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Posted by Red Horse on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:34 PM

Wow the snow diorama looks real and cold!

What is used for the snow?

Great work here!

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:35 PM

Really? It should appear automaticly.

Bapou: It's just an oil storage tank, not a well. The "prototype" is in New Hampshire, BTW. 

EDIT: The snow is Paper-Mache and water. It's still wet, and the brass track is actually rusting and causing brown spots in the snow!Cool [8D] I like to think of them as "Fuel Spils" from the locos!Smile [:)]

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Posted by Red Horse on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:36 PM
I love this lay out, the Reaper in the grave yard is wild...keep up the great work!
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Posted by Bapou on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:39 PM

Yes I knew that it was just a tank, I ment that Vermont Oil Co. would sound weird since there are no wells in Vt.

Edit Thanks Red Horse! 

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:43 PM
Yeah, it would probobly be Vermont Oil Distribution or something.
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Posted by Bapou on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:52 PM
Yeah thats would sound better.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:53 PM
Still gonna be Bapou Oil though.
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Posted by Bapou on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:53 PM
Cool send me a pic would you?
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Posted by LNEFAN on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:04 PM
ESSO is the phonetic for SO = Standard Oil...John D. Rockefeller's original company.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:08 PM

I hope it's not too late to get this in. I was impressed with the sepia pictures that Selector posted.I found that with my photo editing program I was able to do that and b&w. I the found that I could do this with a photo. It is an embossed look. Just thought it was something different.It's a SD70ACe-Bob

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Posted by Conrail5 on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:45 PM

Remember this slogan ?

Empire under construction !

The early bird catches the worm.

But, the second mouse gets the cheese!

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Posted by beegle55 on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:20 PM

Haha with the price of gas today I doubt I would be able to afford to put even a small house cat in my tank!

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:57 PM
 Conrail5 wrote:

Remember this slogan ?

My 64 GTO even had that little stuffed tiger tail sticking out of the gas door (remember those?) and I still have two of the pitchers that you got if you bought enough Esso gas.  The glasses were all broken long ago.

Now that I think about it, I am not sure whether or not it had changed from Esso to Exxon at that point.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 5:34 PM

 

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Posted by AggroJones on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:44 PM

 secondhandmodeler wrote:
For anyone who asks Mr. Aggro about his weathering techniques, you won't get far.  He makes money off of his creations, so it's kind of like asking a chef for their recipes.  "Oh sure, you take water, tomatoes, garlic, sugar, SPICES, and mix it together."  Just so you know.  Maybe I'm wrong.   

 

Actually its several washes, a little stippling, some bleeding, and lots of drybrushing. Thumbs Up [tup] It just takes a really long time.

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Posted by howmus on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:56 PM
 AggroJones wrote:

 secondhandmodeler wrote:
For anyone who asks Mr. Aggro about his weathering techniques, you won't get far.  He makes money off of his creations, so it's kind of like asking a chef for their recipes.  "Oh sure, you take water, tomatoes, garlic, sugar, SPICES, and mix it together."  Just so you know.  Maybe I'm wrong.   

 

Actually its several washes, a little stippling, some bleeding, and lots of drybrushing. Thumbs Up [tup] It just takes a really long time.

And some people are really good at it! 

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We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by Blue Flamer on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:39 PM

 Bapou wrote:
I saw that on your oil tank it said Esso which is the European name for Exxon, so I hope you are modelin Europ on the diorama! Although you have a New Haven loco there!

It's also known as Esso up here in the Great White North of Canada. Dontcha know. Eh.   Laugh [(-D]

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Posted by lvanhen on Thursday, January 24, 2008 5:32 AM
Exxon was also Esso here in NJ and other New England states up 'till the 60's!Smile [:)]
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