But when one journey ends another begins! Welcome my 2015 FLS!!!!
Hobo Jungle
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Retirement party!!!! Sadly my long abused body is in complete disagreement with riding my bobber anymore.
But when one journey ends another begins! Welcome my 2015 FLS!!!!
But when one journey ends another begins! Welcome my 2015 FLS!!!!
Running that red block Charlie.
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That's the ticket, Jon!
Now I just have to get a sound chip into them so when they are out of hte front lawn you hear, "Brains... Brains..... ".
Now I just have to get a sound chip into them so when they are out of hte front lawn you hear, "Brains... Brains..... ".
2railjon wrote:Rufus, Zombie flamingo's for the win!
Your body is not a temple. It’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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The Niskayuna station pictured above is a fantastic job of restoration.
It would be a great to have on a model railroad.
It would be a great to have on a model railroad.
roger
I support thread drift.
If God didn't want women to be looked at, He would have made 'em ugly. RAH
I support thread drift.
If God didn't want women to be looked at, He would have made 'em ugly. RAH
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Jon, I have the solution—no more sitting:
That a life will be spent gaining inches,
When this distance is read in miles.
When this distance is read in miles.
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What it was that bridged the gulf between chariot racing and Star War's "pod-racing", no doubt? 
Jon, mate. I do know about those pains that have one perhaps modify one's passions a bit. Glad to see you know the difference between "modify" and "compromise", though!
Never compromise your passions!
Jon, mate. I do know about those pains that have one perhaps modify one's passions a bit. Glad to see you know the difference between "modify" and "compromise", though!
Never compromise your passions!
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LOL, Tramp!!! That photo!!! What in the world??????? Not to mention, what the heck is on that guy's head????
Sarge, right you are! I may be getting older but it doesn't mean I have to grow up!
Sarge, right you are! I may be getting older but it doesn't mean I have to grow up!
Running that red block Charlie.
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It probably all started with a " hay buddy hold my beer and watch this"
I spend entirely too many hours a day tying my shoes
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I see the steering mechanism, I wonder how the clutching, shifting, throttling, and braking was accomplished.
Running that red block Charlie.
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What clutching, shifting, throttling, and braking?
https://youtu.be/A1fvcp--Lzk
Top Gear had motorcycle handle bars in the chariots with regular (but long) cables to control the scooters.
https://youtu.be/tlHtiCezgr4
https://youtu.be/A1fvcp--Lzk
Top Gear had motorcycle handle bars in the chariots with regular (but long) cables to control the scooters.
https://youtu.be/tlHtiCezgr4
----Wayne----
Back when I was growing up, if you didn't start someth'n, there wouldn't be noth'n.
--Merle Haggard
Back when I was growing up, if you didn't start someth'n, there wouldn't be noth'n.
--Merle Haggard
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Incredible what some people will do for fun. 
From viewing the u-tube video and seeing the earlier B/W photo of Tramps I don't think their is much in common to the way these are being raced. That guy on the dirt track, back in the day, looks like a pretty serious contender.
Butch
From viewing the u-tube video and seeing the earlier B/W photo of Tramps I don't think their is much in common to the way these are being raced. That guy on the dirt track, back in the day, looks like a pretty serious contender. Butch
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One of Lee's latest projects. He made some modifications to this one besides the beautiful weathering.
Butch
Butch
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Butch, Wow, wow, WOW!
What changes did Lee make?
What changes did Lee make?
That a life will be spent gaining inches,
When this distance is read in miles.
When this distance is read in miles.
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In the words of the master himself.
"""I fabricated view blocks to get rid of the empty space between the running board and drivers as well as the intercooler box under the nose. Getting rid of that "see through" look really helps make the model look more massive like the prototype. Other mods were a drop front coupler in the lowered position, better than an old Kadee hanging out the front! Air and signal hoses and a steam line connection was added to the end of the tender along with a lost wax dummy coupler. A full width diapragm was built to give the flow through look between tender and cab. All new glazing was installed on the cab with wind deflector vents on the front of the cab. New reflectors and lenses really help the look of the foglight and headlight. The engine assignment codes were added to the pilot beam for the Western Pa. region, Pittsburgh division, Harrisburg engine house which would have the engine running between Harrisburg after taking over from electric power to Pittsburgh across the middle division and around horseshoe curve. Hope you like it! """"
Lee really pays attention to detail which shows in his work and his modifications.
Butch
"""I fabricated view blocks to get rid of the empty space between the running board and drivers as well as the intercooler box under the nose. Getting rid of that "see through" look really helps make the model look more massive like the prototype. Other mods were a drop front coupler in the lowered position, better than an old Kadee hanging out the front! Air and signal hoses and a steam line connection was added to the end of the tender along with a lost wax dummy coupler. A full width diapragm was built to give the flow through look between tender and cab. All new glazing was installed on the cab with wind deflector vents on the front of the cab. New reflectors and lenses really help the look of the foglight and headlight. The engine assignment codes were added to the pilot beam for the Western Pa. region, Pittsburgh division, Harrisburg engine house which would have the engine running between Harrisburg after taking over from electric power to Pittsburgh across the middle division and around horseshoe curve. Hope you like it! """"
Lee really pays attention to detail which shows in his work and his modifications.
Butch
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Butch, do you have any photos of Lee's weathering that Lee didn't take? He does take fantastic photos, but I'd be curious to see his work photographed by someone else. Thanks. I have a photo of your Challenger as part of my desktop file.
That a life will be spent gaining inches,
When this distance is read in miles.
When this distance is read in miles.
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Art is art.
That said, here is an observation very much in the vein of how one appreciates art. It's a very personal thing; I can't stand Monet for example, yet most students are taught to appreciate his work as the essential examples (and arguably the origins) of Impressionism. I get many a raised eyebrow (and do I hear the word "philistine" whispered from lip to ear?) when I say I just don't like his stuff.
In that vein, I have to ask (and no, this isn't a slam on anyone's model or modelling choices), does a masterful weather become moot when one is confronted by a visual flaw in the model itself?
In this case, my eye is drawn away from the finish and jarred by the pilot height off the rail. Now, in person I'd bet the effect isn't nearly so jarring but photography is a merciless thing, especially shot at track level in the case of the pilot height.
So what is better in a model of a piece of history, a balance in all at the "good" level, or one aspect (in this case the weathering effect) beyond "excellent"?
For what its worth, my own eye favours a balanced result, for I now wonder if there is an effect whereby the excellence (in this case the weathering) actually emphasises the anomaly; does my eye desperately want everything to be at the level of the finish?
"Nah, he's just a philistine."
That said, here is an observation very much in the vein of how one appreciates art. It's a very personal thing; I can't stand Monet for example, yet most students are taught to appreciate his work as the essential examples (and arguably the origins) of Impressionism. I get many a raised eyebrow (and do I hear the word "philistine" whispered from lip to ear?) when I say I just don't like his stuff.
In that vein, I have to ask (and no, this isn't a slam on anyone's model or modelling choices), does a masterful weather become moot when one is confronted by a visual flaw in the model itself?
In this case, my eye is drawn away from the finish and jarred by the pilot height off the rail. Now, in person I'd bet the effect isn't nearly so jarring but photography is a merciless thing, especially shot at track level in the case of the pilot height.
So what is better in a model of a piece of history, a balance in all at the "good" level, or one aspect (in this case the weathering effect) beyond "excellent"?
For what its worth, my own eye favours a balanced result, for I now wonder if there is an effect whereby the excellence (in this case the weathering) actually emphasises the anomaly; does my eye desperately want everything to be at the level of the finish?
"Nah, he's just a philistine."
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