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Postby healey36 » Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:44 am

Looks very sharp; nice assortment of ladders and grabs. I like that little lockbox/cabinet next to the door.

That dog, however, should be on a leash. :lol:
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Mar 06, 2023 10:00 am

healey36 wrote:Looks very sharp; nice assortment of ladders and grabs. I like that little lockbox/cabinet next to the door.


That was a very late addition; came with a pile of other castings and I thought is wold go well in that location.

That dog, however, should be on a leash. :lol:


Yeah, probably so since he's piddled on the deck and that crate, :lol: :lol:
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Re: The Modelers Thread

Postby gregj410 » Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:29 pm

Looks cool! I like a nice work train where you can take your best friend to work with you. :D
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:59 am

Next car started:
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Re: The Modelers Thread

Postby webenda » Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:51 am

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Calling this car done...

Is it HO?
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:41 am

webenda wrote:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Calling this car done...

Is it HO?


Seriously? I've built maybe 5 HO models in 30 years. I can't see of work that small with any reliability.

O scale!
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Postby webenda » Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:44 pm

It is the Tru-Scale road bed that led me to think it might be HO-scale.
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Mar 13, 2023 4:14 pm

webenda wrote:It is the Tru-Scale road bed that led me to think it might be HO-scale.


Tru-Scale road bed as you might guess now also was made in O scale!
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Re: The Modelers Thread

Postby robert. » Mon Mar 13, 2023 4:32 pm

Where is the opening for a giraffe neck and head?
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Mar 13, 2023 5:23 pm

robert. wrote:Where is the opening for a giraffe neck and head?


Over on OGR where such silliness resides.
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Postby healey36 » Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:59 pm

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
robert. wrote:Where is the opening for a giraffe neck and head?


Over on OGR where such silliness resides.

Ugh...I just hid my horse-transport car under the layout.

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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Tue Mar 14, 2023 8:58 am

healey36 wrote:Ugh...I just hid my horse-transport car under the layout.
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Re: The Modelers Thread

Postby healey36 » Tue Mar 14, 2023 9:56 am

yeah, but no bobbing horse-heads...
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Tue Mar 14, 2023 10:31 am

healey36 wrote:yeah, but no bobbing horse-heads...


Buckets of water inside full of apples....
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Re: The Modelers Thread

Postby healey36 » Tue Mar 14, 2023 3:45 pm

hahaha!

Very nice looking model, though.
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