Here is a nifty "treasure" of mine.
This is the "Wargmaing Notebook" that I started over 20 years ago. It has since stopped being just a wargaming notebook, and includes all my hobbies.
I have mostly notes on painting in it, but it is full of all kinds of neat thoughts and ideas I have had through the many years.
I know now one will want this when I am gone, but I really need it.
Painting paint chips of the colors I used for various projects has been quite handy when a line of paints goes out of production. It makes it much easier to match to a new one.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I don't have a bestest treasure. I like all my trains!
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
SeeYou190Great old models that have significant emotion attached to them.
Kevin, I was once told that happiness can be found in the simplest things.. I've found that to be a true saying.. Even though I have better locomotives I still enjoy switching cars with my old BB GP7 and GP35. I suppose its because those engines recalls many fond memories especially those of the various clubs I been a member of and how proud I was when I took three BB B&O GP35 to the Columbus HO club. I did change the numbers to 3500,3505 and 3512 so they wouldn't have the same numbers and put numbers on the number boards.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Anybody remember this one? I was 10 years old when I bought it in the late 50s and devoured it cover to cover. So many modeling tips and a color center section. American Flyer based (I had Lionel), but the info could be applied to any scale. The original was lost but I found this one at an antique store as an adult. -Rob
Henry, That is a great model, a true treasure indeed.
Thank you for sharing.
BigDaddy My friend, Logan Holtgrewe made this for me And it's my favorite, because he built it from pictures of my grandfather's farm house The windows aren't Tichy, they are completely scatch built.
My friend, Logan Holtgrewe made this for me
And it's my favorite, because he built it from pictures of my grandfather's farm house
The windows aren't Tichy, they are completely scatch built.
Oh, c'mon! Where's the working gutters and eave spouts?!?
Seriously, Henry. That's a beautiful model.
Tom
https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling
Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
BigDaddyThe windows aren't Tichy, they are completely scatch built.
Hi Henry,
That is a beautiful building! The first thing I said when I saw the picture was "where did he get those lower windows?!?". They would suit my trolley car diner perfectly! I already have windows on order for it, but if I can find some 6/6 smaller windows that I can remove the lower muntins from then I'm going to order them!
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Two Three craftsman kits & a DCC conversion:
Alexander Scale Models - PRR Flag Stop (built for a friend)
Alexander Scale Models - NYC Freight Depot (Caledonia, MI)
Suncoast Models - FM Coaling Station (w/added working lights)
Walthers EMD SW-1 switcher - Converted to DCC and rear headlight added
The reason I treasure them the most is because - not surprisingly - I spent the most time of them as projects. Each of the crafsman kits were 100 hrs apiece because I added interior detailing (wood floor & trim) and interior/exterior lighting.
I have a few of these real treasures. Craftsman style wooden buildings that I did not build myself, but were given to me by dear friends, or salvaged from magnificent layouts after the builder passed on.
These are things that I am lucky to have and I will be proud to include on the layout.
Thanks for starting this thread Kevin, I have been enjoying it.
While I have all my MRR stuff from my childhood still and will keep it for sentimentle reasons they are not what I would call treasures. Other than having some knockoff genaric brand of loco or rolling stock with Canadian Pacific written on it I had nothing that was actually Canadian in appearence. For that reason my Rapido Royal Hudsons are my treasures, I wish I didn't have to wait until geezerhood to get them and other Canadian examples.
My real treasures are my two guitars now 50 years old and a Monopoly set my Dad made in the great depression.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
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Alton Junction
SouthgateI really like that in this thread, not one entry was/is based, on some big budget purchase, but are either linked to early roots days of modeling, or a family tie, or both. That's just cool.
Me too. This has been fantastic, and exactly what I hoped for. Great old models that have significant emotion attached to them. I am so glad this did not turn into a "my brass is better than your brass" sort of thing.
Some of the posts actually made my heart feel warm inside. I loved the memories and what made them special.
Great treasures and memories guys... please share more... and, thank you.
Probably my model of GN 1914, which I kitbashed with Cannon parts and Hi-Tech details SD39 sides, painted, and printed custom details for. Of course, I recently found out that Athearn later offered the exact same unit ready-to-run.
Ulrich,
Apparently we both got the same starter set for Christmas in another lifetime - What are the odds?
Guy
see stuff at: the Willoughby Line Site
trainnut1250My first HO scale lomotive - It still runs and I still have it somewhere in my stuff:
Guy - that´s the same engine that came with my starter set! I wish I still had it!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Tinplate Toddler I am lucky man, not a rich man, but I have a few treasures quite dear to me (other than my family). My oldest treasure is a station building, actually more of a flag stop. It was built by me from a Faller kit on Christmas day 1963 at the age of 7. It was a Christmas gift, together with a Marklin starter set. It´s the only surviving model railroading item from that time.
I am lucky man, not a rich man, but I have a few treasures quite dear to me (other than my family).
My oldest treasure is a station building, actually more of a flag stop. It was built by me from a Faller kit on Christmas day 1963 at the age of 7. It was a Christmas gift, together with a Marklin starter set. It´s the only surviving model railroading item from that time.
Although we live on different continents, experiences can be shared! I built the same kit in the mid-1960s. I don't still have it but I remember it fondly. Your picture brought the memories flooding back.
Here are two of my treasures (apologies to those who have seen these shots before):
My first HO scale lomotive - It still runs and I still have it somewhere in my stuff:
And another childhood favorite, this thing is so heavy that it used to rattle details off of the layout when it ran :
There are many other train treasures from recent times - these are the historical ones.
BRAKIE Out of all of my locomotives this is my pride and joy.. A simple BB SW1500 lettered for Summerset Ry.. I bought this engine on eBay simply because I like the road name and the ACL inspired paint scheme..
Out of all of my locomotives this is my pride and joy.. A simple BB SW1500 lettered for Summerset Ry.. I bought this engine on eBay simply because I like the road name and the ACL inspired paint scheme..
that paint job is identical to the Nitrany and Bald Eagle.
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
Southgate I really like that in this thread, not one entry was/is based, on some big budget purchase, but are either linked to early roots days of modeling, or a family tie, or both. That's just cool.
I really like that in this thread, not one entry was/is based, on some big budget purchase, but are either linked to early roots days of modeling, or a family tie, or both. That's just cool.
In my case I liked the looks of the SW1500 the first time I saw a photo of one in Trains magazine and the ACL color scheme recalls a Revell ACL SW7 I had when I was 12 years old in 1960. It was a simple and very quick BIN purchase.
BRAKIEDave, Actually I like that critter.. It has a lot of charactor.
Thank you Larry!
So far I haven't managed to include it in my new layout plan. Maybe once the layout is up and running I will build an extension where it can run free.
hon30critter Some of you will already know my answer to Kevin's question. My favourite model railroading item is the wee brass critter in my avatar. I built it from scratch using a Bachmann N scale 4-6-0 drive plus parts from a Life Like generator. It has 12 wheel power pickup and the lights work. It is DC. The roof isn't quite right, the exhaust pipe casts a shadow down the tracks and the air tank is in a ridiculous location. Oh well! It was my first attempt at scratcbuilding. Dave
Some of you will already know my answer to Kevin's question.
My favourite model railroading item is the wee brass critter in my avatar. I built it from scratch using a Bachmann N scale 4-6-0 drive plus parts from a Life Like generator. It has 12 wheel power pickup and the lights work. It is DC.
The roof isn't quite right, the exhaust pipe casts a shadow down the tracks and the air tank is in a ridiculous location. Oh well! It was my first attempt at scratcbuilding.
Dave, Actually I like that critter.. It has a lot of charactor.
I guess my treasure is the MILW. terminal caboose I completely scratch built, from measurements from the prototype. It's the first time I have scratch built a rail car.
Sheldon, I have a couple of those Globe passenger car kits I found on Ebay, and I'm using the corrugated roof parts for some of the cars on my fantasy passenger train build. They also fit the ConCor 72' cars.
Mike.
My You Tube
The thing I find most valuble to me is a D&H 1980 timetable my dad found at the Albany train show last year. I somehow overlooked it, and he somehow remembered what year and railroad I model and he got it for me for christmas. It has tons of info I could not get elsewhere. Sorry, I don't have a photo.
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
My YouTube
The 4-4-0 on the right at my "Golden Spike" cerimony is my favorite model RR posession. Although I hinted around about it, on our 5th wedding anniversary, I was still surprised when my wife got me the Roundhouse "Mogul" kit that served as the basis for the 'bash.
I used mainly Mantua components to round out the rest of the project. (She knew it would be converted). It followed an article in MR, still my all time MR article too. The year is indicated by the road number.
It has more recently recieived a genuine Sagami can motor and a custom flywheel, and runs very smoothly. Dan
Edited in: For a model that's supposed to be a favorite, I recon it should have a better picture than that hokey hunnerd year old one above. Here I can see it needs some touching up in the paint dept, but here she is. The article I mentioned above was MR Dec '92, p 90; An MDC/Mantua 4-4-0, by Bob Ottosen.
Edited in: For a model that's supposed to be a favorite, I recon it should have a better picture than that hokey hunnerd year old one above. Here I can see it needs some touching up in the paint dept, but here she is.
The article I mentioned above was MR Dec '92, p 90; An MDC/Mantua 4-4-0, by Bob Ottosen.
I have a lot of model train "treasures" from the late 50's and early 60's.
Revell structure kits my parents build for my original layout, Athearn and Varney metal freight cars, etc.
Original GLOBE (Athearn) plastic passenger car kits unbuilt, etc.
But I only have a few pictures handy:
Most are still packed up from the move.
Sheldon
SeeYou190 I do not have any of the Tyco train cars I received for Christmas when I was young. I have bought a couple of replacements along the way, they are exactly the same and bring back nostalgia, but not the real things, so not treasures.
I do not have any of the Tyco train cars I received for Christmas when I was young.
I have bought a couple of replacements along the way, they are exactly the same and bring back nostalgia, but not the real things, so not treasures.
Rich