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Posted by wm3798 on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:18 PM

Bicycling down the C&O Canal in the spring can be cool...

Show me the local watering hole...

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Posted by ARTHILL on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 9:09 PM

The Valley Girl's sport car club visits Aunt Betty's gift shop. Its the cars that are hot

Show me something cool.

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Posted by ollevon on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:59 PM

That is show me something Hot, but be careful with that one.

  Sam

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Posted by ollevon on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:55 PM

Wow where is the time going.? Federal Cold Storage Co.  Show me something HOT

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Posted by Motley on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 4:28 PM

dominic c

How about a P&LE boxcar?

Dude that river water is perfect!  Everything is right about it

Quoted for truth. I thought I was drifting down river in my raft for a minute! Excellent Wayne.

 

ok times up on Leigh Valley.

 

Show me something COLD

 

Edit: Justin beat me to it.

 

Something red.

Ok it's dark red, not brown. But who's being nit picky...

 

Now show me something COLD

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Posted by JLK on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 4:25 PM

Time's up again. Show me something red.

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Posted by dominic c on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 3:02 PM

How about a P&LE boxcar?

Dude that river water is perfect!  Everything is right about it

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Posted by doctorwayne on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:38 PM

How about a P&LE boxcar?

 

Show me something Lehigh Valley

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Posted by dominic c on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:06 PM

 I didn't think a1:72 scale airplane would size up as good as it did.

Being from Pittsburgh, show me a P&LE anything

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Posted by howmus on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:00 PM

Scratch Built Engine House....

Show me something you scratch built.

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by ARTHILL on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 11:49 AM

I thought this was funny. The loggers are shooting pheasants off a platform roped down to a log car.

Show me something you were surprised turned out so well.

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Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:35 AM

An attempt at doing a panoramic shot on one portion of the layout

 

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:34 AM

Stoney Creek. DJ.

Show me a funny scene.

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Posted by fondo on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:49 AM

Here is mine!

 

Show me another overall photo of your layout!

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Posted by jacon12 on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:21 AM

This is the closest I have to children playing, the little boy trying to get his dog to play fetch..

show me an overall photo of your layout

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 6:35 AM

Mainly white.  Mainly rediculous, but that's another thing.

I believe this is the one with the upside-down horrn-hook coupler on one end, too.

Show me a model of children playing.

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

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Posted by doctorwayne on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 4:03 AM

leighant

Show me a model you made as a GIFT for another modeler or for an organization or public display.

 

I believe the last allowable request is the one quoted above.  Even though it's long past the two hour limit, here's an X-29 boxcar that I built for a good friend as a retirement gift.  It's a Red Caboose kit, detailed to match a prototype car owned by the railroad of which he was General Manager.  I painted and lettered it to match that of the real car after it was rebuilt in 1934, then weathered and lettered it for a car in-service in the late '40s, the era represented on his Pennsy layout,

 

Show me a mainly white freight car or diesel.

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Posted by richhotrain on Monday, September 19, 2011 10:00 PM

SMassey

Guess that was kinda aimed at me too...  Sorry I did not have any cardboard train related stuff but as a modeler I thought that other modelers would enjoy the cardboard ships.  Next time all trains I promise.

 

Massey

Rules aside, I thoroughly enjoyed the photos of the ships.  Remarkable !

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Posted by SMassey on Monday, September 19, 2011 9:58 PM

Guess that was kinda aimed at me too...  Sorry I did not have any cardboard train related stuff but as a modeler I thought that other modelers would enjoy the cardboard ships.  Next time all trains I promise.

 

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Posted by jacon12 on Monday, September 19, 2011 9:12 PM

The pesky Rules,

"In this thread a person asks to see something, related to model railroading of course, and the first person to respond by posting a picture that contains what the person asks for then immediately says "Show Me Something"..................

That person can ask to see, for example, a certain color.. or a shape such as something round or square. They could ask to see something patriotic, or something angry or happy or sad. They may ask to see something educational or inspiring or scary. The request should be one word, such as "Show Me Something Humorous"

Particpants in the thread should give others a chance to join in. For instance, let several requests/replies go by before jumping back in after you've participated UNLESS the thread drops off the first or second page and you'd like to bring it back. In that case it would be fine to answer again.

Please..., NO LINKS to a picture on another website somewhere. The answer MUST be posted in your reply. If a participant does that it should be ignored and another person can reply.

There may be times when two or more people reply at the same time. Any reply should be done to the FIRST person.

Edit;


2 Hour Rule

Guys, we're going to have to institute a time limit on replies to a request to keep things from bogging down . From this point on if there as been no reply to a request within 2 hours of it being made the person making the request has to make another. If not, and we all have lives to lead and can't be here 24/7.... it's anybodies turn. I have a feeling that is what's happening, a person makes a request and has to leave for whatever reason, no reply is given and the thread, as I said, bogs down.

Duplicate requests

It is perfectly fine to request something that has already been asked for, eg. anyone can request a turntable shot even though it was requested earlier. Hopefully the person that replied to the earlier request won't answer thus giving someone else a chance. Of course it would be ideal not to have duplicates but there are a lot of different turntable shots out there we haven't seen. "

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Posted by SMassey on Monday, September 19, 2011 8:57 PM

OK I got some cardboard for ya.  Unfortunatly I cannot take credit for this build.  This is built by a member of another forum I am part of and this ship is a work of art in cardboard.  This ship and the others he builds are low draft ships that do not have any detail below the waterline.  This keeps the model simple while looking good above the water.  The only drawback to shallow draft boats like this is they lack stability and cannot be sailed in rough water.  I know this is not a train related built but you have to admit it is pretty cool.

Here are a couple more of the Musashi

The cruise ship is also made of cardboard and it is the Cunard Line Maurtainia

I dont think I am allowed to post the link to the site where the build of this ship is located since it is another forum.  The forum it is on does not have anything to do with trains but I dont want to chance it without premissions.  If a Mod will OK it I will post it if not PM me and I will send the linky.  It is a pretty good build all and all. 

 

Now show me a long unit train in any scale but not 1:1

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Posted by cudaken on Monday, September 19, 2011 8:50 PM

jacon12

Darn I hate pulling out the rule book!  Embarrassed

"Particpants in the thread should give others a chance to join in. For instance, let several requests/replies go by before jumping back in after you've participated UNLESS the thread drops off the first or second page and you'd like to bring it back. In that case it would be fine to answer again."

 

Jarrell

 Hum, guess that is me, sorry Jarrell. Guess I need to track down a copy of the rules.

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Posted by jacon12 on Monday, September 19, 2011 7:59 PM

Darn I hate pulling out the rule book!  Embarrassed

"Particpants in the thread should give others a chance to join in. For instance, let several requests/replies go by before jumping back in after you've participated UNLESS the thread drops off the first or second page and you'd like to bring it back. In that case it would be fine to answer again."

 

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Posted by cudaken on Monday, September 19, 2011 6:04 PM

 Gift from my self and fellow dinners to a friend on the site.

 I like what you folks can do with Cardboard, so another please.

 Ops, correction all we did was supply the supplies, skill's of using the supplies was the molder!

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Posted by leighant on Monday, September 19, 2011 5:32 PM

Cardboard building: photocopy of plan (from Railroad Model Craftsman) copied to N scale, Walthers brick paper added, cardboard cornices, cardboard washer cut in half for arches over door.

Show me a model you made as a GIFT for another modeler or for an organization or public display.

 

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Posted by cudaken on Monday, September 19, 2011 5:23 PM

 Well it sort of mine. I did some trading with Jeffery I got this 2-10-2. Jeffery came up with the road name and the Double Knot 7 number. 

 It will become a Monon after I install a decoder.

 Show me another cardboard building.

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Posted by wm3798 on Monday, September 19, 2011 5:09 PM

My "Camden Yards" style warehouse, made entirely of cardboard.

It now resides at the Delmarva Model Railroad club.

Show me your free lance short line.

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Posted by cudaken on Monday, September 19, 2011 4:29 PM

 While I won't call it my Flagship passenger train, it is my only passenger train.

 Show me another cardboard building rather a mock up or completed

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Monday, September 19, 2011 4:11 PM

Here's a 1960's Kansas City Zephyr that included a dome car in its 3 car consist. I think this was the perfect "pike sized" passenger train.

Please show your "flagship" passenger train. 

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Posted by Southwest Chief on Monday, September 19, 2011 1:06 PM

Two views of the smallest bridge on our outdoor layout:

 

Show me a dome car

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