DigitalGriffin Ya might be a rivet counter if you complain that your fireman and your engineer in the cab have all their fingers. -Humbly signed A rivet counter in training.
Ya might be a rivet counter if you complain that your fireman and your engineer in the cab have all their fingers.
-Humbly signed
A rivet counter in training.
That is awesome!
Alvie
You might be a rivet counter if you put a couple drops of Diesel on your Diesel locomotive display base...
I gave up counting rivets because I would loose count and have to start all over again.
Now see, I lost count again!
One, two, three, four...
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
I tried to be a rivet counter, but I could not pass the higher level math classes that were needed for the Master Rivet Counter degree.
Ken G Price My N-Scale Layout
Digitrax Super Empire Builder Radio System. South Valley Texas Railroad. SVTRR
N-Scale out west. 1996-1998 or so! UP, SP, Missouri Pacific, C&NW.
"And the scale kitchen has real working pizza ovens..in scale, of course"
....pepperoni counters!!
Mine doesn't move.......it's at the station!!!
blownout cylinder And the scale kitchen has real working pizza ovens..in scale, of course
And the scale kitchen has real working pizza ovens..in scale, of course
.....Pepperoni counters!!!
Ya might be a rivet counter if you have delegated the counting of rivets to the kids or grandkids to "teach them right"!
Ya might be rivet counter, if you've ever used "Don't give up the Ship" and ' Grab Irons' in the same sentence.
"Mess with the best, die like the rest" -U.S. Marine Corp
MINRail (Minessota Rail Transportaion Corp.) - "If they got rid of the weeds what would hold the rails down?"
And yes I am 17.
Unfortunately, no, it's about 5x too big. Assuming the American scale of 1:20.3 for G (makign the track 3ft narrow gauge), Z scale worksout to be about 5.2" gauge in G. Maybe for a large outdoor live steam display, but not for representign somethign like a G scale layout in G scale. T gauge is close to old Lionel Standard gauge in G.
Oh oh, I think I just became a rivet counter...
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
Visit my web site at www.readingeastpenn.com for construction updates, DCC Info, and more.
You might be a rivet counter if you build a dollhouse from a daughter / granddaughter and include a dollhouse scale HO layout in one of the bedrooms.
Also, if the dollhouse has a Christmas tree, you might be a rivet counting roundy-roundy if there is a train running around the tree. (Could Z scale work for a dollhouse scale G Christmas tree train set? )
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Gabe,
I almost fell over Laughing on that one, thinking that the Christmas Tree lights going real dim on a train hitting a 2.5% grade!!!!! OMG!!!! ROFL!!!!
Perfect Picture, A future YouTube must!!!! (that only MRR's would get!) Please!!
Ya might be A Roundy Roundy, if your electrical system includes a christmas Tree.
And to every body else
tschwarz Ya might be a rivet counter if you make scale meals to put on the plates in the dining car.
Ya might be a rivet counter if you make scale meals to put on the plates in the dining car.
I resemble that....I've used a spot of yellow glue to represent mashed potatoes. Looked ok, but tasted horrible.
Wayne
Modeling HO Freelance Logging Railroad.
IRONROOSTER tschwarz: Ya might be a rivet counter if you make scale meals to put on the plates in the dining car. And the scale waiter's scale pitcher pours scale water into the scale glasses. Enjoy Paul
tschwarz: Ya might be a rivet counter if you make scale meals to put on the plates in the dining car.
And the scale waiter's scale pitcher pours scale water into the scale glasses.
Enjoy
Paul
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
rrinker And if you are bored you can buy a sheet and actually COUNT the rivets. --Randy
And if you are bored you can buy a sheet and actually COUNT the rivets.
4382
(Just kidding....)
Modeling the Pittsburgh Division of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from Glenwood Yard to New Castle Yard following the old P&W Mainline.
Visit my website at: http://www.baltimoreandohiorr.com
G Paine Attention rivet counters! There is a cure to your frustration. Micro-Mark sells decals with raised 3D rivets, so it is now easy to correct all those un-prototypical riviets. http://www.micromark.com/ho-scale-decals-with-raised-3d-rivets-and-other-surface-details,9968.html (one small problem, all the rivets are round head, nothing for other rivet shapes )
Attention rivet counters! There is a cure to your frustration.
Micro-Mark sells decals with raised 3D rivets, so it is now easy to correct all those un-prototypical riviets.
http://www.micromark.com/ho-scale-decals-with-raised-3d-rivets-and-other-surface-details,9968.html
(one small problem, all the rivets are round head, nothing for other rivet shapes )
AAARRRRRAAAAAAGGGHH!!!!!! Not fair!!!!!
Ya might be a Rivet Counter if the rivets you counted were FAKE press-on ones!
dehusman Ironically, I am one of very few modelers that would ever even have to worry about that, since I model 1900-1905 and link and pin couplers were replaced by 1906 in interchange. Most models are in the 1950 or newer range so most of their engineers would have never seen a working link and pin coupler, let alone get their fingers squished in one.
Ironically, I am one of very few modelers that would ever even have to worry about that, since I model 1900-1905 and link and pin couplers were replaced by 1906 in interchange. Most models are in the 1950 or newer range so most of their engineers would have never seen a working link and pin coupler, let alone get their fingers squished in one.
Link and Pin couplers....
and...
Modern motormen can still encounter these couplers on the museum trains.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
ya might be a Rivet Counter, if you've ever reffered to John Allen as a wannabe modeler.
Might not get your fingers crushed in a coupler but my ex father-in-law's dad was a passenger conductor and lost a leg in train service in the 40's.
I guess I'm not a rivet counter - I tried to set a year of 1956 for my layout but I need covered hoppers for my cement plant and the home road were all DIY until 1957. I have the old issue of MR where it was shown how to build the DIY versions from old coal hoppers, just like they really did it, but yikes, the idea of building a few dozen... already tried the trick of using parts from a covered hopper kit but they do not fit and it would be at least as much work to fix that as build the roof per the article. I suppose this means it's a good time to learn casting and mold making.
If your layout has static grass trimmed to the exact height of a nearby lawnmower model, you might be a rivet counter...
You might be a rivet counter if you (I) didn't realize what 'Roundy Rounder' meant till now..
You might be a rivet counter when you get upset after seeing a thread titled "You might be a rivet counter..."
Ya might be a Rivet counter, if you divorced your wife because she gave you an un-protipical Locomotive
Good Jobs guys
You might be a Rivet Counter if.....
Your wife has a recipe for HO scale pork chops
(dedicated to those who model any pre-hamburger era)
You might be a Roundy-Rounder if you tell others the size of your layout by the number of TRAIN SETs you have!
BOB H - Clarion, PA