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Welcome to the December, 2018 Jarrell's Show Me Something Thread

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Posted by PennCentral99 on Friday, December 28, 2018 9:56 AM

gmpullman

Show me a scene with a flag in it.

I took this pic of a cool HO scale diorama at the 2018 RPM in St Louis, I'm sure most of you can relate to this scene...

Let's keep going with a scene with a flag of any type.

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Posted by G Paine on Friday, December 28, 2018 10:43 AM

The US Custom House in Portland on the Boothbay Railway Village layout has flags on the front.

Show me some more flags

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

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Posted by Lone Wolf and Santa Fe on Friday, December 28, 2018 2:08 PM

A flag at a fire station.

The Berdoo Fire Station is next to some ghetto apartments.

Show me people doing something outside.

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, December 28, 2018 2:21 PM

Lone Wolf and Santa Fe
Show me people doing something outside.

An al-fresco beer garden by Union Station:

 IMG_8727 by Edmund, on Flickr

More outdoor activities, please.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Saturday, December 29, 2018 4:58 AM

Well, in the spirit of the '60s outdoor music festivals, here's Cow-Stock...or perhaps Live-Stock...

Wayne

Show me a scene with some animals, please.

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Posted by Harrison on Saturday, December 29, 2018 7:24 AM

A moose about to wander onto the tracks.

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Show me a FAST train.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, December 29, 2018 7:30 AM

doctorwayne
Show me a scene with some animals, please.

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OK Wayne. Here are some delightful cows peacefully enjoying a beautiful day in a nice, peaceful, green pasture where nothing could possible go wrong.

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Whoops, Harrison beat me to the reply.

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Here is his request:

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Harrison
Show me a FAST train.

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-Kevin

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Posted by Lone Wolf and Santa Fe on Saturday, December 29, 2018 12:31 PM

This train went by so fast I only got a picture of the rear end.

FRED on the back of an Amtrak express box car

Please show me another fast train.

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, December 29, 2018 1:21 PM

Lone Wolf and Santa Fe
Please show me another fast train.

A New York Central 6000 Niagara at speed...

 NYC_6008 by Edmund, on Flickr

More fast trains, please.

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Posted by BRVRR on Saturday, December 29, 2018 2:01 PM

Ed said: "More fast trains, please."

I was a little slow with the shutter button as a Santa Fe passenger train passes.

More fast trains, please.

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Posted by Harrison on Saturday, December 29, 2018 4:09 PM

This is the picture I have that best represents speed.

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Show me a steam train.

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Posted by Little Timmy on Saturday, December 29, 2018 4:47 PM

Harrison
Show me a steam train.

One Steam train , coming up.

Still under construction..... you never said it had to be in "ONE" piece. L O L 

Show me something  "Not quite finished " yet.

 

Rust...... It's a good thing !

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Posted by countsrr on Saturday, December 29, 2018 8:17 PM
Table 2 is under construction ran out of track waiting on fresh supply next week
More under construction
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Posted by cv_acr on Saturday, December 29, 2018 8:53 PM

In-progress scratchbuilt model of a passenger station at Wawa, Ontario for my Algoma Central Railway, built following actual blueprints for the real station.

Something else scratchbuilt/kitbashed/otherwise customized in some way.

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, December 29, 2018 9:09 PM

cv_acr
Something else scratchbuilt/kitbashed/otherwise customized in some way.

Started out as Norfolk & western Y-3. When I discovered that the late, great PRR bought six of them in 1943 I started this paint-job/conversion:

 PRR_HH1 by Edmund, on Flickr

The Scalecoat-II takes a while to cure before I can get decals on her.

Show me more kitbash/scratch/custom models.

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Posted by G Paine on Saturday, December 29, 2018 10:44 PM

The Portland Press Herald Newspaper office and the Burgess Forbes Paint Factory on the Boothbay Railway Village layout were kibashed to hide the tracks on the layout right side grade

Show me more kitbash/scratch/custom models.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Sunday, December 30, 2018 3:04 AM

The Erie Northshore's "BEE", originally a gas-electric, but later converted to diesel-electric, is a modified Rivarossi combine....

The front frame and fuel tank is part of the frame from an Athearn F7, as is the front truck.  The sideframes on that truck are from Detail Associates, as are many of the other detail parts.  The headlight and class lights are from Cal-Scale, while the pilot is from a Bachmann Northern.
The rooftop radiator is partially scratchbuilt, along with parts from an MDC 3-in-1 kit, the air intakes from an Athearn geep, and some rooftop fairing from New England Rail Services, while the coach seats are from Pikestuff. 
While both front and rear trucks pick-up power, only the front one supplies the power to the track, via a Mashima can motor, mounted on its flat side, and driving through the stock Athearn drive train.  

It's a smooth runner (moreso than the jerky video below shows) and a great puller...

Wayne

Show me something else that's been kitbashed, please.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Sunday, December 30, 2018 3:08 AM

For some strange reason, both my name and my request in the previous post have become links - however, they take you to the same video that clicking on the small picture does.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, December 30, 2018 6:14 AM

doctorwayne
Show me something else that's been kitbashed, please.

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The storage tank on the left side of this picture is made from a Lionel tank car and Lionel trestle bents.

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Show me a scene outside of town.

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-Kevin

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Posted by Harrison on Sunday, December 30, 2018 7:55 AM

A D&H freight is about to enter a town on the A&LC.

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Show me a train car that is multi-colored.

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, December 30, 2018 12:21 PM

Harrison
Show me a train car that is multi-colored.

I think this qualifies:

 IMG_2391color by Edmund, on Flickr

Show me another colorful freight car...

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Posted by BRVRR on Monday, December 31, 2018 1:06 PM

No colorful freight cars? How about colorful engines.

More colorful engines/locomotives, please.

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Posted by Harrison on Monday, December 31, 2018 1:36 PM

A Phase 1 Amtrak engine is colorfull.

IMG_9611

More colorfull engines or cars.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, December 31, 2018 2:32 PM

Harrison
More colorfull engines or cars.

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This Amtrak train certainly is colorful. It was seen on the Orlando N-Trak Club's Non-N-Trak modular layout.

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Show me something awesome to end 2018.

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-Kevin

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Posted by countsrr on Monday, December 31, 2018 3:26 PM
One thing I proud of in the start of 18 a was doing ez track the end of 18 soldering my track this is Morton salt done last week I think its is awesome that I have come this far in 12 months
  morton salt by James COUNTS, on Flickr
More cool things you did in 18
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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, December 31, 2018 4:48 PM

countsrr
More cool things you did in 18

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About all I have done in 2018 is paint fake, phony, and fantasy train cars.

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These are some of my favorites:

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Show me more accomplishments from 2018.

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Posted by Harrison on Monday, December 31, 2018 6:44 PM

The Rt. 9 underpass started like this back in April:

And looks like this now:

More accomplishments from the past year please.

Harrison

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, December 31, 2018 7:45 PM

Harrison
More accomplishments from the past year please.

Probably the biggest undertaking of 2018 was the "Roundhouse Renewal" project.

 Roundhouse4 by Edmund, on Flickr

The old Heljan roundhouse was lacking interior detail:

It was leveled and a new foundation and brickwork appeared:

 RH_new_TO by Edmund, on Flickr

Wood had to be routed out for the inspection pits:

 RH_pits by Edmund, on Flickr

Here it is at night:

 RH_night by Edmund, on Flickr

...and ready for its first visitor:

 H10-shop by Edmund, on Flickr

 Q2_on_TT5 by Edmund, on Flickr

Let's see more of your favorite goals or projects of the past year —

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Posted by BNSF UP and others modeler on Monday, December 31, 2018 7:52 PM

How about having a layout?

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GTyHW52O3x3FCW29-PJef8qPxyzD4Ddr

Stupid picture doesn't want to work today...

Show me unique/really cool projects of 2018

 

I'm beginning to realize that Windows 10 and sound decoders have a lot in common. There are so many things you have to change in order to get them to work the way you want.

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Posted by countsrr on Monday, December 31, 2018 9:46 PM
To end my year, I just painted my new Trussell this is the 1 st of 3 sections  
  trussell  3 by James COUNTS, on Flickr
 trussell 2 by James COUNTS, on Flickr
 trussell 1 by James COUNTS, on Flickr
More cool things you did this year

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