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Posted by BRVRR on Friday, September 9, 2011 3:45 PM

Hows' this?

Show me telephone poles and power lines.

Remember its your railroad

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Posted by fondo on Friday, September 9, 2011 3:52 PM

Show me your favorite locomotive?

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Posted by simon1966 on Friday, September 9, 2011 4:01 PM

Atlas Trainmaster, Wabash with an after market QSI decoder

 

Show me a turntable

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Posted by cudaken on Friday, September 9, 2011 4:04 PM

 Reason it is my favorite? It is the only engine I have owned that did not need ANY WORK Period for well over 400 hours of run time. Talk about pulling power and slow speed at the same time! Sound, well it the best I have ever heard.

 Show me something you Sold that you wished you kept.

 Simon beat me, so a turntable pleases.

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Posted by stebbycentral on Friday, September 9, 2011 4:54 PM

cudaken

 Show me something you Sold that you wished you kept.

 Simon beat me, so a turntable pleases.

I don't have a turntable, but I do have something that answers Ken's request.

This is the train I had when I was a kid.  I sold it in my teens when I changed to N-scale.  Today I have it back, thanks to swap meets and eBay.

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Posted by selector on Friday, September 9, 2011 5:15 PM

Are we still looking for a turntable?

Show me a cement truck...any scale will do.

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Posted by scoutII on Friday, September 9, 2011 7:15 PM

Southwest Chief

 

 scoutII:

 

Where does one find that fine camper??

 

 

City Classic's Roberts Road Mobile Home (a kit).

Roberts Road Mobile Home

Thanks for the info and ordered one.....

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Posted by doctorwayne on Friday, September 9, 2011 7:26 PM

selector

Show me a cement truck...any scale will do.

 

I don't have one made out of cement, but since the two hour limit is up, will a plastic truck do?

 

Show me a sail boat.

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Posted by selector on Friday, September 9, 2011 11:06 PM

You funny guy....I guess I should have said cement mixer truck. Laugh

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Posted by jacon12 on Saturday, September 10, 2011 6:20 AM

Times up on the cement (mixer) truck!  Anybodies game!!

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Posted by JLK on Saturday, September 10, 2011 6:44 AM

Show me something red, white, and blue.

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Posted by richhotrain on Saturday, September 10, 2011 6:47 AM

I don't like these time frames.

Here is a cement mixer truck.

OK, show me something red, white, and blue.

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Posted by ARTHILL on Saturday, September 10, 2011 7:51 AM

White man making Blue furnace filter on a stick trees on the Red Christmas table cloth. OK??

Show me rain

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Posted by cudaken on Saturday, September 10, 2011 8:12 AM

 OK Art, how do you model rain? Wet ground I understand and have seen, but the rain it self?

             Ken

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Posted by MAbruce on Saturday, September 10, 2011 8:20 AM

Well, this is a close as I can find to rain.  More of a photo effect than actual modeling:

If this passes, then show me a hobby shop on your layout.

If not, then let there be more rain...

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Posted by leighant on Saturday, September 10, 2011 8:32 AM

Digression.

Some recent requests were for a cement truck (actually I guess that should be a concrete mixer truck) and something red, white and blue.

I recall during the bicentennial, there was a local ready-mix company that had its trucks painted red, white and blue, blue with white stars on the front, and red and white stripes spiralling around the mixing drum.

Stars and stripes forever set in concrete!

We now return you to your regularly scheduled request which was rain,  (We need some of that kin South Texas too, as well as on this thread...)

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Posted by G Paine on Saturday, September 10, 2011 1:00 PM

cudaken
 OK Art, how do you model rain? Wet ground I understand and have seen, but the rain it self?

             Ken

Ken, There was a recent article in MR on how to model rain, I believe it was the April issue. Wink

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

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Saturday, September 10, 2011 1:39 PM

Ohhh, the APRIL FOOLS Issue!!

Well here was my 'April Fools Model'  (the scheme)

Well it looks like time is up on rain & what-not,    so..... 

Show me Something with the letter 'X' in it.... 

(Sorry, on this thread I like adding pix in my replies!)

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Posted by Motley on Saturday, September 10, 2011 1:44 PM

A TTX autorack train. And the tankers are UTLX.

 

Show me some fallen flags.

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Posted by G Paine on Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:07 PM

Fallen flags:

Maine Central

Boston & Maine

Conrail and ex Penn Central

Baltimore & Ohio

Show me something with the letter B

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

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:16 PM

'B' as in BC Rail!

Show Me Something with the letter 'J' in it...

(Yeah sorry, I have run out of great ideas to request, & am playing on letters, & in a way I really like it!)

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Posted by ns3010 on Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:28 PM

New Jersey Transit:

Show me something with the letter 'Q' in it.

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Posted by simon1966 on Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:41 PM

Show me a hobo

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Posted by richhotrain on Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:56 PM

G Paine

 cudaken:
 OK Art, how do you model rain? Wet ground I understand and have seen, but the rain it self?

             Ken

Ken, There was a recent article in MR on how to model rain, I believe it was the April issue. Wink

Hey, I model rain in my bathtub layout.  Umbrella

Rich

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Posted by ARTHILL on Saturday, September 10, 2011 3:50 PM

Hobo My grandson wanted a hobo cave. This was the first thing we ever carved out of foam.  This is what he made.

Show me one great model of a tree.

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Posted by selector on Saturday, September 10, 2011 3:51 PM

Motley

A TTX autorack train. And the tankers are UTLX.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dXxz6yStYF4/TmuoWPbuwWI/AAAAAAAACtQ/eZlp7XfFxQo/s800/P1000646_1.jpg

 

Show me some fallen flags.

Michael, I think you have a very fine photograph there...it really works for me.

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Saturday, September 10, 2011 3:54 PM

I don't know if this is great, but I like it. DJ.

Show me raccoons.

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Saturday, September 10, 2011 4:47 PM

Quote:

Hey, I model rain in my bathtub layout.  Umbrella

Rich

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Hey, how does that work out with DCC????  

(Covered Bridges??)

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Posted by ARTHILL on Saturday, September 10, 2011 5:48 PM

No racoons, but that is one nice tree. I may try that again to findanother nice tree. About rain, I was thinking backdrop, but the bathtub sounds good. I do have a friend that runs his track though his bathroom to the laundry room.

Weare still looking for a racoon

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Saturday, September 10, 2011 6:08 PM

Hey,

Racoons? Well, has anyone made them, or an Opossum we could artistically paint & flock it's tail? Since Prototype pix are disallowed, & family orientation (G & PG) are in order, I can't show (& didn't photo) the last one I saw anyway.     So, Preiser, come to NE IA for Raccon Research!!!    I got some!

Also, I spent an hour or so shooting my version of rain, a 'wet' water bottle in font of a fill flash set at every conceiveable camera & flash setting, & only got one -extremely over exposed shot where I could make out about 5ish droplets!  -Only if a person tried hard to imagine it may be rain, in the shot..  Sorry, not gonna get that...   I think it would better off shooting though a big spider web that was misted...!

Anyway, I used the rest of the afternoon to catalog models that I had not before, cuz they were not finished, one will be in WPF soon...    Later..

Back to the last request, please...  (Sorry for the distraction..)

Chad L Ryan

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