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Trains and XD pics

Post by Morian Miner » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:22 am

Decided to take a few photos of my garden railroad. Its only about 2 months old, so there is alot of work to be done. The main section finally has all the track put down (including the three bridges), but most of the landscaping has suffered from the heat, the kids playing out there, and our new puppy digging. Even the train track has had to survive one of my older dogs continually pooping in the middle of the rails (more effective than bombers at cutting off the supply lines).

I hope to eventually do some wargaming out there, since there is plenty of space and tons of objectives to attack/defend.

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Post by MIGMADMAVIS » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:26 am

Holy cow!!! Those are sweet pictures!! I love them. Thats just what I want to see in a DAK Dio!!!!! Love it!
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Post by scope uk » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:47 am

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Post by Jagdpanther » Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:02 pm

Hey nice setup there! :D

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Post by Jagdpanther » Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:03 pm

Jagdpanther wrote:Hey nice set up there! :D
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Post by kevrut » Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:26 pm

Nice railroad pics. :P

It looks like you spent alot of time on it.

I checked out all your other pics too. 8)

I like the supply shed with the tin roof. Can you show us how you made the tin roof?

StarWars vs. Patton is an interesting concept too. (town6):lol:

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Post by Morian Miner » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:29 pm

kevrut wrote:Nice railroad pics. :P

It looks like you spent alot of time on it.

I checked out all your other pics too. 8)

I like the supply shed with the tin roof. Can you show us how you made the tin roof?

StarWars vs. Patton is an interesting concept too. (town6):lol:

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The tin roof is made from coke cans. I cut the tops and bottoms off using my bandsaw. Then, I run the can through a paper crimper from Michaels. Usually you need to run it through twice to make a good pattern. Also, some cans are thinner than others. With as many as I've cut up, you'd think I'd remember which brands that is.
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Post by tmanthegreat » Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:22 pm

Awesome train layout with the bridges, buildings and all! I think it may be time to bust out my father's LGB tracks and trains :wink:
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Post by pokeyjtc » Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:59 pm

Really cool train set up. Good pics too!

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Post by MajorHoover » Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:42 am

Absolutely great!

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Post by V2 MAN » Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:57 am

Great job man :D
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Post by KAMIKAZE » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:31 pm

Very cool MM. I can't wait to see a few 88's dug in around that rail line!

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Post by RED » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:28 pm

SWEET PICS!!!!! I really like your work brother----hope to see some USMC dios from you in the future!!!!!Keep up the great work!!!!---RED---
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Post by Morian Miner » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:32 pm

Thanks for the comments, guys.

Got my books in the mail today about German armored trains. Too late for Kamikaze's contest, unfortunately, but hopefully soon :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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Post by warhawker » Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:13 am

Man, those as sweet pics! What railroad scale is closest to 1/32?

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Post by Morian Miner » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:05 am

Aristocraft and USA trains make US equipment that runs on G-scale track in 1:29 scale. Marklin and MTH makes 1:32 stuff that runs on G-scale track. Here's the link to the Marklin stuff

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Post by ChairmanMilo » Sun Jul 01, 2007 12:05 pm

Sorry I didn't comment before, but that looks great! Makes me wonder how much that the opposing forces in the North African campaign depended on rail transport. I should probably do some research on that ;)

I'm sad to hear that your dog has decided that your railway is a toilet! At least you don't have to worry about lingering odour if you're setting up dioramas outside after you clean up the mess.

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Post by Morian Miner » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:42 pm

ChairmanMilo wrote: I'm sad to hear that your dog has decided that your railway is a toilet! At least you don't have to worry about lingering odour if you're setting up dioramas outside after you clean up the mess.
The benefit of 110 degree weather - the obstructions turn into rocks pretty quickly. But, they are very effective at derailing engines that run into them (always check the entire mainline before running :wink: ).
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Post by 75th Ranger » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:53 pm

By far one of the best DAK dioramas done so far!!
great job and good idea....now we need the Rat Patrol to hit them!!!
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Post by MilitaryMike23 » Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:57 am

wow very nice ... i havnt had much intrest in dak but after this ... im sparked

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Post by Light.Inf.Scout » Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:04 pm

Very Cool!

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Post by DocTodd » Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:11 pm

Pretty CooL! I want to set up a garden railroad sometime. I also like the Star Wars element. I have incorporated stormtroopers with my Bbi tanks and APV's and it looks alright.
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Post by Morian Miner » Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:17 am

Just a quick update.

We had a pretty good monsoon storm blow through Thursday night. The winds pretty much took everything in my backyard and threw it against my trainset. The 8-foot long bridge shown in the fourth pictures actually took a direct hit from one of the cozy coupe kiddie cars my kids have. Moved the whole thing about 6 inches, bending the rails of both ends. However, the bridge survived. Looks like once I stop working these weekends :roll: I got some work ahead of me to get it running again.
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Post by Light.Inf.Scout » Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:30 am

Yep...very nice. Hope you can fix it easily.

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Post by pickelhaube » Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:14 pm

Did the wind do the bridge on the River Kwai detonation thing? :shock:
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