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Posted by Southwest Chief on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:16 PM

It's a retaining wall, and I built it by hand...so I guess this counts as a scratch built retaining wall Wink

Show me a train station.

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Posted by howmus on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:59 AM

Home made trees all over the place (Very few commercial kit trees and no store bought ready to grow ones....).

Show me a scratch built retaining wall.

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

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Posted by Annonymous on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:05 AM

Here's my girlfriend's two scratchbuilt projects captured in the same pic. The trestle was her first, constructed from 4mm plywood and styrene strips, and the outhouse was built board by board from styrene and 240 grit sandpaper (roofing), complete with toilet paper inside for those in need:

Show us some home made trees.

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Posted by ollevon on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:57 AM

Here is a welcoming fella from the Springfield Ma. train show.

 

 

 

Show us your best scratch built project.

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Posted by jacon12 on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 6:38 AM

I think it's safe to say times up!

Show me something welcoming.

Jarrell

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Posted by wm3798 on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:25 AM

 

How about some Rails To Trails action?

 

Show me some adaptive re-use...  i.e. feed mill converted to antiques barn, factory converted to condos, old roundhouse as museum... etc...

Lee

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Posted by NorthCoast RR on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:24 AM

Here is a path

 

Show me a poorly maintained right of way...

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Posted by jacon12 on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:21 AM

From the truck he takes the short path to the stairs and up to his place.

 Show me another path!

Jarrell

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Posted by howmus on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:17 AM

Ice Pond behind Cooley's Blue Ice.

Show me a path.

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

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Posted by Motley on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:05 AM

The UP 844 excursion train. Denver to Cheyenne.

 

Show me something with water. (creek, lake, etc.)

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Posted by wedudler on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 7:10 AM

At the Silver Valley RR

Show me another excursion train

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Posted by IVRW on Monday, April 9, 2012 12:18 PM

Excursion train on the BWTC with the minuteman scale models iCar (would highly recommend, BTW).

 

I was unable to post the video in the post, so here is the link. Sorry.

http://s936.photobucket.com/albums/ad204/IVRW/The%20Bradley-Woodard%20Timber%20Company/?action=view&current=IMG_0829.mp4

 

Show me another excursion train

 

~G4

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Posted by Motley on Monday, April 9, 2012 10:55 AM

Yard lights....

 

Show me an excursion train.

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Posted by leighant on Monday, April 9, 2012 10:47 AM

Making up for the reply that was one 1/3 of a layout, here are 3 complete layouts.

 

 

We now return you to your regularly scheduled show me, with whatever was the last legitimate request.

 

 

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Posted by UncBob on Monday, April 9, 2012 6:47 AM

jacon12

UncBob, I think Ray was a little quicker on the clicker with his request for a yard ladder.

Jarrell

He only had a 1/3 layout

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Sunday, April 8, 2012 10:43 PM

Overall shot of my yard. DJ.

Show me yard lights.

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Posted by jacon12 on Sunday, April 8, 2012 9:18 PM

UncBob, I think Ray was a little quicker on the clicker with his request for a yard ladder.

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Posted by UncBob on Sunday, April 8, 2012 9:14 PM

 

Let's see another overall layout view

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Posted by howmus on Sunday, April 8, 2012 9:12 PM

Well... This is about 1/3rd. of the layout.  can't get it all on one photo.

Show me a yard ladder.

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Posted by cudaken on Sunday, April 8, 2012 8:48 PM

 My first effort of cutting and painting foam/

 Show me your layout.

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Posted by BATMAN on Sunday, April 8, 2012 1:20 PM

I am proud of this because it was my very first attempt at making rocky landscape out of foam. It came out better than I expected and that does not always happen on first attempts at anything.

Show me something that came out better than you expected.Thumbs Up

BrentCowboy

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Posted by ollevon on Sunday, April 8, 2012 11:05 AM

I take a lot of pride in this Seaport model of the herring carrier that I kit bashed into a New England fishing dragger.

 

 

Show something else you take a lot of pride in

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Posted by shayfan84325 on Sunday, April 8, 2012 12:30 AM

Here's my roster shot.  It's a little outdated; the Heisler has moved on to a new owner in Italy, and my latest acquisition - an outside frame 0-4-0 - is not in this picture.  Still, it's representative of the motive power on the Blackwater and Butte Creek Railroad:

Show me something that you take a lot of pride in.

Phil,
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Posted by Motley on Saturday, April 7, 2012 7:48 AM

4 ATSF units

 

Show me another roster locomotive shot.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Friday, April 6, 2012 11:26 AM

Show me a roster shot of a road-name beginning with "A"

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Posted by G Paine on Friday, April 6, 2012 10:41 AM

Tracks going straight through the bridges up to the Dragon Products cement plant in the fishing village at Boothaby Railway Village

Show me some curved track

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Posted by jacon12 on Thursday, April 5, 2012 7:10 PM

A bit of a stretch but this show the pipe (tubes) down the side of my NW Class A 2-6-6-4

 Show me something straight.

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Posted by cudaken on Thursday, April 5, 2012 10:38 AM

 Blue clump of wild flowers.

 

 Show me some pipe.

 Ken

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Thursday, April 5, 2012 9:46 AM

1% grade at Stoney Creek. DJ.

Show me some flowers.

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Posted by cudaken on Thursday, April 5, 2012 9:36 AM

Show me a grade.

         Ken

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