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Ya might be a Rivet Counter....

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Posted by rrinker on Saturday, December 31, 2011 11:57 AM

 And if you are bored you can buy a sheet and actually COUNT the rivets.

              --Randy


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Posted by tschwarz on Saturday, December 31, 2011 12:20 PM

Ya might be a rivet counter if you make scale meals to put on the plates in the dining car.  Laugh

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Saturday, December 31, 2011 1:15 PM

rrinker

 And if you are bored you can buy a sheet and actually COUNT the rivets.

              --Randy

4382

(Just kidding....)

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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Saturday, December 31, 2011 2:48 PM

tschwarz

Ya might be a rivet counter if you make scale meals to put on the plates in the dining car.  Laugh

And the scale waiter's scale pitcher pours scale water into the scale glasses.Smile, Wink & Grin

Enjoy

Paul

 

 

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Saturday, December 31, 2011 3:25 PM

IRONROOSTER

 

 tschwarz:

 

Ya might be a rivet counter if you make scale meals to put on the plates in the dining car.  Laugh

 

 

And the scale waiter's scale pitcher pours scale water into the scale glasses.Smile, Wink & Grin

Enjoy

Paul

 

 

And the scale kitchen has real working pizza ovens..in scale, of courseSmile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by sfcouple on Saturday, December 31, 2011 5:26 PM

tschwarz

Ya might be a rivet counter if you make scale meals to put on the plates in the dining car.  Laugh

I resemble that....I've used a spot of yellow glue to represent mashed potatoes.  Looked ok, but tasted horrible. Whistling

Wayne

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Posted by gabeusmc on Saturday, December 31, 2011 5:37 PM

Ya might be A Roundy Roundy, if your electrical system includes a christmas Tree.

And to every body else Bow

"Mess with the best, die like the rest" -U.S. Marine Corp

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Saturday, December 31, 2011 5:43 PM

Gabe,

I almost fell over Laughing on that one, thinking that the Christmas Tree lights going real dim on a train hitting a 2.5% grade!!!!!  OMG!!!! ROFL!!!! 

Perfect Picture, A future YouTube must!!!!  (that only MRR's would get!)  Please!! 

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, January 1, 2012 11:01 AM

You might be a rivet counter if you build a dollhouse from a daughter / granddaughter and include a dollhouse scale HO layout in one of the bedrooms.

Also, if the dollhouse has a Christmas tree, you might be a rivet counting roundy-roundy if there is a train running around the tree.  (Could Z scale work for a dollhouse scale G Christmas tree train set? Smile)

George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch 

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Posted by rrinker on Sunday, January 1, 2012 11:48 AM

 Unfortunately, no, it's about 5x too big. Assuming the American scale of 1:20.3 for G (makign the track 3ft narrow gauge), Z scale worksout to be about 5.2" gauge in G. Maybe for a large outdoor live steam display, but not for representign somethign like a G scale layout in G scale. T gauge is close to old Lionel Standard gauge in G.

Oh oh, I think I just became a rivet counter...

            --Randy

 


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Posted by gabeusmc on Sunday, January 1, 2012 12:26 PM

Ya might be rivet counter, if you've ever used "Don't give up the Ship" and ' Grab Irons' in the same sentence.

"Mess with the best, die like the rest" -U.S. Marine Corp

MINRail (Minessota Rail Transportaion Corp.) - "If they got rid of the weeds what would hold the rails down?"

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Posted by galaxy on Sunday, January 1, 2012 1:36 PM

Ya might be a rivet counter if you have delegated the counting of rivets to the kids or grandkids to "teach them right"!

Geeked

-G .

Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.

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Posted by ho modern modeler on Sunday, January 1, 2012 4:02 PM

blownout cylinder

And the scale kitchen has real working pizza ovens..in scale, of courseSmile, Wink & Grin

.....Pepperoni counters!!!

Mine doesn't move.......it's at the station!!!

 

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Posted by ho modern modeler on Sunday, January 1, 2012 4:04 PM

"And the scale kitchen has real working pizza ovens..in scale, of courseSmile, Wink & Grin"

 

....pepperoni counters!!

Mine doesn't move.......it's at the station!!!

 

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Posted by Lake on Sunday, January 1, 2012 4:35 PM

I tried to be a rivet counter, but I could not pass the higher level math classes that were needed for the Master Rivet Counter degree.Crying

Ken G Price   My N-Scale Layout

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Posted by galaxy on Sunday, January 1, 2012 4:41 PM

I gave up counting rivets because I would loose count and have to start all over again.

Now see, I lost count again!

One, two, three, four...Whistling

Geeked

-G .

Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Sunday, January 1, 2012 5:33 PM

You might be a rivet counter if you put a couple drops of Diesel on your Diesel locomotive display base... 

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Posted by cats think well of me on Sunday, January 1, 2012 8:51 PM

DigitalGriffin

Ya might be a rivet counter if you complain that your fireman and your engineer in the cab have all their fingers.

-Humbly signed

A rivet counter in training.

That is awesome! 

Alvie

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