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Posted by Postwar Paul on Thursday, March 7, 2019 7:19 PM

A work in progress...

 

 

 trying to add add visual interest by going vertical

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Thursday, March 7, 2019 7:24 PM

I love the creative part of the hobby.

 

 

 The original concept was for a miniature Mt. Fuji over the Shinkansen tracks

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Thursday, March 7, 2019 7:28 PM

Instead, on a platform being constructed over the Shinkansen tracks

 

 

 

 will be the Lionel station, for the Shinkansen passengers, of course !

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Thursday, March 7, 2019 11:29 PM

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Thursday, March 7, 2019 11:32 PM

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Thursday, March 7, 2019 11:36 PM

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Friday, March 8, 2019 11:24 AM

Postwar Paul

I love the creative part of the hobby.

 

 

 The original concept was for a miniature Mt. Fuji over the Shinkansen tracks

 

Postwar Paul

I love the creative part of the hobby.

 

 

 The original concept was for a miniature Mt. Fuji over the Shinkansen tracks

 

Where's Godzilla?

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Posted by Penny Trains on Friday, March 8, 2019 6:19 PM

Postwar Paul

Instead, on a platform being constructed over the Shinkansen tracks

 

 

 

 will be the Lionel station, for the Shinkansen passengers, of course !

 

Just curious, which station are you going to use?

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Friday, March 8, 2019 8:31 PM

It is not a real Lionel station

 

 

 

but a Lionel branded coin bank, which appears to be slightly larger than N scale. It will require a very robust support, which I am attempting to cobble together 

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Friday, March 8, 2019 8:58 PM

Another cool discovery is this HO double track portal.

 

 

 it would look great there !

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Friday, March 8, 2019 11:28 PM

I shouldn't say anything thing, and you didn't hear it from me:

 

Godzilla is doing hard time for tax evasion...

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Saturday, March 9, 2019 9:02 AM

Postwar Paul

I shouldn't say anything thing, and you didn't hear it from me:

 

Godzilla is doing hard time for tax evasion...

 

Good Lord, no!

Who put the cuffs on him and "perp-walked" him?  Must have been that meanie Mecha-Godzilla!

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Sunday, March 10, 2019 7:58 PM

 Test fitting my station support

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Sunday, March 10, 2019 8:00 PM

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Posted by Penny Trains on Monday, March 11, 2019 6:39 PM

Postwar Paul

 Test fitting my station support

 

That works!  Big Smile

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Monday, March 11, 2019 7:00 PM

Not only does it work, it looks like it belongs  there, and always did.

Nice adaptation!

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Monday, March 11, 2019 8:47 PM

Thank you ! I like to adapt things, and combine and make something new from what I have. 

Because...

when you're as cheap as I am...

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Posted by Penny Trains on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 7:14 PM

My philosophy too.  I don't care what things are designed to do, I care what they cando.  When you don't have money it's the best way to get things done!  Wink

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Friday, March 15, 2019 9:29 PM

The fine art of adapting ( " hey, I can use this "),

is a way of life in the G gauge world.

a funnel = a smoke stack

a mini mag lite= a locomotive headlight

a gas appliance fitting from the hardware store = a brake stand in a locomotive 

always looking at things with intent to exploit...

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Saturday, March 16, 2019 2:58 PM

 Mounted and permanent. All clearances are good. Now to crank out more buildings...

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Saturday, March 16, 2019 5:33 PM

You know, the Shinkansens  coming under that Lionel bank kinda-sorta reminds me of the National Diet Building in Tokyo.

See what you think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Diet_Building#/media/File:Diet_of_Japan_Kokkai_2009.jpg  

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Posted by Penny Trains on Saturday, March 16, 2019 7:42 PM

Postwar Paul
The fine art of adapting ( " hey, I can use this "

Here's one you may find amusing:

The smoke stacks started life as 1:144 scale space shuttle solid rocket boosters!  Big Smile

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Sunday, March 17, 2019 9:31 AM

Penny Trains

 

That's exactly what I'm talking about ! And its fun to create something unique.
That looks great ! 
Postwar Paul
The fine art of adapting ( " hey, I can use this "

 

Here's one you may find amusing:

The smoke stacks started life as 1:144 scale space shuttle solid rocket boosters!  Big Smile

 

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Sunday, March 17, 2019 9:38 AM

Flintlock76

You know, the Shinkansens  coming under that Lionel bank kinda-sorta reminds me of the National Diet Building in Tokyo.

See what you think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Diet_Building#/media/File:Diet_of_Japan_Kokkai_2009.jpg  

 

As our kids grow up, there are sometimes discarded, and unwanted toys that would otherwise be given away, or thrown out. That is the story of this Lionel coin bank. It was set aside at the old house, before it would have been given away. The doors appear to be somewhere between N and HO.

"Hey, I can use this ".

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Posted by Postwar Paul on Sunday, March 17, 2019 5:36 PM

 This weekend's progress...

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