This is probably my favorite of the two. 
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Posted by selector on Thursday, August 28, 2008 5:01 PM

Wayne and Terry.  Thanks millions, fellas.  You made my day!!  Smile [:)]

-Crandell

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Posted by andrechapelon on Thursday, August 28, 2008 4:51 PM
 russstraw wrote:

 

 

You do great work, Russ. Ever write about it? Especially interested in that T-29 you did.

 

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showphoto.php/photo/92922

 

Andre

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Posted by wm3798 on Thursday, August 28, 2008 4:18 PM

Prototype Cumberland Station circa 1989, looking much as it did when the WM stopped using it in 1975...

And my "work in progress"...

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Posted by Guilford Guy on Thursday, August 28, 2008 4:03 PM

Crawford Notch Station in New Hampshire. I forget who makes the kit.

I've used walthers stations for awhile and am working on scratchbuilding my own.

 

 

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Posted by CNJ831 on Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:54 PM

Seen here is the track-spanning main station (a rather unique kitbash) serving the city of Jacksboro, NY, on the Hudson Highlands Railroad. The scene is not fully completed, nor superdetailed, as yet.

CNJ831

 

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Posted by shayfan84325 on Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:36 PM
Here's mine, built from a Grizzly Flats Depot craftsman kit:Photobucket

Phil,
I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.

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Posted by C&O Fan on Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:53 AM

 PASMITH wrote:
Terry, that is some excellent work.

Peter Smith, Memphis

 

Thank you !  Peter

Here's a link to see how the first one was built

http://cs.trains.com/forums/1509431/ShowPost.aspx

 

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Posted by C&O Fan on Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:50 AM
 selector wrote:

Great modelling evident here. Cool [8D] I dont think I have anything to compare favourably, but this is what I have.

You're just too modest it's a great looking station

But i really like the way you took the photo

 

I would love to see the same photo with the turntable rotated so the gallows

frames the station and the loco

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Posted by doctorwayne on Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:37 AM
 selector wrote:

Great modelling evident here. Cool [8D] I dont think I have anything to compare favourably, but this is what I have.

Another great looking scene, Crandell.

Wayne 

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Posted by selector on Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:59 AM

Great modelling evident here. Cool [8D] I dont think I have anything to compare favourably, but this is what I have.

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Posted by steamage on Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:46 AM


Burbank Depot was a favorite place to hang out during my youth. Had to build a model of it 40 years later.

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Posted by PASMITH on Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:43 AM
Terry, that is some excellent work.

Peter Smith, Memphis

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