This is not exactly my idea. tschwarz came up with the Idea first, but i am making the post
This works like jeff Foxworty's, you might be a redneck, except its ya might be a rivet counter
Ya might be a Rivet Counter, if you see a museam piece and think its a good starting place for your next superdetaling project.
Ya might be a Rivet Counter, if you detailed your Tomas the Tank engine set when you were a kid.
Now your turn. I'll try getting one up a day.
"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?"
And yes I am 17.
gabeusmc This is not exactly my idea. tschwarz came up with the Idea first, but i am making the post This works like jeff Foxworty's, you might be a redneck, except its ya might be a rivet counter Ya might be a Rivet Counter, if you see a museam piece and think its a good starting place for your next superdetaling project. Ya might be a Rivet Counter, if you detailed your Tomas the Tank engine set when you were a kid. Now your turn. I'll try getting one up a day.
A real rivet counter would have ripped out THomas' face from the engine to make it more prototypical... Kind of reverse ingeneering!
Matt
Proudly modelling the Quebec Railway Light & Power Co since 1997.
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Ya might be a Rivet Counter if Trains magazine runs photos of your models because they are more accurate than the prototype.
Enjoy
Paul
You might be a rivet counter if you think that the standard JNR 17 ton 4 wheel boxcar (WaRa1 class) is part of a grand conspiracy to cause you to die of frustration.
(The WaRa1 class cars are of all-welded construction. Not a rivet in sight.)
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - when WaRa1 class cars were pouring out of the assembly plants)
tomikawaTT (The WaRa1 class cars are of all-welded construction. Not a rivet in sight.) Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - when WaRa1 class cars were pouring out of the assembly plants)
In which case, you'd measure the welds to make sure they matched prototypical width.
Marlon
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You might be a rivet counter if your local National Railway Historical Society Chapter bars you from joining because they think you are to technical
John R.
gabeusmc Ya might be a Rivet Counter, if you detailed your Tomas the Tank engine set when you were a kid.
I thought this was going to be stupid, but I REALLY like that one.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
You might be a roundy roundy if you think that Thomas the Tank Engine is what a real engine looks like.
You might be a roundy roundy if you can't figure out why your Big Boy can't make it around your 15" radius curves.
You might be a roundy roundy if you don't like brass engines because the open gear boxes catch carpet fuzz from setting up track on the living room floor.
Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com
I suspect that the thread title struck a nerve.
oops
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
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no offense ment to rivet counters
Ya might be a rivet counter, if you ever counted the palm fonds on the palms out side the San Bernardino Station.
I like the Roundy Roundy Idea by the Way. feel free to mke a rivet counter or a Roundy Roundy Joke. Have Fun
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.
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
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.
To add to your training, engineers and firemen would typically have all their fingers. The trainmen were the people that lost fingers while coupling link and pin couplers.
So ironically, ya might be a roundy roundy if you complain that your fireman and your engineer in the cab have all their fingers. 8-)
Phoebe Vet I suspect that the thread title struck a nerve.
If we are going to keep poking the people that answer the questions with a stick, then it ought to be only fair to poke the people that ask the questions too. 8-)
Yav Yo....
Let us attempt to maintain a sense of humour ....
You might be a fence-sitter if'n your'n britches have gotten rip marks in the seat a few too many times....
You might be a rivet counter if you see a layout video that says the date is 1952 and you spot a 1958 chevy in it.
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
dehusman Phoebe Vet: I suspect that the thread title struck a nerve. If we are going to keep poking the people that answer the questions with a stick, then it ought to be only fair to poke the people that ask the questions too. 8-)
Phoebe Vet: I suspect that the thread title struck a nerve.
I agree. But I probably would have started a separate competing thread to see which one got more posts. lol.
dehusman To add to your training, engineers and firemen would typically have all their fingers. The trainmen were the people that lost fingers while coupling link and pin couplers. So ironically, ya might be a roundy roundy if you complain that your fireman and your engineer in the cab have all their fingers. 8-)
I thought a number of men worked their way up the ranks from brakeman to fireman to engineer. (Not all but most) I could be wrong, so feel free to correct me. I prefer to be wrong and learn as opposed to ignorant and sounding stupid.
DigitalGriffin I thought a number of men worked their way up the ranks from brakeman to fireman to engineer. (Not all but most) I could be wrong, so feel free to correct me. I prefer to be wrong and learn as opposed to ignorant and sounding stupid.
On the other hand, an engineer or fireman would be wearing gloves, which would have all the fingers on them, we just couldn't tell which ones were filled. 8-)
Ironically, I am one of very few modelers that would ever even have to worry about that, since I model 1900-1905 and link and pin couplers were replaced by 1906 in interchange. Most models are in the 1950 or newer range so most of their engineers would have never seen a working link and pin coupler, let alone get their fingers squished in one.
You might be a Roundy-Rounder if you tell others the size of your layout by the number of TRAIN SETs you have!
BOB H - Clarion, PA
You might be a Rivet Counter if.....
Your wife has a recipe for HO scale pork chops
(dedicated to those who model any pre-hamburger era)
Mine doesn't move.......it's at the station!!!
Ya might be a Rivet counter, if you divorced your wife because she gave you an un-protipical Locomotive
Good Jobs guys
You might be a rivet counter when you get upset after seeing a thread titled "You might be a rivet counter..."
You might be a rivet counter if you (I) didn't realize what 'Roundy Rounder' meant till now..
Might not get your fingers crushed in a coupler but my ex father-in-law's dad was a passenger conductor and lost a leg in train service in the 40's.
I guess I'm not a rivet counter - I tried to set a year of 1956 for my layout but I need covered hoppers for my cement plant and the home road were all DIY until 1957. I have the old issue of MR where it was shown how to build the DIY versions from old coal hoppers, just like they really did it, but yikes, the idea of building a few dozen... already tried the trick of using parts from a covered hopper kit but they do not fit and it would be at least as much work to fix that as build the roof per the article. I suppose this means it's a good time to learn casting and mold making.
If your layout has static grass trimmed to the exact height of a nearby lawnmower model, you might be a rivet counter...
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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ya might be a Rivet Counter, if you've ever reffered to John Allen as a wannabe modeler.
dehusman Ironically, I am one of very few modelers that would ever even have to worry about that, since I model 1900-1905 and link and pin couplers were replaced by 1906 in interchange. Most models are in the 1950 or newer range so most of their engineers would have never seen a working link and pin coupler, let alone get their fingers squished in one.
Link and Pin couplers....
and...
Modern motormen can still encounter these couplers on the museum trains.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Ya might be a Rivet Counter if the rivets you counted were FAKE press-on ones!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Attention rivet counters! There is a cure to your frustration.
Micro-Mark sells decals with raised 3D rivets, so it is now easy to correct all those un-prototypical riviets.
http://www.micromark.com/ho-scale-decals-with-raised-3d-rivets-and-other-surface-details,9968.html
(one small problem, all the rivets are round head, nothing for other rivet shapes )
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
G Paine Attention rivet counters! There is a cure to your frustration. Micro-Mark sells decals with raised 3D rivets, so it is now easy to correct all those un-prototypical riviets. http://www.micromark.com/ho-scale-decals-with-raised-3d-rivets-and-other-surface-details,9968.html (one small problem, all the rivets are round head, nothing for other rivet shapes )
AAARRRRRAAAAAAGGGHH!!!!!! Not fair!!!!!