Trains and XD pics
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Trains and XD pics
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.
I hope to eventually do some wargaming out there, since there is plenty of space and tons of objectives to attack/defend.
Sometimes, the mind needs a shovel, rather than a pencil and paper, to express itself.
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Nice railroad pics.
It looks like you spent alot of time on it.
I checked out all your other pics too.
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:
Kevin.
It looks like you spent alot of time on it.
I checked out all your other pics too.
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:
Kevin.
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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.kevrut wrote:Nice railroad pics.
It looks like you spent alot of time on it.
I checked out all your other pics too.
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:
Kevin.
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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---
[size=150][/size]"Take your time.Stay away from the easy going.Never go the same way twice."---GySgt Charles C. Arndt on patrolling on Guadalcanal,1942[color=#BF0000][/color]
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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
http://www.marklin.com/scales/maxi/onegauge.html
http://www.marklin.com/scales/maxi/onegauge.html
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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.
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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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 ).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.
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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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great job and good idea....now we need the Rat Patrol to hit them!!!
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wow very nice ... i havnt had much intrest in dak but after this ... im sparked
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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 I got some work ahead of me to get it running again.
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 I got some work ahead of me to get it running again.
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