tether
venerable
luposlipaphobia
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
I like Grits and schrapel. (Did I even spell that right...)
I left toy trains for the world of scale once. I have returned because it was a cold waste land of rulers and detail. I hated it.
Most of the words listed make sence to me. I would like to add;
<><>DCC or any thing like it
<><>Proto anything
Now back to playing.
<><><>
DU-Oh
Homer Simpson.
laz 57 wrote: LEE, Thats the whole point. Someone got to stir the pot up once in a while.laz57
LEE,
Thats the whole point. Someone got to stir the pot up once in a while.
laz57
Laz 57,
You sure stirred up the pot on this post.
Lee F.
Grits give me the sh*ts!
Jim
From "My Cousin Vinny"
"Are we to believe that boiling water soaks into a grit faster in your kitchen than in any other place on the face of the earth? [.] Or perhaps the laws of physics cease to exist on your stove! Where they magic grits?" (Vinny)
Blueberryhill RR wrote: laz 57 wrote: GRITS, NO ONE NEEDS EM.laz57GRITS are lumpy Cream of Wheat!!!!
laz 57 wrote: GRITS, NO ONE NEEDS EM.laz57
GRITS, NO ONE NEEDS EM.
GRITS are lumpy Cream of Wheat!!!!
OR as you put it CHUCK, all the sawdust that the CHIEF is making on putting the benchwork together.
phillyreading wrote: laz 57,So that's what is wrong! Sounds like you & jaabat like to have fun!Lee F.
laz 57,
So that's what is wrong! Sounds like you & jaabat like to have fun!
We like being REBEL ROUSERs.
Forced perspective is forced on us because we are forced to put the 1:43rd scale cars in the front, the 1:48th scale and 1:50th scale trucks in the middle, and the 1:64th scale tractors and buildings in the back. This is because there is only so much space for Big O Gauge Trains.
Andrew
Watch my videos on-line at https://www.youtube.com/user/AndrewNeilFalconer
You are going to hear from the Chief if you keep knocking grits! Grits are not bad if you know how to cook them.
Fastrac!! The system don't match up with most curve sizes.
Bob Nelson
Dave,
Certainly, there are those hi-railers who look down on others but it seems to me, that more often than not, it's the Toy Train guys that throw the jabs at hi-railers. Sometimes I think they feel like they have to justify the circle of track on green painted plywood. There's no reason for put downs from either side.
I like trains. It matters not if you're into the toy train look or hi-rail. This is a passtime to pursue in whatever way pleases you.
If people want to be nitpicky I can live with that, though I smile sometimes when I read, "Why is [manufacturer] selling 1:43 vehicles? I'm a hirailer." Why? Well, there's that third rail, and guess what the scale of the track is? 1:45. The track gauge of 1.25 inches in 1:48 is five feet, while everybody knows real-world track gauge is 4'8.5".
So if you can't tell that your track is off scale, how can you tell that '57 Chevy is off scale?
The main thing that annoys me is when people look down on what other people do to enjoy their trains. If measuring stuff to make sure everything is perfectly scale makes you happy, that's fine, but don't look down someone who runs, say, 6-inch Marx cars and call them childish.
Kooljock1 wrote:1. Rivet. As in "I was counting rivets yesterday, and the new bridge has 6,543,652 rivets, when EVERYBODY KNOWS that the prototype has 6,543,653! If they can't get this right, why do they even bother staying in business!" 2. Chuff Rate. As in "My Erie Triplex should chuff once every 2/3 of a rotation of the secondary drivers while the tender should chuff by itself on the off-beat in the key of G in 6/4 time, shifting to the same sound my 1967 Buick station wagon makes on cold mornings when going from the compoud steam to the vernacular frisbee steam mode. EVERYBODY KNOWS this! If they can't get this right, why do they even bother staying in business!" 3. Scrapple. Jon
LOL!
3rd Rail
Atlas
Lionel
K-line
MTH
Weaver
Williams
Lets Just Call Them Trains Instead.
Ages 9 to 90
we are never too young or old for toy trains yes I said "TOY Trains" thats what they are and I play with them.
Lets see....... if we ban any word from 3 rail discussion it would be hi-rail,or realism.But wait, those words sorta mean the same thing as "prototypical" don't they ?
It's toy trains .Who cares how one describes his or her layout,or explains how he/she explains something about a model train.We are all playing out are fantasty of the " real railroad " in minature anyway.
Just have fun and run them trains !
Collin ,operator of the " Eastern Kentucky & Ohio R.R."
Ok this will step on some toes... I apologize in advance
Hand-laid track
Kurt
Santa FE Warbonnets everyone has one and everyone makes them YUCK!!!!!!!
Santa Fes yellow and blue freight scheme is cool though. I like yellow and blue as long as there is no big M associated with it
Scale length desials and passenger cars
Cheese grits rule.
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