The Model Railroading thread

GT182 · 04-06-17, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Oh yeah you can get just about anything now a days.

This reminds me of where my my grandparents lived in a little town in NY.... Bainbridge. The main line for the D&H running from Albany to Binghamton, NY went by their house..... 60 feet way from the house just behind the backyard. You could feel it coming and the noise was something else at 70 mph.

August · 04-06-17, 10:31 PM

The old F series are my favorite locomotives.

fireftr18 · 04-08-17, 08:08 PM

August, that looks incredible.

fumo30 · 10-20-17, 09:00 AM

Every second year there's an American themed model railroad convention organized in Rodgau Germany.
This years exhibitors came from Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Croatia, Finland, Luxembourg and Slovenia.
Captions are in finnish, but the pics speak for them selves.

http://vaunut.org/kuvat/?s=4168&p=0

Oberon · 10-20-17, 11:33 AM

The F series really are iconic, probably the most recognizable of the diesels of that era I'd wager.

propbeanie · 10-20-17, 11:44 AM

... unfortunately Oberon, he painted them in Pennsylvania colors (The Standard Railroad of the US of A), and not Big Four (part of the New York Central System)...

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Sorry, I'm a former Penn Central / Conrail / CSXE employee, and I used to get a kick out of the old Pennsylvania dudes and the Big Four dudes arguing as which railroad was the best... I used to always say "~WAS~"...

- later in my career, I got to rub elbows with former B&O and Chessie fellers who all had the same trouble... :wink:

Good stuff fellers on your modeling.

I know how much patience it takes to do that, but it can also be rewardingly therapeutic doing it...

August · 10-20-17, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fumo30

Every second year there's an American themed model railroad convention organized in Rodgau Germany.
This years exhibitors came from Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Croatia, Finland, Luxembourg and Slovenia.
Captions are in finnish, but the pics speak for them selves.

http://vaunut.org/kuvat/?s=4168&p=0

My Aunt Gretel lives in Rodgau.

August · 10-21-17, 12:08 PM

BTW this was my summer project. My military rail head had too many dirty nasty Legs and needed some Paratroopers.

The Chopper is a Rocco UH-1D (HO Scale). I gut the doors out and remounted them in the open position. The figures are Preiser US Infantry frankensteined into the proper poses.

fumo30 · 10-21-17, 01:06 PM

Nice!

04-06-17, 10:31 PM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,226 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The old F series are my favorite locomotives. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

04-08-17, 08:08 PM	#3
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	August, that looks incredible. __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

10-20-17, 09:00 AM	#4
fumo30 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 872 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Every second year there's an American themed model railroad convention organized in Rodgau Germany. This years exhibitors came from Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Croatia, Finland, Luxembourg and Slovenia. Captions are in finnish, but the pics speak for them selves. http://vaunut.org/kuvat/?s=4168&p=0 __________________

10-20-17, 11:44 AM	#6
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,112 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	... unfortunately Oberon, he painted them in Pennsylvania colors (The Standard Railroad of the US of A), and not Big Four (part of the New York Central System)... - Sorry, I'm a former Penn Central / Conrail / CSXE employee, and I used to get a kick out of the old Pennsylvania dudes and the Big Four dudes arguing as which railroad was the best... I used to always say "~WAS~"... - later in my career, I got to rub elbows with former B&O and Chessie fellers who all had the same trouble... :wink: Good stuff fellers on your modeling. I know how much patience it takes to do that, but it can also be rewardingly therapeutic doing it... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

10-21-17, 12:08 PM	#8
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,226 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	BTW this was my summer project. My military rail head had too many dirty nasty Legs and needed some Paratroopers. The Chopper is a Rocco UH-1D (HO Scale). I gut the doors out and remounted them in the open position. The figures are Preiser US Infantry frankensteined into the proper poses. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

10-20-17, 11:33 AM	#5
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	The F series really are iconic, probably the most recognizable of the diesels of that era I'd wager.

10-21-17, 01:06 PM	#9
fumo30 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 872 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Nice! __________________