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Sunday Show-Off 11-04-07

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Sunday Show-Off 11-04-07
Posted by MisterBeasley on Sunday, November 4, 2007 4:53 PM

Well, it's time the good citizens of Moose Bay had a place to buy trains:

I named it after my own LHS in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.  Since I model the 60s, I made the trains-of-choice Lionels.  The logos are more easily recognized, anyway.  The sign hanging over the street is from Monopoly.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 4, 2007 5:15 PM

Yay! I have been to that shop before, and was very impressed by the service!

I've been working on the scenery in the yard, this is an overhead view:

And here's a "trackside" view:

Also I posted in WPF about the golf course, but since this is the show-off I'll post one here too:

 

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Posted by selector on Sunday, November 4, 2007 5:50 PM

Verrrrrry cooooool, Mr. B.  Nice work!!

-Crandell

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Posted by GAPPLEG on Sunday, November 4, 2007 8:03 PM

I posted this in my on going strip mall project , but see as it's Sunday photo fun , here it is:

 

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Sunday, November 4, 2007 8:47 PM

Nice going guys.

I've been a couple weeks with nothing to show, but I've been working on this. I had to give up the idea of sliding staging due to trackage rights (and a big pole), but this will work as a fiddle.

Anyway, the track took way longer than I ever expected and I had to add a bunch of benchwork (not to mention clearing a spot in the basement.) I also added lighting.

Chip

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Posted by Don Z on Sunday, November 4, 2007 10:07 PM

Chip,

I have to ask the obvious: Why didn't you inset the pole into the far table, allowing a clear path for your sliding table?

Don Z.

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Posted by wm3798 on Sunday, November 4, 2007 10:13 PM
I added some details this evening to the new SD40...

Plows and sun shades, for starters. Also a side mounted bell.

As always, still a few more things to do, decals, number boards, MU hoses, etc.... I also weathered up the trucks a bit, but you can't see that in these shots.

Lee

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Posted by MudHen_462 on Sunday, November 4, 2007 11:35 PM

 AWESOME MODELING...   Congratulations to one and all !

 Bob/Iron Goat 

 

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Monday, November 5, 2007 12:09 AM
 Don Z wrote:

Chip,

I have to ask the obvious: Why didn't you inset the pole into the far table, allowing a clear path for your sliding table?

Don Z.

What you can't see is a storage rack for paintings to the right of the layout. I had planned for it to go around the pole and had built the first section. When I put it in place, my wife changed her mind and decided she wanted more room to pull out her paintings. To be honest, the thought of rebuilding the section already done did not occur to me. But when the layout moved forward passed the pole, to got closer to the stairs into the basement. There would not have been room for us to get by the layout to the washer, work bench etc. with the sliding staging.  

Chip

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Posted by Guilford Guy on Monday, November 5, 2007 5:10 AM
 MisterBeasley wrote:

Well, it's time the good citizens of Moose Bay had a place to buy trains:

I named it after my own LHS in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.  Since I model the 60s, I made the trains-of-choice Lionels.  The logos are more easily recognized, anyway.  The sign hanging over the street is from Monopoly.

Heh, I wonderr if Gerry Browses the forums Tongue [:P] 

Alex

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Posted by MAbruce on Monday, November 5, 2007 8:01 AM
 MisterBeasley wrote:

Well, it's time the good citizens of Moose Bay had a place to buy trains:

I named it after my own LHS in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.  Since I model the 60s, I made the trains-of-choice Lionels.  The logos are more easily recognized, anyway.  The sign hanging over the street is from Monopoly.

Nice work!  Gerry would be proud.  You should give him a picture to put up in his store.

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Posted by Hoople on Monday, November 5, 2007 9:06 AM

Is there anything more to showoff? Dallas kicked Philly's rear end last night. Thats plenty of showin off right there.

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Posted by jpmorrison on Monday, November 5, 2007 3:40 PM

downtown is getting started wall is up

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Monday, November 5, 2007 3:59 PM
 jpmorrison wrote:

A pink hopper car?  Is that what model railroaders see instead of pink elephants?  Or is it full of Pepto-Bismol?

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Monday, November 5, 2007 4:00 PM
Dang MB, you beat me to it. I was wondering what prototype sports those colors.

Chip

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Posted by jpmorrison on Monday, November 5, 2007 4:09 PM

heres a good view

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Posted by Don Z on Monday, November 5, 2007 6:03 PM
 jpmorrison wrote:

heres a good view

jpmorrison,

Are 2 of those buildings part of the Bachmann Spectrum CityScenes Series?

Don Z.

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Posted by jpmorrison on Monday, November 5, 2007 6:14 PM

good guess Don but there are 3 bachmann buildings you can just see the corner of the third one

                                                                          jeff

                                                                       

                                                                        

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