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hey all you train guys. I built a hell of a lionel layout this winter. i will post some pics tonight or tomorrow. stand by. i would love to see some pics of your guys layouts *;D

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Cool deal!!!

I am a train nut since I was big enough to breath on my own.

I don't currently have a layout (darn kids wanted bedrooms) but I do have some track nailed to a piece of plywood so I can get em out and run them now and then with my kids.

HO scale for me.

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i will have to post some pics tonight. i worked on mine for 2 months this fall. it is 6' by 8' with a mountain and village and marina.

glad there are a couple more train guys around here.

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my HO set is currently in need of work but will post pics i'll get some of the G scale too. My Lionel / O and N scales are in boxes in the train storage addic.

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I just bought the Lionel Polar Express this year for running under the christmas tree. My mom still runs my Grandfathers 1920's Lionel around her tree each year. I would like to incorporate a train layout in my basement when I get around to finishing it.

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Cynsen, I have to sets of antique Lionell Trains, one from when my dad was a boy of 6 or 7, he is 84 now. The second set is from when my oldest brother was born, he would be 58 now ( he passed away a few years ago) I may want some pointers on setting up a display

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HO guy here. I started building a layout in my "man room", but I bought a boat and then I broke the boat, so now I'm just broke. I have done some weathering and took an undecorated Atlas Dash8-40B locomotive, painted it Conrail colors and put Norfolk Southern patches on it. It looks stunning.

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here's some pics of the beach *garden set i took last spring. I'll get more pics next trip I built a Box car this summer with Jarrett Bay Boats paint Scheme.

Franco here's my G scale on display

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...LTrain-002.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...LTrain-001.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...LTrain-003.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...LTrain-004.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...LTrain-005.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...yBoxcar001.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...yBoxcar003.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...yBoxcar004.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...yBoxcar002.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...s/MVC-002S.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...s/MVC-015S.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...s/MVC-022S.jpg

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Here's the neighbors cat watching the Train

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...s/MVC-020S.jpg

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http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...MVC-018S-1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...MVC-017S-1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...s/MVC-006S.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...MVC-002S-1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...s/MVC-001S.jpg

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just ran to the basement for the HO Set's pics it looks rough cause i haven't messed withit in several yrs.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...s/MVC-011S.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...s/MVC-010S.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...s/MVC-012S.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...s/MVC-013S.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...s/MVC-014S.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...MVC-015S-1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...s/MVC-016S.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...MVC-017S-2.jpg

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very nice Skools.....I like it!! I wish i had room for an outside G scale, but i live in a townhouse so that is out for now.

here are some pics of the Lionel I built this fall.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...n/DCP_2971.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...n/DCP_2972.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...n/DCP_2979.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...n/DSC00035.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...n/DSC00032.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...n/DSC00043.jpg

went with a winter scene this year, turned out pretty good, next year I will try something different.

I love to go out there at night, turn off all the lights, and run it in the dark ;D

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Nice setups guys, I wish I had time to put my HO's together,
I just keep collecting them and putting them in storage.
Maybe one day.

Did you guys ever notice, that to get any old trains,
you have to go to the train shows?

Whenever I go to a flea market or antique shop,
there are never any there or they are junk.

My buddy has got it made, his wife is into trains like him,
they even redid their dining room in a train motiff.
He painted the ceiling to look like sky with clouds and then put two tracks about 7 feet up the wall, all the way around. They both love to just watch the trains go, they say it is relaxing.

Next time I go to their house, I'll get some pix.

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Great pics. guys. I dont have a train collection, but have a great porn collection. Can I post them hewre as well. :o :o :o :o ;D ;D

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Cy you need a little model V20 tied to that dock with the red/green bow light and a stern light. That would be sweeeeeet!

Nice RR's boys :D

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well blue i looked and looked for one but could not find the right scale. i will continue, i eventually found a sailboat but i took the photos before so it is not there.

next year.

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since my pics at the coast i've added some buildings to the yard. i want to build a dock in the dry river bed and have some boats docked in there. can't find any 1/24th scale boats besides sail boats, no wind humpers on in my dock.

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There's one train set all true train collectors want. an Original Lionel Girls Train.

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Some pics. The Dash 8 I mentioned:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...y/100_0450.jpg

The prototype:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...ony/ns4810.jpg

and one of the cars I weathered:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Nboxcarend.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...ngedtrucks.jpg

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Now I know why Skools Out, cause he's too cool for school.

Nice layouts, all of yous guys!!!!!!

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lol well actual reason i named my boat that, I work for the state and contracted to the School system in Alamance as Data Communications Specialist, my girl is a K teacher and I love to fish i thought what better name than Skool for my fishing and Out for her summer so Skool's Out fits all ways what ya think.

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Thats a great name Skool, Can I buy the name from Ya. ;D

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Frayed_knot, wow! that deisel looks exactly like the one in the photo. How long did that take you? I am truly impressed.

Much farther detail than i have seen.

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Thanks! It took about 10-15 hrs I guess. Would you believe that was my first time. Of course I know where the flaws are, but I can easily fix them.

I built a small spray booth to do the airbrushing. I was more proud that I built the spray booth and it worked just as expected. Not a normal outcome for me.