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Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:23 pm
by flyboy 28
So I have a six-page history paper due in... eight hours. And what does that mean? Time to post some pictures! ;D These were from a while ago, soon after I got my SLR. A model train club had an "expo" so to speak, so my dad, brother and I headed over to see what was going on. Pretty in-depth, though a bit of a strange hobby in my opinion. Then again, taking pictures of airplanes seems like an odd hobby to most. :)

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Re: Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:15 am
by pepper_airborne
Ooh nice, i love modelrailroads(used too have one)! First pic could have used a bigger Fstop though.

Re: Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:47 am
by Brett_Henderson
Interesting timimg  :)    I've just started construction on the benchwork for MY model railroad  8-)

Re: Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:49 am
by pepper_airborne
Cool! Would you mind putting up some pics of it? What brand are you driving?

Re: Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:58 am
by alrot
Amazing James !! Hey! these are the hobbys for the rich & famous  ;D

Re: Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:15 am
by pepper_airborne
More for the patient collector then the rich alrot :P. Offcourse, being lucky when running into that one missing piece is also part of it ;)

Re: Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:36 am
by Brett_Henderson
Cool! Would you mind putting up some pics of it? What brand are you driving?


Brand, as in maker of the models ?

Re: Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:38 am
by pepper_airborne
Cool, yeah, like the manufacturer of the models and tracks. Although im unfamiliar with all of those. Im a Marklin 3-rail driver myself :).

Re: Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:48 am
by Brett_Henderson
Oh yeah.. sorry.. forgot to mention the scale   :-[  

Im doing HO scale and will use Peco code 83 track..

I've got a 30X15 foot room set aside and am going to do it all on a shelf-type layout around the room..  

I'll post my track plan in the Pilot's  Lounge..

Re: Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:51 am
by pepper_airborne
i heard about that track type yeah, il be lookingforward too the plans!!

Re: Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:52 am
by Brett_Henderson
Track plan  (sorry about the hijacking  :-[   )

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 375476/0#0

Re: Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:07 pm
by flyboy 28
Track plan  (sorry about the hijacking  :-[   )

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 375476/0#0


No worries.

Re: Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:19 am
by Willit Run
Great train set-ups!!  Model train people are a whole different breed but, like you said so are we!!

My Daughter asked for Lionels Hogwarts Express train set we saw in the store.  So, now it's set up around our Christmas tree and I'm playing with it more then her!!

Re: Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:47 am
by ThatOnePerson
Great train set-ups!!  Model train people are a whole different breed but, like you said so are we!!

My Daughter asked for Lionels Hogwarts Express train set we saw in the store.  So, now it's set up around our Christmas tree and I'm playing with it more then her!!



Heh, hows the model? I thought about getting it, but I normally dont get the full train sets, I just blow my money on a more expensive engine :P. Any pics?

Re: Trains/Procrastination

PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:48 am
by Willit Run
[quote][quote]Great train set-ups!!