gmpullman There was a request in the "Show Me Something" thread asking for a girl covered steam engine... Well, I had to oblige— Actually, PRR DID do a photo-shoot with a lady gracing the front of a J1.
There was a request in the "Show Me Something" thread asking for a girl covered steam engine...
Well, I had to oblige—
Actually, PRR DID do a photo-shoot with a lady gracing the front of a J1.
The original "Rosie and the Rivetters" Not !!
Johnboy out.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
On my now-departed layout I had a rather thick tree with a couple small windows and a door in it. One window was open and I had an Elf there talking to another Elf on the ground. A small sign over the door said KEEBLER. It will be a part of my new layout.
Living in the country I can truly appreciate Steve's cows! I see that almost every day. Good fences are NOT a priority here.
Roger Huber
Deer Creek Locomotive Works
Nope.
Portable toilets have the name of the company on them. I've got a bunch of them labeled "Lawyer's Can Service". I've also got a portable toilet servicing truck lettered "Lawyer's Can Service - Call a Lawyer to Clean Your Can".
I've also got two companies, Canine American and Feline American. The latter's motto: "Cat tested. Cat approved."
Steven Otte Though it's not as whimsical as, say, a dinosaur in the woods, I do have one funny scene. There's a cow pasture where one corner of the fence has toppled, and cows are wandering out through the gap. The next scene over, a cow is chowing down in a cornfield. Farther down, a couple more cows drink from a pond. There are loose cows as far as two towns away. I came up with the idea when I decided to move the pasture, but I had already poured the pond, so the two cows with their feet in the water had to stay behind. So I needed a reason for them to be there.
Though it's not as whimsical as, say, a dinosaur in the woods, I do have one funny scene. There's a cow pasture where one corner of the fence has toppled, and cows are wandering out through the gap. The next scene over, a cow is chowing down in a cornfield. Farther down, a couple more cows drink from a pond. There are loose cows as far as two towns away. I came up with the idea when I decided to move the pasture, but I had already poured the pond, so the two cows with their feet in the water had to stay behind. So I needed a reason for them to be there.
That's great Steve, thinking of adding a water rescue scene. Unless you're operating, people (especially kids) like to se the trains run and find these little scenes.
Gary
Here is a whimsical scene. .... Note the name of the truck company on the side of the trailer. Also, note the name of the towing company on the large blue tow truck.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
rrinker the law firm of Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe.
the law firm of Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe.
YES! What an awesome idea! I'd love to be a juror on on one of their trials!
This car stops at ALL railroad crossings!
My newly Created Bear Shaking the out house scene
was a big hit with the visitors this weekend
Here's the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9pC7PmuNWY
Here's the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9pC7PmuNWY
TerryinTexas
See my Web Site Here
http://conewriversubdivision.yolasite.com/
The pot still in the shed next to the 'three couples and a dog' coal mine is more pathetic than funny.
All of the hidden meanings in signage require a knowledge of written Japanese.
At one time all of my stations were named after showgirls from the Nichigeki Music Hall in Tokyo. These days they're named after Imperial Navy admirals - with the same surnames .
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - tongue in cheek)
I like to pepper my layout with small scenes, to capture the attention of visitors and draw them in. Whether funny, whimsical or just everyday scenes, I see everyone spending a lot of time checking out the details. It's very satisfying to see the smiles.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
There are rumors that Bigfoot lives in the forest….
but that might just be another movie.
and his evil twin which is being kept at bay with the help of a snow groomer.
And then there is the abominable snowman from Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer helping Santa hand out presents at the ski lodge which has been decorated for Christmas.
Lots of people like to have Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe, Attorneys. Instead, I may have the law firm of Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe. Not only all members of my all-time favorite band, but way back when the album came out and they just used their names instead of coming up with some sort of band name, I always thought it sounded more like a law firm.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
Visit my web site at www.readingeastpenn.com for construction updates, DCC Info, and more.
Most of my businesses have silly names, many of the type you have to say out loud before you get the joke (e.g. Hugh Jass Big 'n Tall Clothing). Though my layout operators may get tired of the goofy names, I find they draw in layout visitors who are not at all into model trains. Once they discover one goofy name, they suddenly find themselves looking for others which, in turn, causes them to discover all kinds of things they wouldn't have noticed otherwise. At this point, the layout is transformed from, "That's cute" to "Wow, I had no idea!"
Hornblower
I have a few comic scenes on the SLOW. Since it is always Saturday, August 15, 1925 on the layout which is during Prohibition, old Uncle Albert has to make the main ingredient for the Sister's Tonic (which is quite popular I've heard). One day he was found shaking and screaming up along the trail back to the house.... He swore he saw a pink elephant over in the woods by the still!
My favorite is the one of the poor switch tender trying to move one of those Caboose Industries thingies....
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Mine are not obtrusive and the grand kids love when they find one. Only have 2 or 3. The Monkey car is the largest and most obvious.
No I don't have a funny scene of yet. I was planning on hiding the gang individually of Scooby-Doo.
If I was going to have a unique scene it would be on the layout for a short time. (Like it said earlier it will be old quickly).
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Fun with a Schnabel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgpmHNums_4&t=90s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJdmNBtnlpQ
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
MisterBeasley One of my loading dock doors way in the back of the layout is Mom's Robot Oil. Then... Finally, the names on my streamliner passenger cars are Gov. William Lepetomaine, Hillary Rodham Manson, C. Montgomery Burns and, for the dining car, Alferd G. Packer.
One of my loading dock doors way in the back of the layout is Mom's Robot Oil.
Then...
Finally, the names on my streamliner passenger cars are Gov. William Lepetomaine, Hillary Rodham Manson, C. Montgomery Burns and, for the dining car, Alferd G. Packer.
Shouldn't Sal Monella be a poultry dealer?
MisterBeasley In the "Prototype for everything" department, there's New England Pest Control in Rhode Island.
In the "Prototype for everything" department, there's New England Pest Control in Rhode Island.
Sorry, off topic, but that's a real nice looking Comet MisterBeasley!
Thanks, Peter
Lone Wolf and Santa Febut its only a movie being made
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Oh no... the extra 519 is being attacked by a Martian Tripod! Orson Wells warned us, and we ignored the warnings! This is what we get!
And... Its NOT a movie being made... RUN!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Funny like a clown or funny strange? There is a giant insect attacking the city... but its only a movie being made.
gdelmoro The great monkey escape of 1949
The great monkey escape of 1949
Every morning I have to clean gull crap off my quarry equipment.
I'll see if I can find some from previous shows!
A bit of whimsy on the layout can be fun. Somehow those Creature Features monsters seemed more real back in the 50s.
Regards, Peter
On the store layout in (now gone) The Happy Hobo in Tampa, Florida there was a farm that raised "long cows & tall chickens" that was a reference to a recurring theme in the Far Side comics.
I am going to need to letter a tank car for Mom's Robot Oil.