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Hobby Thread - January 11, 2025 [TRex]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread.
We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies(TM) a spin and the result was clear and unambiguous. It said model trains. Choo choo!
Words of wisdom:
"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, hijack the thread for your hobbying as you see fit. We will feature a different theme next time. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.
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Welcome Hobbiests
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 05:31 PM (fwDg9)
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I think the outdoor trains with snowplows are absolutely fantastic!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 11, 2025 05:34 PM (d9fT1)
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Entertrainment Junction is (or was) right up the street from me. Sad to see it go.
Posted by: tsj017 at January 11, 2025 05:37 PM (xakWh)
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So much goes into model trains. The layout, scenery and size are fascinating.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 05:37 PM (0wWvl)
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Little brother had a HO set. Had to get rid of it, the police kept knocking at our door.
Have a little one that goes on the Christmas tree. Don't use it there because it's too hard to keep level. Some years put it on the dining room table.
Have a little one that goes on the Christmas tree. Don't use it there because it's too hard to keep level. Some years put it on the dining room table.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 11, 2025 05:39 PM (0eaVi)
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I do have fond memories of going to the local hobby shop with my saved money and buying but mostly looking at all the fun model railroad stuff. I had a very modest train that simply went in a large circle.
Posted by: HappyFun at January 11, 2025 05:40 PM (aIURK)
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Travel Town in Griffith park is a full scale railroad museum. Haint been there in years, probably vandalized, tagged with spray paint and looted for gauges etc.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for interpretive dance and festiv at January 11, 2025 05:42 PM (BGeGB)
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Heard Dennis Prager say one time that it's amazing trains weren't invented long before they did since boys love trains.
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 05:42 PM (fwDg9)
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OK TRex, we absolutely need one of those train snow plows....largest size possible....set up on the driveway....
you know what to do!
you know what to do!
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 11, 2025 05:43 PM (IQ6Gq)
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The house that one of my Aunt and Uncles owned .for some reason had a whole area under it. My cousin had a train running all through it along with the Tonka toys and erector sets. It was the coolest place ever
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 05:44 PM (0wWvl)
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Fun fact: Rod Stewart is a huge model train enthusiast.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 11, 2025 05:45 PM (CHHv1)
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On the scales of trains, not knowing the difference between train scales and military miniatures I expended quite a bit more than should have trying to get oxen. Got a batch, printed too, way smaller than I can use them for.
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 05:45 PM (fwDg9)
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Grateful, hahaha. Think it will.work?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 05:45 PM (0wWvl)
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10 My cousin had a train running all through it along with the Tonka toys and erector sets. It was the coolest place ever
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 05:44 PM
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Trains, tonka toys AND erector sets?! Coolest place ever indeed.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 05:44 PM
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Trains, tonka toys AND erector sets?! Coolest place ever indeed.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 05:46 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I have a steamer trunk full of my father's HO trains that he collected in the 60's-70's.
I guess at some point I should inventory them.
All are wrapped for protection, and last time I saw them unwrapped must have been in the 70's.
I guess at some point I should inventory them.
All are wrapped for protection, and last time I saw them unwrapped must have been in the 70's.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 11, 2025 05:47 PM (a1415)
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That kitty that is blocking all traffic could be my Chonker Splotchy. Miss that sweet old tom cat. He would swat the Christmas train off the rails when i would try to run it under the tree and then lay across the tracks and look at me with a 'what chu-gon du?' look on his face.
Posted by: BifBewalski at January 11, 2025 05:47 PM (MsrgL)
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https://x.com/BourbnChicken/status/1877778222248542559
Kings of War, Empire of Dust warriors work in progress.
These are only an inch tall. The entire set is 20 warriors, 10 spearmen, 10 archers, and 10 cavalry. It came in the same 2-player box as the ogres I finished last week.
I have steel washers that make the feet heavy. If you poke one anywhere, it will spin rather than fall over. This makes them easy to pose in a tight formation. I love angry skeletons, but especially if they have a Harryhausen vibe.
Kings of War, Empire of Dust warriors work in progress.
These are only an inch tall. The entire set is 20 warriors, 10 spearmen, 10 archers, and 10 cavalry. It came in the same 2-player box as the ogres I finished last week.
I have steel washers that make the feet heavy. If you poke one anywhere, it will spin rather than fall over. This makes them easy to pose in a tight formation. I love angry skeletons, but especially if they have a Harryhausen vibe.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 11, 2025 05:47 PM (lhenN)
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TRex, his dad had a huge wine vat in another area. They don't make houses like that anymore.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 05:48 PM (0wWvl)
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Long-time N-scaler here, although I don't currently have a layout and all my locomotives and rolling stock are boxed. I may build another small layout this year. I've always liked Don Culp's Havaphew Central from the March 2005 issue of MR. It's 2.5" x 5", although I'll probably use Peco track instead of Atlas. I always did steam-era PRR, but the last couple years of running trains I was moving more towards PC and Conrail. This would be a good layout for that.
https://tinyurl.com/havasq25111
https://tinyurl.com/havasq25111
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at January 11, 2025 05:48 PM (QdGJh)
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I went all Gomez Adams on my American Flyer train set as a young teenager. As a result, no trains for me until again I was in my 40's. The kids loved them so I parceled them out when we relocated.
Didn't ever have much of a layout - just simple stuff but boy, did we all love them.
Didn't ever have much of a layout - just simple stuff but boy, did we all love them.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 11, 2025 05:49 PM (WXNFJ)
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The topic is a bit of a blast from my past. The house I grew up in was built shortly after the Civil War which, for the time and place, meant a big, roomy house. We had loads of room for a model train around the Christmas tree. It was a basic Lionel steam engine set up. It even had the little things that made 'smoke' from the locomotive. I could watch that set for hours imaging riding it through the old west, being attacked by Indians or train robbers, or thinking about the views of the plains and mountains, so different from New England. Great memories.
No idea what happened to that set. It would be about 70 years old by now.
No idea what happened to that set. It would be about 70 years old by now.
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025 05:51 PM (yTvNw)
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Bourbon Chicken are they metal or printed?
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 05:52 PM (fwDg9)
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13 Grateful, hahaha. Think it will.work?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 05:45 PM
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The only thing standing in the way is the $5k price tag.
https://tinyurl.com/sw53f2xv
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 05:45 PM
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The only thing standing in the way is the $5k price tag.
https://tinyurl.com/sw53f2xv
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 05:53 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I really really want to build a 4x4 foot coffee table N scale layout with rails around the verticle side in a mountain logging theme and the top would have sawmill and switching yard for the main line. Main line would disappear into a tunnel connected to an internal helix ramp for a lap around the bottom exterior. I had paper plans for this back in the late 70s before I joined the Army in 81.
Posted by: BifBewalski at January 11, 2025 05:53 PM (MsrgL)
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I hope JJ Sefton shows up for this thread. He's the man for model trains. He takes the same complete approach that Skip takes with his war game models: thorough and detailed.
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025 05:54 PM (yTvNw)
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A Japanese cat cafe has a large model train diorama complete with wireless POV shots from the locomotive. The cats enjoy repeatedly "killing" their prey.
https://youtu.be/6-n-zbyMF-8
https://youtu.be/6-n-zbyMF-8
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at January 11, 2025 05:54 PM (DTX3h)
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Have both HO and N gauge equipment but never had a permanent install since I was a yute. In basement in boxes nowadays. Same with a bunch of Avalon Hill plus original AD &D and original D&D plus Traveler softback books.
Probably need to get rid of them like some other stuff so people can use them. Trimming firearm collection and reloading gear plus various firearm parts from restoration days as well
Probably need to get rid of them like some other stuff so people can use them. Trimming firearm collection and reloading gear plus various firearm parts from restoration days as well
Posted by: whig's phone at January 11, 2025 05:55 PM (ctrM5)
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We used to do the train around the tree thing with grandson #1 when he was younger. #2 came about and we stopped for his early years and last Christmas #1 wanted his train again.
So I went and dug it out and low and behold the batteries which Papa thoughtlessly had left in had turned into a mass of white powder and despite all my efforts to try and get it cleaned up and working I could not.
The tears started to well.
So off to Home Depot for what appeared to be a similar set, same company and size. Last one on the shelf too.
I was cool with it and going to build double size track and train.
Well long story short nothing is the same. Cars are narrower, tracks won't clip together so we wound up only using the new one.
Grands were happy so all was good.
Hours of entertainment.
So I went and dug it out and low and behold the batteries which Papa thoughtlessly had left in had turned into a mass of white powder and despite all my efforts to try and get it cleaned up and working I could not.
The tears started to well.
So off to Home Depot for what appeared to be a similar set, same company and size. Last one on the shelf too.
I was cool with it and going to build double size track and train.
Well long story short nothing is the same. Cars are narrower, tracks won't clip together so we wound up only using the new one.
Grands were happy so all was good.
Hours of entertainment.
Posted by: Reforger at January 11, 2025 05:56 PM (xcIvR)
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My logging theme is from my maternal grandfather's day job. He was a forman in the Ferriday, Louisiana sawmill. I used to play on the Heisler engine they had parked behind his office all the time as a kid.
Posted by: BifBewalski at January 11, 2025 05:56 PM (MsrgL)
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The topic is a bit of a blast from my past. The house I grew up in was built shortly after the Civil War which, for the time and place, meant a big, roomy house. We had loads of room for a model train around the Christmas tree. It was a basic Lionel steam engine set up. It even had the little things that made 'smoke' from the locomotive. I could watch that set for hours imaging riding it through the old west, being attacked by Indians or train robbers, or thinking about the views of the plains and mountains, so different from New England. Great memories.
No idea what happened to that set. It would be about 70 years old by now.
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025 05:51 PM
My cousin had a set like that. He had the tablet things to put in the locomotive that made smoke. That was probably 60 years ago. We would set it up in my grandparents basement and had tracks running all through the coal bin that they turned into a root cellar. He passed some years back and I have no idea what happened to all of that stuff. It filled three or four boxes IIRC.
No idea what happened to that set. It would be about 70 years old by now.
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025 05:51 PM
My cousin had a set like that. He had the tablet things to put in the locomotive that made smoke. That was probably 60 years ago. We would set it up in my grandparents basement and had tracks running all through the coal bin that they turned into a root cellar. He passed some years back and I have no idea what happened to all of that stuff. It filled three or four boxes IIRC.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 11, 2025 05:57 PM (Rcnd3)
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15 VIA, 60s and 70s were when you began to see high end incredible detail japanese brass model locomotives. Those still bring high prices for collectors the last I checked years ago.
Usually tell those by weight and paint compared with plastic shelled types.
Usually tell those by weight and paint compared with plastic shelled types.
Posted by: whig's phone at January 11, 2025 05:59 PM (ctrM5)
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I have seen 2 times a very large open to public, multiple train layout but not exactly sure in Pennsylvania it is. North I think but a bit of ride for me.
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 05:59 PM (fwDg9)
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Grew up with a 4x6 HO gauge platform my Dad set up in our living room every Christmas. He gave it, along with the trains and wooden houses he had built to me a couple years before he died. I put it up every year but it is not as cool as these layouts. Now in my basement since the kids are grown. The goal is to leave it up and maybe build it out a bit more as I always run out of time during Christmas.
Posted by: Mick at January 11, 2025 06:00 PM (gYvAB)
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Thomas the Tank Engine is the train set du jour. My little friends had a lot of them and the only thing they wanted to do all day was crash them. Boys.
Thomas the Tank Engine is the train set du jour. My little friends had a lot of them and the only thing they wanted to do all day was crash them. Boys.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 11, 2025 06:00 PM (lCaJd)
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I took my oldest grandson to Lauritzen Gardens about ten years ago. The staff had set up a model train display among a stand of trees. It was a lot of fun to watch the model train wind through the trees. I haven't been back since then so I don't know if the display was a one off, or if the staff builds it every summer.
And speaking of outdoor train displays: right across Lauritzen's parking lot is the John Kennefick engine display. There's a Big Boy up there and another steam engine. Kennefick had been the CEO of Union Pacific. Rumor has it that it cost him a couple million dollars to set those engines up there. (They are on a hill overlooking I-80 as you come into Omaha from Council Bluffs -- or vice versus.)
And speaking of outdoor train displays: right across Lauritzen's parking lot is the John Kennefick engine display. There's a Big Boy up there and another steam engine. Kennefick had been the CEO of Union Pacific. Rumor has it that it cost him a couple million dollars to set those engines up there. (They are on a hill overlooking I-80 as you come into Omaha from Council Bluffs -- or vice versus.)
Posted by: Livia Augusta at January 11, 2025 06:02 PM (RuqLJ)
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 06:02 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I used to travel to Germany fairly frequently on business but only a couple of times to Hamburg. The one place I really wanted to visit but it just didn't work out was Miniatur Wunderland. They also claim to have the world's biggest model railway, in addition to a lot of other miniature stuff, and it is or at least was a very popular tourist destination.
Pretty amazing place. The video gives a good overview.
https://www.miniatur-wunderland.com
Pretty amazing place. The video gives a good overview.
https://www.miniatur-wunderland.com
Posted by: JackStraw at January 11, 2025 06:02 PM (LkLld)
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T-Rex I think that is it, was just looking at possible places and that is most likely.
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 06:04 PM (fwDg9)
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I was never into trains, model or not. I came along too late for that; there were not many in my city world as a boy, and I never got into that romance of hearing a train whistle at night and imagining where the rolling stock was heading.
My deal, like a lot of my contemporaries, was model cars from 1/32 scale on up to 1/8. I did briefly have an Aurora Model Motoring entry level set, HO scale, when I was eleven. It was quite limited in scope, and I had to break it down from the dining table when dinner approached. It came with two cars, a tan Maserati coupe and a green Mustang fastback. The box art featured a red Mustang coupe with the formal roof. The controls were two miniature dashboards, each with a tiny steering wheel that did indeed steer the cars, but the controls seemed useless for slowing down when you were going into a curve, and my brother and I were always spinning out.
My deal, like a lot of my contemporaries, was model cars from 1/32 scale on up to 1/8. I did briefly have an Aurora Model Motoring entry level set, HO scale, when I was eleven. It was quite limited in scope, and I had to break it down from the dining table when dinner approached. It came with two cars, a tan Maserati coupe and a green Mustang fastback. The box art featured a red Mustang coupe with the formal roof. The controls were two miniature dashboards, each with a tiny steering wheel that did indeed steer the cars, but the controls seemed useless for slowing down when you were going into a curve, and my brother and I were always spinning out.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2025 06:04 PM (omVj0)
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Bourbon Chicken are they metal or printed?
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 05:52 PM (fwDg9)
The parts are plastic, and have to be cut from a sprue. Each sprue has five torsos, and five of each weapon. I can create good poses if I am careful about it.
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 05:52 PM (fwDg9)
The parts are plastic, and have to be cut from a sprue. Each sprue has five torsos, and five of each weapon. I can create good poses if I am careful about it.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 11, 2025 06:05 PM (lhenN)
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I had a huge layout in my basement when I was a kid. Built most everything from balsa wood. Kit built railcars. I wish I had the space and money to do it now.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 11, 2025 06:05 PM (zmCde)
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37 Miniatur Wunderland.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 11, 2025 06:02 PM
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On the bucket list. One day...
Posted by: JackStraw at January 11, 2025 06:02 PM
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On the bucket list. One day...
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 06:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Ja, ja. Track 29. Can I give you a shine?
Posted by: Shoe shine boy at January 11, 2025 06:06 PM (63Dwl)
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Bourbon Chicken I figured if your weighing down them. But see washers are used on miniatures often in conjunction with magnetic slabs to move units .
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 06:07 PM (fwDg9)
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I passed by the Lego store in the mall today. They have new things: botanicals -- a mini-orchid, a bunch of red roses, and more. The orchid looked really good, but the "bonsai tree" was superb. You'd never take it for the real thing, now, but Lego has mastered the sculpting of natural forms. While it looks like a painted sculpture, it would make a great decoration. Their spacecraft and cars look like assembled models, but the "plants" look graceful, glossy, and decorative.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2025 06:08 PM (omVj0)
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Don't do trains. But I will soon have two new to me typewriters; a Duotone Olympia SM3 and an Everest K2 Deluxe. Both are late 50s models I think. All the typewriters I have now are Smith Coronas and I plan to clean those up. I have been doing TypePals, which sets you up with penpals that you send typewritten letters to. It's fun! I am hoping this will scratch the typewriter itch and I won't be tempted by something new.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 06:08 PM (NQtI0)
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I have, from my childhood, The Lionel F3.
Neener neener.
Neener neener.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 11, 2025 06:09 PM (XeU6L)
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Imagination, what can't it do?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 06:09 PM (0wWvl)
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Well, speaking of trains...
Last week I did a full inventory of my haul and a friend who is into model RRs came over to explain what I had. Very useful information. I'm a military/fantasy/40k kind of miniatures, but I did learn a bit about trains from my father.
Anyhow, there's 119 engines and cars, and I'm going to be able to keep about 40 of them. The layout my father gave me is simply too curvy for the full-sized freight engines.
Speaking of the layout, last week I did my revisions, removing all the spurs and half the switches and reducing it to overlapping ovals with three bridges. After that, I wired it and tried to get the trains to move. Nothing. Track was filthy, so a bit of scrubbing and the little engines began making way. After a while, they were basically polishing the track as they went and speeds are steadily increasing.
It was during this process that I learned the "heavies" simply can't keep it together. I have been able to start running short trains with cars and stuff, which the grandkids love to see.
Last week I did a full inventory of my haul and a friend who is into model RRs came over to explain what I had. Very useful information. I'm a military/fantasy/40k kind of miniatures, but I did learn a bit about trains from my father.
Anyhow, there's 119 engines and cars, and I'm going to be able to keep about 40 of them. The layout my father gave me is simply too curvy for the full-sized freight engines.
Speaking of the layout, last week I did my revisions, removing all the spurs and half the switches and reducing it to overlapping ovals with three bridges. After that, I wired it and tried to get the trains to move. Nothing. Track was filthy, so a bit of scrubbing and the little engines began making way. After a while, they were basically polishing the track as they went and speeds are steadily increasing.
It was during this process that I learned the "heavies" simply can't keep it together. I have been able to start running short trains with cars and stuff, which the grandkids love to see.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)
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Don't do trains.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 06:08 PM (NQtI0)
You can still hear the clickity clack on a typewriter as well as a train track.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 06:08 PM (NQtI0)
You can still hear the clickity clack on a typewriter as well as a train track.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 11, 2025 06:11 PM (0eaVi)
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I am working on another 18mm British Horse battery of Waterloo, Ramsey H troop, finished Bull's I Troop. These are small batteries 6 guns and 7 figures. No idea why I need them
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 06:11 PM (fwDg9)
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Let me do that again. Imagination, what can't it do !!!
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 06:11 PM (0wWvl)
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46 Don't do trains. But I will soon have two new to me typewriters; a Duotone Olympia SM3 and an Everest K2 Deluxe. Both are late 50s models I think. All the typewriters I have now are Smith Coronas and I plan to clean those up.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 06:08 PM
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Congrats! At the risk of asking, how many are in your collection (whether functional or waiting for service)?
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 06:08 PM
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Congrats! At the risk of asking, how many are in your collection (whether functional or waiting for service)?
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 06:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Hobby these days is going through my guitar stash one by one and playing the shit out of them for a week or so each and then keep them all on rotation. I have some that are 20-25 years old that are basically unplayed still with the tags on them. Some are custom shop 1 or 2 of a kind, some are just low production. I didn't need to actually press them into service. After cheating the reaper this year my new motto is fuck the next guy, not gonna save them just for some nose picker to end up with them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 11, 2025 06:12 PM (VwHCD)
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I had HO from 1962-1970? Dad built the 4’x8’ table and I did most of the wiring, layout, mountains, rail yards, etc.
I remember taking B&W photo closeups to make them as lifelike as possible.
I spent many hours in the basement just running the train(s) around and around. A very pleasant teenage memory. But I never found out how they were disposed of when I went off to the world.
I remember taking B&W photo closeups to make them as lifelike as possible.
I spent many hours in the basement just running the train(s) around and around. A very pleasant teenage memory. But I never found out how they were disposed of when I went off to the world.
Posted by: RI Red - will work for money at January 11, 2025 06:12 PM (3bDRj)
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Walther's in Milwaukee is the mothership for model railroading in the US. Hobby though like a lot of others have been declining in numbers as people turn to phones, computer gaming, and other entertainment options.
Posted by: whig's phone at January 11, 2025 06:13 PM (ctrM5)
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45 -- I just finished building the vase for the large Lego bouquet. It took me a week. Sorting through those pieces was a pain. I'll start on the flowers tomorrow.
Posted by: Livia Augusta at January 11, 2025 06:13 PM (RuqLJ)
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I am working on another 18mm British Horse battery of Waterloo, Ramsey H troop, finished Bull's I Troop. These are small batteries 6 guns and 7 figures. No idea why I need them
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 06:11 PM
I am currently starting to paint a US winter Army for Bolt Action. No idea why I am doing it as I have a complete US Army already for the game. But here we are.
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 06:11 PM
I am currently starting to paint a US winter Army for Bolt Action. No idea why I am doing it as I have a complete US Army already for the game. But here we are.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 11, 2025 06:13 PM (Rcnd3)
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I did not know there were smaller scales than HO. The Z and N look interesting.
As I recall, Bachmann, the company which produced snap-together model kits of birds and animals in the '60s (each kit with a bottle of thinner and a palette of paint colors), shifted gears and produced accessories for model train sets. Maybe they still do. Not sure which scale their stuff was/is in; maybe HO.
As I recall, Bachmann, the company which produced snap-together model kits of birds and animals in the '60s (each kit with a bottle of thinner and a palette of paint colors), shifted gears and produced accessories for model train sets. Maybe they still do. Not sure which scale their stuff was/is in; maybe HO.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2025 06:15 PM (omVj0)
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I once had an N scale layout. A Sears or something that was on a largeish, maybe 2X4 foot Styrofoam layout.
I follow a bunch of geeks on FB, YT, etc.
They have way, way more money to piss away on this than I'll ever have.
And I'm sad about that.
I follow a bunch of geeks on FB, YT, etc.
They have way, way more money to piss away on this than I'll ever have.
And I'm sad about that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 11, 2025 06:15 PM (Q4IgG)
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>>On the bucket list. One day...
If you like trains, real ones not just miniatures, schedule your visit around the InnoTrans show in Berlin. It's in late September every year and the Berlin fair grounds have rail track that runs through the grounds so they bring all sorts of trains you can check out. Pretty cool.
If you like trains, real ones not just miniatures, schedule your visit around the InnoTrans show in Berlin. It's in late September every year and the Berlin fair grounds have rail track that runs through the grounds so they bring all sorts of trains you can check out. Pretty cool.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 11, 2025 06:15 PM (LkLld)
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Berserker, you are a rare talent and we are blessed by your ability.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 06:15 PM (0wWvl)
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Outstanding, PabloD!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 11, 2025 06:16 PM (cY18j)
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The train mentioned in last night's ONT, the Mizukaze Twilight Express, is available in N guage.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 11, 2025 06:17 PM (XeU6L)
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I'm looking online and there are several train shows in the area coming up. Right now I'm packing all the surplus into sorted boxes and those will go in a bigger box for ease of movement.
I have taken the precaution of pulling out spare track sections, spikes, etc. in the event repairs or expansion is considered, but while I've thrown myself into this thing, it's for the grandkids, not me. I neither want nor can support railroading. It's not my thing. Wargaming is my thing.
But the extra track and stuff would be there if my grandson takes an interest down the road, along with 40 cars and engines.
I have taken the precaution of pulling out spare track sections, spikes, etc. in the event repairs or expansion is considered, but while I've thrown myself into this thing, it's for the grandkids, not me. I neither want nor can support railroading. It's not my thing. Wargaming is my thing.
But the extra track and stuff would be there if my grandson takes an interest down the road, along with 40 cars and engines.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 06:19 PM (ZOv7s)
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45 -- I just finished building the vase for the large Lego bouquet. It took me a week. Sorting through those pieces was a pain. I'll start on the flowers tomorrow.
Posted by: Livia Augusta at January 11, 2025
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It amazes me, how many pieces Lego lists on the box for these kits. Over 2000 pieces for one of their big race cars, 400 or 500 for the botanicals (I think). A plastic model kit with that many parts when I was a boy would have been incredible. (The prices would have been unthinkable too. Divide today's Lego kit price by ten and you'd have something closer to what Revell and Aurora models used to go for in the Sixties. Sometimes even less.)
Since I have cats and no way to keep them away from whatever I'd be assembling, I doubt I'll be assembling *anything* any time soon.
But people still love assembling models of things, even if the cement and paint is no longer part of the equation.
Posted by: Livia Augusta at January 11, 2025
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It amazes me, how many pieces Lego lists on the box for these kits. Over 2000 pieces for one of their big race cars, 400 or 500 for the botanicals (I think). A plastic model kit with that many parts when I was a boy would have been incredible. (The prices would have been unthinkable too. Divide today's Lego kit price by ten and you'd have something closer to what Revell and Aurora models used to go for in the Sixties. Sometimes even less.)
Since I have cats and no way to keep them away from whatever I'd be assembling, I doubt I'll be assembling *anything* any time soon.
But people still love assembling models of things, even if the cement and paint is no longer part of the equation.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2025 06:20 PM (omVj0)
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The figure with no base is 0.45 grams, and the washer is 0.55 grams. So I can just poke it any which way and it pivots nicely.
I have heard of people using magnets but I have not tried it.
I have heard of people using magnets but I have not tried it.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 11, 2025 06:22 PM (lhenN)
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Not sure a hobby, or just information I use but there is YouTube video series on British Waterloo units and since starting to watch them have done the Household cavalry 3 Regiment or 2 squadron each and 2 horse batteries.
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 06:23 PM (fwDg9)
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45 Their spacecraft and cars look like assembled models, but the "plants" look graceful, glossy, and decorative.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Check out this amazing thread 2 weeks ago to see examples of these! But don’t post. I couldn’t live with myself if I somehow was involved in you getting accidentally banned for life!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Check out this amazing thread 2 weeks ago to see examples of these! But don’t post. I couldn’t live with myself if I somehow was involved in you getting accidentally banned for life!
Posted by: Piper at January 11, 2025 06:24 PM (pZEOD)
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Had a small HO layout that is boxed now. Life got in the way. I did belong to an O scale club for a couple of years. That was fun. We had a huge layout that we could run up to 6 trains at a time.
I’m hoping that after we relocate in a year, I can do a tabletop layout.
I grew up in a train family as my dad and 2 uncles worked for a railroad.
I’m hoping that after we relocate in a year, I can do a tabletop layout.
I grew up in a train family as my dad and 2 uncles worked for a railroad.
Posted by: RetsgtRN at January 11, 2025 06:25 PM (JjhF7)
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13 Grateful, hahaha. Think it will.work?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 05:45 PM
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The only thing standing in the way is the $5k price tag.
https://tinyurl.com/sw53f2xv
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And I guess we have our answer....
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 05:45 PM
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The only thing standing in the way is the $5k price tag.
https://tinyurl.com/sw53f2xv
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And I guess we have our answer....
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 11, 2025 06:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
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One of the girls in my office go a Lego orchid for Christmas. I'm envious.
Posted by: lin-duh at January 11, 2025 06:26 PM (Kcw7x)
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Roadside America In Shartlesville Penn is now closed. Website still exist. Huge draw for model railroaders
Posted by: Mrs JTB at January 11, 2025 06:26 PM (yTvNw)
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I had some HO trains as a kid, no idea what happened to them
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 06:26 PM (fwDg9)
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*waves to Mrs. JBT*
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 06:28 PM (0wWvl)
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I think I have 7. I need to inventory them again. There's a Clipper, Silent Super and Skywriter. I think those are from the 50s. There's a Galaxie and a Coronet Electric from the 60s. And I have a daisywheel SL470. There's an Olympia daisywheel that didn't make it through the shipping process. The Silent Super is what I used for Nanowrimo.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 06:28 PM (NQtI0)
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Aside from trains and models: I am still waiting for an order of pipe tobacco samples I ordered from the big company in South Carolina in mid *December*. Not their fault, USPS's. The package was supposed to arrive on 12/18; tracking said it was in my mailbox. It wasn't. Somehow it got sent back to the vendor, who got in touch with me and I told them to send it again. It's *supposed* to be here Monday "by 9 p.m." Tracking this time said it was at the city distribution center on 1/8; but then yesterday it was at a center about 12 miles up the river. Huh?
There was a second order, a pipe and a can of complimentary leaf, that was supposed to get here 12/23. It got diverted to *Massachusetts*, then sent back here. It showed up at last on 12/29.
There was a second order, a pipe and a can of complimentary leaf, that was supposed to get here 12/23. It got diverted to *Massachusetts*, then sent back here. It showed up at last on 12/29.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2025 06:29 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 11, 2025 06:29 PM (L/fGl)
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I am hoping this will scratch the typewriter itch and I won't be tempted by something new.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
That is so cool! Thank you for unlocking a core memory from me being maybe 3 years old. Dad was a preacher and he would type up the Sunday bulletin on a memeograph paper then load it onto the printer and let me turn the crank to print the bulletins. Your comment had me back in his office playing with hot wheels while he typed.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
That is so cool! Thank you for unlocking a core memory from me being maybe 3 years old. Dad was a preacher and he would type up the Sunday bulletin on a memeograph paper then load it onto the printer and let me turn the crank to print the bulletins. Your comment had me back in his office playing with hot wheels while he typed.
Posted by: BifBewalski at January 11, 2025 06:29 PM (MsrgL)
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Their spacecraft and cars look like assembled models, but the "plants" look graceful, glossy, and decorative.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Check out this amazing thread 2 weeks ago to see examples of these! But don’t post. I couldn’t live with myself if I somehow was involved in you getting accidentally banned for life!
Posted by: Piper at January 11, 2025
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Piper, I visit this thread every week, and I don't recall the Lego botanicals. Maybe I saw "plants" and not "Lego" and skipped over them. I'll go take a look.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Check out this amazing thread 2 weeks ago to see examples of these! But don’t post. I couldn’t live with myself if I somehow was involved in you getting accidentally banned for life!
Posted by: Piper at January 11, 2025
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Piper, I visit this thread every week, and I don't recall the Lego botanicals. Maybe I saw "plants" and not "Lego" and skipped over them. I'll go take a look.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2025 06:32 PM (omVj0)
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Ben Had. Waves back!
Posted by: Mrs JTB at January 11, 2025 06:33 PM (yTvNw)
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Ohhh, that's it, Roadside America. We went on a school trip probably in elementary school to there.
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 06:34 PM (fwDg9)
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Someone at my new job has turned his office into a nerd-shrine, and I have decided to be nice about it.
I have traded in my own hobbies for better ones, because most of them are millennial slop. For example, I am done with Star Wars, but have picked up Book of the New Sun and other gothic sci-fi. I have not sworn off nerd-stuff but stepped over the "90% garbage".
I have traded in my own hobbies for better ones, because most of them are millennial slop. For example, I am done with Star Wars, but have picked up Book of the New Sun and other gothic sci-fi. I have not sworn off nerd-stuff but stepped over the "90% garbage".
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 11, 2025 06:35 PM (lhenN)
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I had some HO trains as a kid, no idea what happened to them
Posted by: Skip
Dirty girls love those HO trains ... just saying.
I had some HO trains as a kid, no idea what happened to them
Posted by: Skip
Dirty girls love those HO trains ... just saying.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 06:37 PM (xG4kz)
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Check out this amazing thread 2 weeks ago to see examples of [Lego botanical kits]! But don’t post. I couldn’t live with myself if I somehow was involved in you getting accidentally banned for life!
Posted by: Piper at January 11, 2025
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Piper, I looked, and I must have missed the thread somehow. Fascinating. The poinsettia looked like a Lego assembly, but the cherry blossoms build looked remarkably real, if branches and plants were to be glossy like that. I'm not a "plants" person, but I like these, and some of these kits are amazing.
Check out this amazing thread 2 weeks ago to see examples of [Lego botanical kits]! But don’t post. I couldn’t live with myself if I somehow was involved in you getting accidentally banned for life!
Posted by: Piper at January 11, 2025
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Piper, I looked, and I must have missed the thread somehow. Fascinating. The poinsettia looked like a Lego assembly, but the cherry blossoms build looked remarkably real, if branches and plants were to be glossy like that. I'm not a "plants" person, but I like these, and some of these kits are amazing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2025 06:38 PM (omVj0)
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I had Lionel train sets when I was a kid. I remember the engine was made of metal. I wish I still had that set.
Posted by: Archer at January 11, 2025 06:38 PM (IDphi)
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I used to hang out online with bloggers that did "typecasting". They would type a post, scan it and post the image. I've found a couple of them still out there. But the letter writing is really fun. I am going to relocate the computer stuff to a bedroom and set up a typewriter on my roll top desk. My only issue is that my dog is freaked out by the bell. He doesn't like the bell noise on my phone either.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 06:38 PM (NQtI0)
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Piper, I looked, and I must have missed the thread somehow. Fascinating. The poinsettia looked like a Lego assembly, but the cherry blossoms build looked remarkably real, if branches and plants were to be glossy like that. I'm not a "plants" person, but I like these, and some of these kits are amazing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
We are looking at the zen garden next. Will keep you posted! 😀
Piper, I looked, and I must have missed the thread somehow. Fascinating. The poinsettia looked like a Lego assembly, but the cherry blossoms build looked remarkably real, if branches and plants were to be glossy like that. I'm not a "plants" person, but I like these, and some of these kits are amazing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
We are looking at the zen garden next. Will keep you posted! 😀
Posted by: Piper at January 11, 2025 06:39 PM (p4NUW)
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My dad (RIP) looooved real trains *and* models. He had mostly HO stuff, but also a few G sets for 'round the Christmas tree.
I have no idea what all he HAD, but there were many boxes at his house until some druggie mfer broke in and stole most of it. Luckily, some of the oldest and most sentimental pieces were not with the rest & I have them now at my place.
I have no idea what all he HAD, but there were many boxes at his house until some druggie mfer broke in and stole most of it. Luckily, some of the oldest and most sentimental pieces were not with the rest & I have them now at my place.
Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2025 06:39 PM (YoCnN)
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I am working on another 18mm British Horse battery of Waterloo, Ramsey H troop, finished Bull's I Troop. These are small batteries 6 guns and 7 figures. No idea why I need them
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 06:11 PM
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You need Bull's howitzers so you can drop shells on the other side of a ridge line. Duh.
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 06:11 PM
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You need Bull's howitzers so you can drop shells on the other side of a ridge line. Duh.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 11, 2025 06:39 PM (6K6Eu)
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We had an O gauge Lionel (steam, smoke pills, etc.) that my Pa and I would spend hours on in constructing new routes and scenery. Man, that was fun.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 11, 2025 06:40 PM (mH6SG)
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Hobby related. Weird ass WWII Japanese flying boat I never heard of. Godzilla plane!
https://is.gd/foBkV3
https://is.gd/foBkV3
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 11, 2025 06:41 PM (L/fGl)
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JBT, if you're here: I had an odd issue with one of my pipes, or with the session itself, this week. The tobacco was Edgeworth Match and smelled great as always. The pipe, clean, was a sandblast billiard I don't smoke often, because it's big, but it's always done well. Yet Friday morning I had an odd *chemical* aroma or taste as I smoked. I'm inclined to think it was my coffee; the coffeemaker has had the "CLEAN ME, HUMAN!" light on for a couple of weeks. Maybe it was just that.
I didn't notice the same problem with this morning's smoke, but then the leaf I lit was a strong Latakia blend anyway. Any similar experiences?
I didn't notice the same problem with this morning's smoke, but then the leaf I lit was a strong Latakia blend anyway. Any similar experiences?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2025 06:42 PM (omVj0)
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Dad also built model airplanes from scratch. Druggie stole the boxes of motors, ailerons, etc. too.
Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2025 06:43 PM (YoCnN)
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I had a train set as a kid. Lionel it was. Steam engine, coal car, crane car, boxcar, and a caboose.
Your basic "figure 8" track layout with a couple of switches and extra track for something or another.
Now my best friend Paul and his Dad had a layout that occupied the better part of two rooms in their basement. Multiple engines and cars. Buildings, tunnels, switching yard, vegetation and peeps, vehicles, and more. I thought that Paul was the luckiest kid that I knew.
I had a train set as a kid. Lionel it was. Steam engine, coal car, crane car, boxcar, and a caboose.
Your basic "figure 8" track layout with a couple of switches and extra track for something or another.
Now my best friend Paul and his Dad had a layout that occupied the better part of two rooms in their basement. Multiple engines and cars. Buildings, tunnels, switching yard, vegetation and peeps, vehicles, and more. I thought that Paul was the luckiest kid that I knew.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 06:43 PM (xG4kz)
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I did not know there were smaller scales than HO. The Z and N look interesting.
As I recall, Bachmann, the company which produced snap-together model kits of birds and animals in the '60s (each kit with a bottle of thinner and a palette of paint colors), shifted gears and produced accessories for model train sets. Maybe they still do. Not sure which scale their stuff was/is in; maybe HO.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2025 06:15 PM (omVj0)
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One of the freight engines I have is Bachmann. It cannot handle the curves at all, grinds angrily, dragging its gear, hits a straight section, builds speed, derails at the next switch.
My layout is 4'x2' and in photos it looks like an HO set on a 4x8. I will send TRex the photos of the work I'm doing.
As I recall, Bachmann, the company which produced snap-together model kits of birds and animals in the '60s (each kit with a bottle of thinner and a palette of paint colors), shifted gears and produced accessories for model train sets. Maybe they still do. Not sure which scale their stuff was/is in; maybe HO.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2025 06:15 PM (omVj0)
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One of the freight engines I have is Bachmann. It cannot handle the curves at all, grinds angrily, dragging its gear, hits a straight section, builds speed, derails at the next switch.
My layout is 4'x2' and in photos it looks like an HO set on a 4x8. I will send TRex the photos of the work I'm doing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 06:43 PM (ZOv7s)
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Just popping in to say I love these posts and reading about people's hobbies and interests.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at January 11, 2025 06:44 PM (vt7xw)
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92 Hobby related. Weird ass WWII Japanese flying boat I never heard of.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 11, 2025 06:41 PM
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Good post. Don't think I've seen that before.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 11, 2025 06:41 PM
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Good post. Don't think I've seen that before.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 06:44 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Hobby related. Weird ass WWII Japanese flying boat I never heard of. Godzilla plane!
https://is.gd/foBkV3
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 11, 2025
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Twelve prop engines? My gosh.
https://is.gd/foBkV3
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 11, 2025
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Twelve prop engines? My gosh.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2025 06:45 PM (omVj0)
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Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 11, 2025 06:46 PM (IQ6Gq)
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97 Just popping in to say I love these posts and reading about people's hobbies and interests.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at January 11, 2025 06:44 PM
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Hello WitchDoktor! Pop in anytime!
Ting tang wallawalla bingbang!
Posted by: WitchDoktor at January 11, 2025 06:44 PM
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Hello WitchDoktor! Pop in anytime!
Ting tang wallawalla bingbang!
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 06:46 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I recall that when Dad wasn't present, much of my time was spent in devising derailment scenarios. I was a bit of a troublemaker as a young lad. Heh.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 11, 2025 06:47 PM (mH6SG)
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Grateful, run out an get a lottery ticket!
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 06:48 PM (0wWvl)
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46 ... Notsothoreau,
Congrats on the Olympia SM3. An SM4 with a black crinkle finish and chrome trim is my favorite portable typer. The SM3 and 4 are the same except for how the tabs are set. They have the most responsive touch I've found on any portable machine including the later SM7 and 9. Much as I like the Smith Coronas from the 1950s, and they are good, the Olympia is better. I'm not familiar with the Everest K2 but I read that they have a very smooth, light touch.
Do you know about the two sheets of paper to protect those old platens? The second sheet cushions the rubber.
Congrats on the Olympia SM3. An SM4 with a black crinkle finish and chrome trim is my favorite portable typer. The SM3 and 4 are the same except for how the tabs are set. They have the most responsive touch I've found on any portable machine including the later SM7 and 9. Much as I like the Smith Coronas from the 1950s, and they are good, the Olympia is better. I'm not familiar with the Everest K2 but I read that they have a very smooth, light touch.
Do you know about the two sheets of paper to protect those old platens? The second sheet cushions the rubber.
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025 06:48 PM (yTvNw)
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"Tiny Train, Big Impact: Building a Coffee Table with a Twist!"
https://youtu.be/Z2ucOgtgJas
https://youtu.be/Z2ucOgtgJas
Posted by: Socratease at January 11, 2025 06:48 PM (t8Egx)
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I have no idea what all he HAD, but there were many boxes at his house until some druggie mfer broke in and stole most of it. Luckily, some of the oldest and most sentimental pieces were not with the rest & I have them now at my place.
Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2025 06:39 PM (YoCnN)
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My goal in this is to start getting my father to organize his stuff a bit. He's a tremendous collector, so while I might not thin things out, at least I know what I am dealing with.
I am also the sole heir, which removes a lot of the drama. No siblings competing for stuff.
Talking to him about it, I've learned a lot about the family, and in one of the boxes I found a receipt for my nursery school. Cost $21 for a week back then.
Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2025 06:39 PM (YoCnN)
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My goal in this is to start getting my father to organize his stuff a bit. He's a tremendous collector, so while I might not thin things out, at least I know what I am dealing with.
I am also the sole heir, which removes a lot of the drama. No siblings competing for stuff.
Talking to him about it, I've learned a lot about the family, and in one of the boxes I found a receipt for my nursery school. Cost $21 for a week back then.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 06:49 PM (ZOv7s)
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Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 11, 2025 06:46 PM
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Boom! Congrats! Think the customary prize for a century post is a dessert made by Piper (caveats may apply).
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 11, 2025 06:46 PM
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Boom! Congrats! Think the customary prize for a century post is a dessert made by Piper (caveats may apply).
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 06:49 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 11, 2025 06:50 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Germany had a few massive suppy planes, they were just big slow targets
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 06:50 PM (fwDg9)
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I recall that when Dad wasn't present, much of my time was spent in devising derailment scenarios. I was a bit of a troublemaker as a young lad. Heh.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 11, 2025 06:47 PM (mH6SG)
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He let me run them and I always gunned it. That's how I know the track still has some dirt on it, because the little engines used to go airborne on the curves.
I'm putting tunnels on each end to act as a backstop.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 11, 2025 06:47 PM (mH6SG)
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He let me run them and I always gunned it. That's how I know the track still has some dirt on it, because the little engines used to go airborne on the curves.
I'm putting tunnels on each end to act as a backstop.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 06:50 PM (ZOv7s)
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I recall that when Dad wasn't present, much of my time was spent in devising derailment scenarios. I was a bit of a troublemaker as a young lad. Heh.
Posted by: Notorious BFD
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Is that you, Gomez Addams?
Posted by: Notorious BFD
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Is that you, Gomez Addams?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 11, 2025 06:51 PM (XeU6L)
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This thread brings back sweet memories. My brother loved trains. He an amazing HO train layout in his room. He slept in a trundle bed and the top was the table with the layout. He made the mountain on one end.
When he grew up I remember a key thing he looked for when buying a house was a large garage so he could have a layout.
When he grew up I remember a key thing he looked for when buying a house was a large garage so he could have a layout.
Posted by: Iris at January 11, 2025 06:51 PM (bOJ2I)
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One of my two younger brothers had a HO scale set. It was minimalist.
The two of them were into slot car tracks and races. Seeing as how both of them played hockey well, they had all the makings to become the Hanson Brothers, except me, the third bro, did not indulge in playing hockey. Killed their dreams, I suppose.
Now something all three of us brothers were into were tabletop ice hockey games. Back in those low tech and analog days, the game makers did a decent job of getting motion by the players into the games. We'd do play by play announcement, but middle brother excelled at that part of our fun. Middle brother named all twelve players on the ice and had their back stories down cold. Farewell, Eino Ishalaka and pals! You played your best hockey in my bros' bedroom!
One of my two younger brothers had a HO scale set. It was minimalist.
The two of them were into slot car tracks and races. Seeing as how both of them played hockey well, they had all the makings to become the Hanson Brothers, except me, the third bro, did not indulge in playing hockey. Killed their dreams, I suppose.
Now something all three of us brothers were into were tabletop ice hockey games. Back in those low tech and analog days, the game makers did a decent job of getting motion by the players into the games. We'd do play by play announcement, but middle brother excelled at that part of our fun. Middle brother named all twelve players on the ice and had their back stories down cold. Farewell, Eino Ishalaka and pals! You played your best hockey in my bros' bedroom!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 06:52 PM (xG4kz)
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Does anyone put model hoboes on their train?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 11, 2025 06:52 PM (63Dwl)
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102 I recall that when Dad wasn't present, much of my time was spent in devising derailment scenarios. I was a bit of a troublemaker as a young lad. Heh.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 11, 2025 06:47 PM
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I'm guessing that many a Matchbox car did likewise and also competed in demolition derbies.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 11, 2025 06:47 PM
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I'm guessing that many a Matchbox car did likewise and also competed in demolition derbies.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 06:52 PM (IQ6Gq)
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He let me run them and I always gunned it. That's how I know the track still has some dirt on it, because the little engines used to go airborne on the curves.
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O guage Lionel Magnetraction. Problem solved.
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O guage Lionel Magnetraction. Problem solved.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 11, 2025 06:52 PM (XeU6L)
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93 ... Wolfus,
Can't say I've had that problem with a clean pipe and Edgeworth is pretty smooth smoking. I do know that what I'm drinking can effect the taste of the tobacco, sometimes good, sometimes not. Did a follow-on bowl of the Edgeworth have the same problem?
Can't say I've had that problem with a clean pipe and Edgeworth is pretty smooth smoking. I do know that what I'm drinking can effect the taste of the tobacco, sometimes good, sometimes not. Did a follow-on bowl of the Edgeworth have the same problem?
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025 06:52 PM (yTvNw)
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TRex, thank you for another highly enjoyable thread.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 06:53 PM (0wWvl)
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Congrats on the Olympia SM3. An SM4 with a black crinkle finish and chrome trim is my favorite portable typer. The SM3 and 4 are the same except for how the tabs are set. They have the most responsive touch I've found on any portable machine including the later SM7 and 9. Much as I like the Smith Coronas from the 1950s, and they are good, the Olympia is better. I'm not familiar with the Everest K2 but I read that they have a very smooth, light touch.
Do you know about the two sheets of paper to protect those old platens? The second sheet cushions the rubber.
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025
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Where can you find one of these properly refurbished machines for sale? Are there websites of collectors, or eBay, or what?
Do you know about the two sheets of paper to protect those old platens? The second sheet cushions the rubber.
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025
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Where can you find one of these properly refurbished machines for sale? Are there websites of collectors, or eBay, or what?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2025 06:54 PM (omVj0)
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Does anyone put model hoboes on their train?
Yes. I had a scene featuring a hobo campground or jungle as it was known in the hobo world.
Yes. I had a scene featuring a hobo campground or jungle as it was known in the hobo world.
Posted by: RetsgtRN at January 11, 2025 06:54 PM (ha6EQ)
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118 TRex, thank you for another highly enjoyable thread.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 06:53 PM
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As always, delightful to be with you virtually!
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 06:53 PM
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As always, delightful to be with you virtually!
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 06:54 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I do know that what I'm drinking can effect the taste of the tobacco, sometimes good, sometimes not. Did a follow-on bowl of the Edgeworth have the same problem?
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025
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I hate to admit it, but I haven't tried. Perhaps tomorrow in a different pipe, and then something mild in the big sandblast again, and see what happens.
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025
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I hate to admit it, but I haven't tried. Perhaps tomorrow in a different pipe, and then something mild in the big sandblast again, and see what happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2025 06:55 PM (omVj0)
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gotta buy a lottery ticket once in a while, just so you can say: "if I won the lottery i would ... "
to keep the dream alive, amirite?
to keep the dream alive, amirite?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 11, 2025 06:55 PM (cY18j)
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I used to hang out online with bloggers that did "typecasting". They would type a post, scan it and post the image. I've found a couple of them still out there. But the letter writing is really fun. I am going to relocate the computer stuff to a bedroom and set up a typewriter on my roll top desk. My only issue is that my dog is freaked out by the bell. He doesn't like the bell noise on my phone either.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 06:38 PM (NQtI0)
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You'd love my father. He's got lots of typewriters.
His pride and joy was this electric behemoth, that he somehow rigged to use as a printer in the age of the dot matrix scourge. Not only that, he got a tractor system to use the perforated paper so he could print continuous sheets. I'll have to ask him how he did that sometime.
He still has the typewriter and the p.c. is down in the basement. It's across from the vacuum tube radio and the VCR.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 06:38 PM (NQtI0)
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You'd love my father. He's got lots of typewriters.
His pride and joy was this electric behemoth, that he somehow rigged to use as a printer in the age of the dot matrix scourge. Not only that, he got a tractor system to use the perforated paper so he could print continuous sheets. I'll have to ask him how he did that sometime.
He still has the typewriter and the p.c. is down in the basement. It's across from the vacuum tube radio and the VCR.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 06:55 PM (ZOv7s)
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Basically, his basement is a museum of obsolete technology, floor to ceiling, filling the gaps between crates of vinyl and bookshelves. It's nuts. I'm trying to work through it incrementally.
The naugahide couch is another prize.
The naugahide couch is another prize.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 06:56 PM (ZOv7s)
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We went to Miniature World in Victoria BC and saw some great model railways though not as extensive as the Porsche display.
Posted by: MammaB at January 11, 2025 06:57 PM (fMxua)
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Oh yeah. I am an old school typist with multiple classes. There is a company refinishing platens, JJ Sharp. No idea what it would cost but I might have it done to a couple of machines. I ordered more tools to work on these. I'd thought about an Olivetti as an Italian machine would be nice. But the Everest is Italian too and was bought out by Olivetti in the 60s. I do enjoy messing around with the machines.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 06:57 PM (NQtI0)
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125 Basically, his basement is a museum of obsolete technology, floor to ceiling, filling the gaps between crates of vinyl and bookshelves. It's nuts. I'm trying to work through it incrementally.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 06:56 PM
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I'm convinced that AOP could make a time machine out of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 06:56 PM
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I'm convinced that AOP could make a time machine out of it.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 06:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Thanks, sock_rat_eez! Yeah, it's pretty interesting to send a signal to something going 17,000 mph and have it picked up hundreds of miles away.
I did my first SOTA activation of 2025 this morning. It was cold and foggy, but worth it.
I did my first SOTA activation of 2025 this morning. It was cold and foggy, but worth it.
Posted by: PabloD at January 11, 2025 06:58 PM (lAXlW)
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I would think if it's possible someone has a train layout with it.
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 06:59 PM (fwDg9)
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Does he need some Palm Pilots to go with his collection? I moved all mine.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 06:59 PM (NQtI0)
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got to keep a vacuum tube radio or two around as a hedge against massive EMP if nothing else ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 11, 2025 06:59 PM (cY18j)
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got to keep a vacuum tube radio or two around as a hedge against massive EMP if nothing else ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 11, 2025 06:59 PM (cY18j)
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He has a hand-crank record player as well. Guy is set.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 11, 2025 06:59 PM (cY18j)
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He has a hand-crank record player as well. Guy is set.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 11, 2025 07:01 PM (cY18j)
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Does anyone put model hoboes on their train?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 11, 2025 06:52 PM
Nah, they all get culled to make jerky.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 11, 2025 06:52 PM
Nah, they all get culled to make jerky.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 11, 2025 07:01 PM (Rcnd3)
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I am going to relocate the computer stuff to a bedroom and set up a typewriter on my roll top desk. My only issue is that my dog is freaked out by the bell. He doesn't like the bell noise on my phone either.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
Condition the wee beastie with some Leroy Anderson ~
youtu.be/oiXTyqaOFnE?si=gczG38oEaNwNeH_X
The best part of that video was seeing kids in the audience wondering just what the heck was happening as the typist pecked and dinged away.
I am going to relocate the computer stuff to a bedroom and set up a typewriter on my roll top desk. My only issue is that my dog is freaked out by the bell. He doesn't like the bell noise on my phone either.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
Condition the wee beastie with some Leroy Anderson ~
youtu.be/oiXTyqaOFnE?si=gczG38oEaNwNeH_X
The best part of that video was seeing kids in the audience wondering just what the heck was happening as the typist pecked and dinged away.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:04 PM (xG4kz)
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Arrow yagi connected to a Yaesu FT-3D for the transmitter and a Baofeng UV-5R for the receiver. 5W output.
Posted by: PabloD at January 11, 2025 07:05 PM (lAXlW)
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Great thread, TRex!
Dad built a big storage cabinet in our basement at home with space on top for a nice HO layout- nothing fancy, but fun. After that was put away, Mom bought a little N scale set that lived on a table in the old dining room. Think my brother has all the train gear, but he had a big basement and kids so it made a lot more sense for him to have them.
Dad built a big storage cabinet in our basement at home with space on top for a nice HO layout- nothing fancy, but fun. After that was put away, Mom bought a little N scale set that lived on a table in the old dining room. Think my brother has all the train gear, but he had a big basement and kids so it made a lot more sense for him to have them.
Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at January 11, 2025 07:06 PM (hBG3V)
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Own 3. N, HO and O. The N is a bear to keep on the tracks. Hubby and the first mrs hubby bought it in Germany. My O was a gift from hubby nec the first Christmas we dated. Really need to get at least one out next Christmas to use under the tree. This past Christmas was underwhelming due to many issues. Mostly my bad back.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 11, 2025 07:06 PM (2NHgQ)
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>Does anyone put model hoboes on their train?
I put one half to the left of the track, and the other half to the right.
I put one half to the left of the track, and the other half to the right.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 11, 2025 07:06 PM (lhenN)
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Middle brother got our Mother's Royal typewriter. It probably was seventy years old, at least Big Iron all the way and everywhere, baby!
Middle brother got our Mother's Royal typewriter. It probably was seventy years old, at least Big Iron all the way and everywhere, baby!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:06 PM (xG4kz)
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Railroading is fun, but very different from the kind of modeling I do. Military stuff is dynamic, modular, flexible. Everything moves, even the trees. You can't just have the same battlefield game after game.
The RR layout is literally nailed down. Everything has to be worked out in advance, and of course there's all the wiring.
It's very much an up-front thing, but at the same time people work for years on tweaking stuff.
Conversely, they never really get going. The same friend guiding me forward has a layout that's still in early development. I'll likely get my table finished before he finishes his.
The RR layout is literally nailed down. Everything has to be worked out in advance, and of course there's all the wiring.
It's very much an up-front thing, but at the same time people work for years on tweaking stuff.
Conversely, they never really get going. The same friend guiding me forward has a layout that's still in early development. I'll likely get my table finished before he finishes his.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 07:07 PM (ZOv7s)
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I've got a TransOceanic. Friend was buddies with an old radio guy an gave us one for Christmas.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 07:07 PM (NQtI0)
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Pickus Sixus from LA
Posted by: gKWVE at January 11, 2025 07:07 PM (rYDSF)
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Question - in the preparation for this post, I failed to find much in the way of fantasy train settings. Almost everything attempts to recreate a real life setting (albeit often in different time periods).
Why aren't there more fantasy trains in fantasy places? Where are the futuristic train sets on the moon or mining on Mars? If manufacturers aren't making equipment, will 3D printing open things up?
Or is there little overlap between train hobbyists and futuristic or fantasy hobbyists?
Why aren't there more fantasy trains in fantasy places? Where are the futuristic train sets on the moon or mining on Mars? If manufacturers aren't making equipment, will 3D printing open things up?
Or is there little overlap between train hobbyists and futuristic or fantasy hobbyists?
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:08 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I put one half to the left of the track, and the other half to the right.
Posted by: BourbonChicken
When Magic Tricks Go Horribly Wrong For Lack Of Practice
I put one half to the left of the track, and the other half to the right.
Posted by: BourbonChicken
When Magic Tricks Go Horribly Wrong For Lack Of Practice
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:08 PM (xG4kz)
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Harbaugh has called a dreadful game and Herbert has been worse.
Let's go Bills!
Let's go Bills!
Posted by: Accomack at January 11, 2025 07:08 PM (MeckE)
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TRex, trains are nostalgia not futuristic.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 07:10 PM (0wWvl)
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Scale train hobby a pure hobbyist activity pastime to compete for title of super duper engineer extraordinaire or luring kids to play feely mealy under the tracks?
-Forensic Files Serial killer Edition wants to know
-Forensic Files Serial killer Edition wants to know
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 11, 2025 07:10 PM (jQ+5q)
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Dog started to give me the side eye on that typewriter song. He doesn't like the bell on the Ruthless podcast either.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 07:10 PM (NQtI0)
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Where are the futuristic train sets on the moon or mining on Mars? If manufacturers aren't making equipment ...
Think of it as a consequence of the California High Speed Rail boondoggle's baleful effect on the future. No one, but no one, wants rail in the future.
Where are the futuristic train sets on the moon or mining on Mars? If manufacturers aren't making equipment ...
Think of it as a consequence of the California High Speed Rail boondoggle's baleful effect on the future. No one, but no one, wants rail in the future.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:11 PM (xG4kz)
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Almost outta here, just saw a YouTube Fox news clip Jack Smith has resigned from DOJ, not that he should be part of it.
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 07:12 PM (fwDg9)
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119 ... "Where can you find one of these properly refurbished machines for sale? Are there websites of collectors, or eBay, or what?"
Wolfus,
The best online source of information I've found is The Typewriter Database. Getting a machine on Ebay is a crap shoot if only because the seller may not know much about typewriters and shipping is expensive. I've had some luck there in the past but most of what I've had were from classified ads and thrift stores. Cambridge Typewriter Company in Arlington, MA has a great reputation but expect the refurbished machines to run a few hundred bucks. There has been renewed interest in manual typewriters in the last few years and prices have gone up. However, since a good condition refurbished manual typewriter can last a lifetime, it could be worth the investment.
If you go that route and need a new ribbon, DO NOT get the kind with the white-out strip on it. That stuff just flakes off and gets into the innards of a precision machine. Better to just get a plain black ribbon and a bottle of white-out to dab as needed.
Wolfus,
The best online source of information I've found is The Typewriter Database. Getting a machine on Ebay is a crap shoot if only because the seller may not know much about typewriters and shipping is expensive. I've had some luck there in the past but most of what I've had were from classified ads and thrift stores. Cambridge Typewriter Company in Arlington, MA has a great reputation but expect the refurbished machines to run a few hundred bucks. There has been renewed interest in manual typewriters in the last few years and prices have gone up. However, since a good condition refurbished manual typewriter can last a lifetime, it could be worth the investment.
If you go that route and need a new ribbon, DO NOT get the kind with the white-out strip on it. That stuff just flakes off and gets into the innards of a precision machine. Better to just get a plain black ribbon and a bottle of white-out to dab as needed.
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025 07:12 PM (yTvNw)
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Or is there little overlap between train hobbyists and futuristic or fantasy hobbyists?
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:08 PM (IQ6Gq)
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The people overlap, but RR is hyper-realistic. I'm just amazed at how much these people want actual trains in their lives.
The RR people here know this, but I did not know about "operations" at all. That's where you actually run the trains and move cargo, add and remove cars, etc. I thought they just sort of ran around, bu that's for noobs and tourists. Apparently the original configuration of the layout I have was to test track and run operations.
I only retained a single spur, because I'll just watch them go around in circles. I am definitely a tourist, though I can appreciate the fanatacism.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:08 PM (IQ6Gq)
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The people overlap, but RR is hyper-realistic. I'm just amazed at how much these people want actual trains in their lives.
The RR people here know this, but I did not know about "operations" at all. That's where you actually run the trains and move cargo, add and remove cars, etc. I thought they just sort of ran around, bu that's for noobs and tourists. Apparently the original configuration of the layout I have was to test track and run operations.
I only retained a single spur, because I'll just watch them go around in circles. I am definitely a tourist, though I can appreciate the fanatacism.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 07:12 PM (ZOv7s)
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Dog started to give me the side eye on that typewriter song. He doesn't like the bell on the Ruthless podcast either.
Posted by: Notsothoreau]/i]
Have you tried Sousa's "Liberty Bell" march? Or the "1812 Overture"?
Dog started to give me the side eye on that typewriter song. He doesn't like the bell on the Ruthless podcast either.
Posted by: Notsothoreau]/i]
Have you tried Sousa's "Liberty Bell" march? Or the "1812 Overture"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:13 PM (xG4kz)
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Even for all the miniatures I see do I come across any futuristic trains. If anything most are in that almost bygone era.
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 07:14 PM (fwDg9)
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Seen a couple WW1 style armor trains made from scratch
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 07:15 PM (fwDg9)
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I am really enjoying puzzling. I got a 1,000 piece puzzle for myself for Christmas. It's on the kitchen table and Lucy has managed to leave it be so far. It's a black kitty with various colored dahlia flowers everywhere. It has a kind of paisley look to it.
Making my brain work differently. I love it, although I have to make myself walk away after a bit. It can be frustrating!
Making my brain work differently. I love it, although I have to make myself walk away after a bit. It can be frustrating!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 11, 2025 07:16 PM (mT+6a)
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I'm buying off Ebay. There aresome good typewriter groups on FB, one for chat and one for doing repairs. The Just My Type channel on You Tube has a lot of good info as does Joe Van Cleave's channel. If you can find a local group, it would be a good place to look. There were lots of typewriters and treadle sewing machines in Portland area but not a lot here.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 07:16 PM (NQtI0)
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TRex, trains are nostalgia not futuristic.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 07:10 PM (0wWvl)
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Precisely.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2025 07:10 PM (0wWvl)
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Precisely.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 07:17 PM (ZOv7s)
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Where are the futuristic train sets on the moon or mining on Mars? If manufacturers aren't making equipment ...
Think of it as a consequence of the California High Speed Rail boondoggle's baleful effect on the future. No one, but no one, wants rail in the future.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:11 PM (xG4kz)
The great Bob Hayden (old time model railroaders will recognize his name and byline from MRR and RMC) had a great article from April '78 IIRC Model Railroader about a futuristic model railroad that he imagined mining on the moon.
Where are the futuristic train sets on the moon or mining on Mars? If manufacturers aren't making equipment ...
Think of it as a consequence of the California High Speed Rail boondoggle's baleful effect on the future. No one, but no one, wants rail in the future.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:11 PM (xG4kz)
The great Bob Hayden (old time model railroaders will recognize his name and byline from MRR and RMC) had a great article from April '78 IIRC Model Railroader about a futuristic model railroad that he imagined mining on the moon.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 11, 2025 07:17 PM (x0n13)
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There are some serious fans of railways that once ran through Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Serious, as in studying aerial shots of towns where stations and rail yards were. And old photos, any old photos.
"Was the wye junction here, or there?"
"What do you think of my rendering of the siding and station at Nestoria?"
There are some serious fans of railways that once ran through Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Serious, as in studying aerial shots of towns where stations and rail yards were. And old photos, any old photos.
"Was the wye junction here, or there?"
"What do you think of my rendering of the siding and station at Nestoria?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:17 PM (xG4kz)
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Seen a couple WW1 style armor trains made from scratch
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 07:15 PM (fwDg9)
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I saw a Russian Civil War one for sale on ebay.
At some point I will probably buy some tanks and AFVs and use the layout as a battlefield. I'm going to leave portions blank for that purpose, so I can drop in hills or forests as needed. Maybe some bunkers and buildings. N scale doesn't take much to have an impact.
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 07:15 PM (fwDg9)
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I saw a Russian Civil War one for sale on ebay.
At some point I will probably buy some tanks and AFVs and use the layout as a battlefield. I'm going to leave portions blank for that purpose, so I can drop in hills or forests as needed. Maybe some bunkers and buildings. N scale doesn't take much to have an impact.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 07:19 PM (ZOv7s)
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"What do you think of my rendering of the siding and station at Nestoria?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:17 PM (xG4kz)
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Doesn't Rod Stewart have an amazing layout of a specific part of his hone town at a specific time?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:17 PM (xG4kz)
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Doesn't Rod Stewart have an amazing layout of a specific part of his hone town at a specific time?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 07:20 PM (ZOv7s)
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Conjunction junction, what's your function?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 11, 2025 07:21 PM (YeGMU)
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141 ... "Middle brother got our Mother's Royal typewriter. It probably was seventy years old, at least Big Iron all the way and everywhere, baby!"
Krebs,
My Royal KMM was made in 1939 or 1940. I bought it from the nephew of the woman who bought it new. She apparently knew to protect it from dust as it was very clean and the type faces were clean, not jammed with old ink. It had one professional maintenance in the late 1950s. It still works like the day it was made. The thing weighs well over 30 pounds and could probably shield you from incoming artillery. Big iron indeed.
Krebs,
My Royal KMM was made in 1939 or 1940. I bought it from the nephew of the woman who bought it new. She apparently knew to protect it from dust as it was very clean and the type faces were clean, not jammed with old ink. It had one professional maintenance in the late 1950s. It still works like the day it was made. The thing weighs well over 30 pounds and could probably shield you from incoming artillery. Big iron indeed.
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025 07:21 PM (yTvNw)
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The great Bob Hayden (old time model railroaders will recognize his name and byline from MRR and RMC) had a great article from April '78 IIRC Model Railroader about a futuristic model railroad that he imagined mining on the moon.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 11, 2025 07:17 PM (x0n13
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April '78 you say?
"Looks over at stacks of back-issue magazines*
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 11, 2025 07:17 PM (x0n13
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April '78 you say?
"Looks over at stacks of back-issue magazines*
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 07:22 PM (ZOv7s)
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I believe the name on the train station in the top pic is "Doofenstein".
Posted by: Miklos von und zu Miklostein at January 11, 2025 07:22 PM (xesY+)
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On a kind of down note, I have quite a bit of HO scale gear and things that I squirreled away for years in anticipation of building a layout. All things considered I don't know that that dream will ever be realized, because of age, health issues, finances, etc etc. And yet still I love all things model railroading and miniatures.
On a kind of down note, I have quite a bit of HO scale gear and things that I squirreled away for years in anticipation of building a layout. All things considered I don't know that that dream will ever be realized, because of age, health issues, finances, etc etc. And yet still I love all things model railroading and miniatures.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 11, 2025 07:23 PM (x0n13)
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Here's how to buy your first one: https://tinyurl.com/yzp4a8dj
She has good videos on cleaning too. I've gotten one through FB Marketplace. I did put out an ad, looking for manual typewriters. Was given two IBM Selectrics (which are wanted by some but not something I had a place for). There are type ins in some towns, which is a good way to learn more.
She has good videos on cleaning too. I've gotten one through FB Marketplace. I did put out an ad, looking for manual typewriters. Was given two IBM Selectrics (which are wanted by some but not something I had a place for). There are type ins in some towns, which is a good way to learn more.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 07:23 PM (NQtI0)
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Seen a couple WW1 style armor trains made from scratch
Posted by: Skip
That reminded me of seeing WWI vets when I was young. They were trundling around in parades seated on a trailer or a trucks bed that was stylistically done up to mimic the "40 & 8" boxcars from that conflict
Seen a couple WW1 style armor trains made from scratch
Posted by: Skip
That reminded me of seeing WWI vets when I was young. They were trundling around in parades seated on a trailer or a trucks bed that was stylistically done up to mimic the "40 & 8" boxcars from that conflict
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:23 PM (xG4kz)
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167 April '78 you say?
"Looks over at stacks of back-issue magazines*
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 07:22 PM (ZOv7s)
up. "A Lunar Model Railroad" might be the title as I recall.
"Looks over at stacks of back-issue magazines*
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 07:22 PM (ZOv7s)
up. "A Lunar Model Railroad" might be the title as I recall.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 11, 2025 07:24 PM (x0n13)
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I used to work with right many doofensteins.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 11, 2025 07:24 PM (YeGMU)
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159 ... Thanks for mentioning the Joe Van Cleave YT channel about typewriters. He does an excellent job with his descriptions and tips.
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025 07:24 PM (yTvNw)
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169
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 11, 2025 07:23 PM
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Good to have you here JJ. Thanks for checking in.
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Good to have you here JJ. Thanks for checking in.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:24 PM (IQ6Gq)
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The thing weighs well over 30 pounds and could probably shield you from incoming artillery. Big iron indeed.
Posted by: JTB
You should invest in cigars and whiskey and start banging out hard boiled crime and detective novels.
Posted by: JTB
You should invest in cigars and whiskey and start banging out hard boiled crime and detective novels.
Posted by: Miklos suggests at January 11, 2025 07:25 PM (xesY+)
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That top pic. Hard to tell if it's real or not.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 11, 2025 07:26 PM (YeGMU)
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168 I believe the name on the train station in the top pic is "Doofenstein".
Posted by: Miklos von und zu Miklostein at January 11, 2025 07:22 PM (xesY+)
At least it isn't Cloggenstein, thank goodness.
Posted by: Miklos von und zu Miklostein at January 11, 2025 07:22 PM (xesY+)
At least it isn't Cloggenstein, thank goodness.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 11, 2025 07:26 PM (x0n13)
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Time to say thank you and good night. The AoSHQ Railroad keeps rolling and the next train should be coming into the station soon. Thanks all for participating. Thanks to the lurkers for reading. The mailbox is always open. Back next week with another thread and another theme.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
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175 169
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 11, 2025 07:23 PM
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Good to have you here JJ. Thanks for checking in.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:24 PM (IQ6Gq)
You bet. And thank you for taking up my absence so wonderfully!!!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 11, 2025 07:23 PM
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Good to have you here JJ. Thanks for checking in.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:24 PM (IQ6Gq)
You bet. And thank you for taking up my absence so wonderfully!!!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 11, 2025 07:27 PM (x0n13)
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There are model kits of German railroad guns and of Russian armored trains.
BTW, which Ferdinand Porsche are we talking about? Dr.Ing Porsche of the Volkswagen and Auto Union racers plus a few panzers or his son Ferry who designed a car for the French to rescue his elderly father from a cold and damp French castle?
BTW, which Ferdinand Porsche are we talking about? Dr.Ing Porsche of the Volkswagen and Auto Union racers plus a few panzers or his son Ferry who designed a car for the French to rescue his elderly father from a cold and damp French castle?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:28 PM (ENyf3)
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Thanks, TRex!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 11, 2025 07:28 PM (ZOv7s)
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Those standards are great to type on! They just aren't portable. Cambridge typewriters is closing. The guy is retiring. TypewriterChicago refurbs machines and sells ribbons. Stay away from dirty or oiled machines. When I buy on Ebay, I look for ones where they put a sheet of paper in and typed on it. And I look for sellers that know how to package stuff. There was an Olivetti with the most gorgeous cursive typeface I've seen. But he had a 96% approval and some bad reviews.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 07:29 PM (NQtI0)
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I see in one photo Catzilla has visited Trainville.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:29 PM (ENyf3)
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In futuristic settings 'railroads' were often pneumatic tubes.
Posted by: davidt at January 11, 2025 07:30 PM (i0F8b)
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Where's Schloss Doofenstein?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:31 PM (ENyf3)
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Thanks much, TRex.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 11, 2025 07:31 PM (mH6SG)
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At least it isn't Cloggenstein, thank goodness.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
The Alpine village of Cloggenstein has a Clogging Dance Festival every September.
With imported Redneck Musicker Makers.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
The Alpine village of Cloggenstein has a Clogging Dance Festival every September.
With imported Redneck Musicker Makers.
Posted by: Miklos has actually done clogging and LIKED IT at January 11, 2025 07:31 PM (xesY+)
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185 In futuristic settings 'railroads' were often pneumatic tubes.
Posted by: davidt at January 11, 2025 07:30 PM
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Makes sense. See Futurama.
Posted by: davidt at January 11, 2025 07:30 PM
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Makes sense. See Futurama.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:31 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Bad Cloggenstein?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:32 PM (ENyf3)
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When it come to manual typewriters, people forget that these were expensive items. But they were made to last for decades with minimal maintenance. I read somewhere that the cost of a good desktop machine in the 1940s would be the equivalent of a few thousand dollars these days.
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025 07:32 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Where Miklos Dares at January 11, 2025 07:32 PM (xesY+)
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In futuristic settings 'railroads' were often pneumatic tubes.
Posted by: davidt at January 11, 2025 07:30 PM
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Makes sense. See Futurama.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:31 PM
Logan's Run.
Posted by: davidt at January 11, 2025 07:30 PM
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Makes sense. See Futurama.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:31 PM
Logan's Run.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 11, 2025 07:32 PM (Rcnd3)
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I hired on as part of a day crew for a time and we were emptying out a monster office building. Took down walls, moved out desks, chairs, phones and thousands of IBM Selectrics. Certainly not antique but wow! The contract demanded that everything be scrapped and they kept a close eye to ensure it was. So, into the dumpsters went those thousands of beautiful machines.
Snif.
Snif.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 11, 2025 07:33 PM (WXNFJ)
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I like Machines of !oving Grace too: https://tinyurl.com/8z483kc8
There are some videos on good typewriters for writers.
There are some videos on good typewriters for writers.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 07:33 PM (NQtI0)
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On a kind of down note, I have quite a bit of HO scale gear and things that I squirreled away for years in anticipation of building a layout...
We faced facts this past week and jettisoned our Bose sound systems, complete with a turntable and my somewhat extensive collection of LPs of classical music to the care of our daughter. They had not been played in decades at this point.
There were a lot of memories for me in those LPs - memories of going into Tower Records on Durant Avenue in Berkeley and spending a couple of hours going through the stacks all for the purpose of bringing home one, two or three new treasures to enjoy listening to. Some offerings I knew. Many I did not, but I liked the composer. Face it, music on vinyl was more than just the music itself with the artwork and liner notes capable of taking you well beyond just the notes that were playing "at your conmand".
On a kind of down note, I have quite a bit of HO scale gear and things that I squirreled away for years in anticipation of building a layout...
We faced facts this past week and jettisoned our Bose sound systems, complete with a turntable and my somewhat extensive collection of LPs of classical music to the care of our daughter. They had not been played in decades at this point.
There were a lot of memories for me in those LPs - memories of going into Tower Records on Durant Avenue in Berkeley and spending a couple of hours going through the stacks all for the purpose of bringing home one, two or three new treasures to enjoy listening to. Some offerings I knew. Many I did not, but I liked the composer. Face it, music on vinyl was more than just the music itself with the artwork and liner notes capable of taking you well beyond just the notes that were playing "at your conmand".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:33 PM (xG4kz)
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Genesis II couldn't afford pneumatic tubes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:34 PM (ENyf3)
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181 BTW, which Ferdinand Porsche are we talking about? Dr.Ing Porsche of the Volkswagen and Auto Union racers plus a few panzers or his son Ferry who designed a car for the French to rescue his elderly father from a cold and damp French castle?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:28 PM
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Hans-Peter is Ferry's son.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:28 PM
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Hans-Peter is Ferry's son.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:34 PM (IQ6Gq)
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It was Ferry who founded Porsche in Stuttgart after the war.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:35 PM (ENyf3)
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FUN FACT
The same family has had the sole plumbing contract for the entire village of Cloggenstien since 1386.
Them people RICH
The same family has had the sole plumbing contract for the entire village of Cloggenstien since 1386.
Them people RICH
Posted by: Miklos, yer Fun Fact Pal at January 11, 2025 07:35 PM (xesY+)
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185 In futuristic settings 'railroads' were often pneumatic tubes.
Posted by: davidt at January 11, 2025 07:30 PM (i0F8b)
I have always wanted to build a version of the Chalmers-Kearney dual rail train concept, that never caught on except as an experimental line in the Bronx on City Island for a brief time in the early 1900s.
The concept is actually quite sound. I designed a sleeker version but my skills in miniature machining the motor bogie and upper guide wheels are zero, and so it remains a pipe dream.
Posted by: davidt at January 11, 2025 07:30 PM (i0F8b)
I have always wanted to build a version of the Chalmers-Kearney dual rail train concept, that never caught on except as an experimental line in the Bronx on City Island for a brief time in the early 1900s.
The concept is actually quite sound. I designed a sleeker version but my skills in miniature machining the motor bogie and upper guide wheels are zero, and so it remains a pipe dream.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 11, 2025 07:36 PM (x0n13)
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There are so many clean well kept machines out there. They really were built to last. I like my Skywriter because it's the size of a small laptop, made for traveling.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 07:36 PM (NQtI0)
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189 185 In futuristic settings 'railroads' were often pneumatic tubes.
Posted by: davidt at January 11, 2025 07:30 PM
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Makes sense. See Futurama.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:31 PM (IQ6Gq)
See also, Space 1999, Moon-base Alpha tube trains.
Posted by: davidt at January 11, 2025 07:30 PM
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Makes sense. See Futurama.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:31 PM (IQ6Gq)
See also, Space 1999, Moon-base Alpha tube trains.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 11, 2025 07:37 PM (x0n13)
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199 It was Ferry who founded Porsche in Stuttgart after the war.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:35 PM
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Gmund, Austria in an old sawmill.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:35 PM
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Gmund, Austria in an old sawmill.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:38 PM (IQ6Gq)
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You guys can talk about trains for a long time!
When I was young I had an O gauge set-up for awhile. Really enjoyed it, though it was a simple set-up and not a lot of extra things. I can still remember the smell of it -- the oil and the electricity. One day I had it and one day it was gone, my father sold it. Happened a lot. But I have fond memories of it.
When I was young I had an O gauge set-up for awhile. Really enjoyed it, though it was a simple set-up and not a lot of extra things. I can still remember the smell of it -- the oil and the electricity. One day I had it and one day it was gone, my father sold it. Happened a lot. But I have fond memories of it.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 11, 2025 07:38 PM (Eo96p)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:38 PM (ENyf3)
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Hans-Peter is Ferry's son.
Posted by: TRex
I guess the guy is owed something for being named Hans-Peter.
Posted by: TRex
I guess the guy is owed something for being named Hans-Peter.
Posted by: Schoolyard Miklos at January 11, 2025 07:39 PM (xesY+)
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You going to make me pull out my copy of "Small Wonder" aren't you?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:40 PM (ENyf3)
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I, me and me alone, typed my Ph.D. thesis on an IBM Selectric in early ** static **.
The kicker was I could not make any typing mistakes. None. No correction tape. Acid-free paper.
The work went slowly, but at last it was done and was error free! And approved! And sent off to be hardbound!
Then my Mother told me, "You spelled your Father's full first name wrong on the dedication page."
I, me and me alone, typed my Ph.D. thesis on an IBM Selectric in early ** static **.
The kicker was I could not make any typing mistakes. None. No correction tape. Acid-free paper.
The work went slowly, but at last it was done and was error free! And approved! And sent off to be hardbound!
Then my Mother told me, "You spelled your Father's full first name wrong on the dedication page."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:40 PM (xG4kz)
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207 Hans-Peter is Ferry's son.
Posted by: TRex
I guess the guy is owed something for being named Hans-Peter.
Posted by: Schoolyard Miklos at January 11, 2025 07:39 PM (xesY+)
Hans off my peter! (what Biden never said to Ashley)
Posted by: TRex
I guess the guy is owed something for being named Hans-Peter.
Posted by: Schoolyard Miklos at January 11, 2025 07:39 PM (xesY+)
Hans off my peter! (what Biden never said to Ashley)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 11, 2025 07:40 PM (x0n13)
Posted by: Miklos with Ideas and Crazy Professor Hair at January 11, 2025 07:41 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 11, 2025 07:41 PM (Eo96p)
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I can still remember the smell of it -- the oil and the electricity.
Ozone! Nature's Disinfectant!
I can still remember the smell of it -- the oil and the electricity.
Ozone! Nature's Disinfectant!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:42 PM (xG4kz)
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At least you didn't mess up your own name.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:43 PM (ENyf3)
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208 You going to make me pull out my copy of "Small Wonder" aren't you?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:40 PM
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Origin of the Species by Karl Ludvigsen.
Porsche as a consultancy operated but operations moved during the war away from Stuttgart to the more quiet location of Gmund. That's where Porsche as a manufacturer began.
We've walked the ground. Only one building remains.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2025 07:40 PM
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Origin of the Species by Karl Ludvigsen.
Porsche as a consultancy operated but operations moved during the war away from Stuttgart to the more quiet location of Gmund. That's where Porsche as a manufacturer began.
We've walked the ground. Only one building remains.
Posted by: TRex at January 11, 2025 07:43 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Did you convince your dad to change how he spelled his name?
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 07:44 PM (NQtI0)
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I've used a portable typewriter in public a few times, just for fun and when the noise isn't disruptive. Used a Royal Quiet De Luxe. Let me tell you, it got some attention. Older folks stopped by to talk about their experiences and kids were fascinated by the machine for its sound, the aroma of the ribbon, the bell at the end of each line and the sound of the carriage returning. When I let the kids try a few words they were astonished at the effort it took to use the keys. Completely outside their computer keyboard experience. Just as well I didn't have a deadline for the document.
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025 07:45 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 11, 2025 07:45 PM (mT+6a)
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WE HAZ A MOVIE MARQUE UP
Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2025 07:45 PM (fwDg9)
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The cat lying across the tracks reminds me of an incident I experienced years ago when riding on an Amtrak train (I used to commute from Richmond, Virginia to Washington, D.C. daily: Amtrak to the King Street Metro station in Alexandria, and then the Blue Line on into Washington, about a block from the White house).
One night, as I was returning to Richmond, the train slowed down to practically a walk, and continued this way for no obvious reason that I could see. The conductor finally got on the intercom and advised us that there were several goats walking down the track. The engineer sounded the horn, but the goats, instead of turning off the tracks, just continued straight ahead at a slightly faster rate. This continued for about another quarter hour, until the goats finally got out of the way.
One night, as I was returning to Richmond, the train slowed down to practically a walk, and continued this way for no obvious reason that I could see. The conductor finally got on the intercom and advised us that there were several goats walking down the track. The engineer sounded the horn, but the goats, instead of turning off the tracks, just continued straight ahead at a slightly faster rate. This continued for about another quarter hour, until the goats finally got out of the way.
Posted by: Paco at January 11, 2025 07:45 PM (mADJX)
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TRex,
Thanks for the thread. Lots of nostalgia and some good hobby information.
Thanks for the thread. Lots of nostalgia and some good hobby information.
Posted by: JTB at January 11, 2025 07:46 PM (yTvNw)
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Nood
Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 11, 2025 07:47 PM (GYt5+)
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True story: there are microfiche of the assembly code used to program the PDP-8E that I used to collect my data and ship it up to the computer lab at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory over a ... wait for it ... 300 baud modem!
Those fiche are in the back of my copy of the thesis and its official copy out at the University of California.
Could they be read today -- for whatever odd reason? Doubtful, as microfiche viewers are almost completely a thing of the past.
True story: there are microfiche of the assembly code used to program the PDP-8E that I used to collect my data and ship it up to the computer lab at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory over a ... wait for it ... 300 baud modem!
Those fiche are in the back of my copy of the thesis and its official copy out at the University of California.
Could they be read today -- for whatever odd reason? Doubtful, as microfiche viewers are almost completely a thing of the past.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2025 07:50 PM (xG4kz)
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Yeah, I think that's why there is interest in typewriters again. They let you focus. Really strengthen your hands too. And there's that styling and patina. So much more interesting than computers.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 07:50 PM (NQtI0)
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They had microfiche machines in the Stevenson library but it's been years since I used them there. They had all the copies of the local newspaper, back to the late 1800s one microfiche.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 11, 2025 07:53 PM (NQtI0)
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Dad loved trains sooo much, that he volunteered a week each year, on the Sumpter Valley Railroad in Oregon.
sumptervalleyrailroad.org
sumptervalleyrailroad.org
Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2025 08:18 PM (YoCnN)
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Dad's final train trip, a few days before he died, was on the Eagle Cap excursion train
eaglecaptrainrides.com
eaglecaptrainrides.com
Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2025 08:20 PM (YoCnN)
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