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    Happy Holidays!

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    figs on nails (3 pics)

    Figs on nails CHEERS!
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    Three dome tankers (2 progress pics)

    Are the new metal wheels that come with these any good? Thanks,
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    help with color?

    I posted this on another forum, too... looking for ideas... Looks to me like a stable or lumber yard. I was thinking in the weathered gray family? with some burnt orange under the eaves?
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    What's better to see?

    Rolling stock: or structures: :twisted:
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    photobucket bandwidth?

    wall1 I got a message from photobucket saying my bandwidth is almost used up. They recommend I go pro. This would be a bad time to get error messages instead of images because I am in the midst of some online auctions! If I start deleting photos out of all these forums I've be posting in...
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    3 works of mine (3 pics)

    Hi guys,
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    New structures shown at the Troy Train Show

    Hi Guys, Anybody going to the Troy Train show this Sunday in good old SE MI? I'll be there exhibiting some new pieces including this one; It still needs some rigging, signage, figures and a little more weathering and greenery.
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    Time for a couple more photos...

    Merry Christmas!
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    Curtains and Blinds and Shades, OH MY!

    Morning Gentlemen! I’ve been using ribbon from Jo Ann Fabrics to make HO scale window shades, blinds and curtains. There is such a variety in the “ribbon” aisle and it seems like there is always a bin of it on sale. I used one style in the picture window, and a different type...
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    WANTED:More Drive Bys...

    Was it Tom P who used to do those great drive bys? I miss them. Here is one from me; Just Sharing!
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    Engineer Kyle's Entry/Winter '07 Contest

    Notes regarding the “Alabaster Bible Church” kitbash 11/7/2007 This project came about as I headed up a Model RR forum challenge. First, I felt a cardboard mock up was in order to consider all the possibilities. I made some free standing modules that were about the...
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    what about the 25 per cent one?

    where we had to scratchbuild something that was 75% from own own pile of scraps? It was a Winter 07 contest I believe. Can I find a thread on this?
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    11/4 Gratiot Valley Show, anyone goin'?

    Hi Everybody! I’m getting pumped up about the Gratiot Valley Train Show this Nov. 4th! It seems to me that the show combines quantity and quality very nicely, with ample parking and still only 5 bucks to get in! I doubt if anyone would disagree that it’s the best show in SE Michigan, possibly...
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    Playing with Photoshop...

    Actually, It's freeware called Photofiltre. I'm not usually into a lot of photo manipulation, but I was playing around with adding sky. Here are the dramatic, too dramatic? results; When I get a good picture that I don't have to edit, it goes in a Photobucket subdirectory...
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    Decoder Problem?

    This ATLAS C425 II quit working this morning. I can hear noise from it when I thottle it up, but it does not move. It has a DIGITRAX decoder and I reset it to the factory settings, thats CV8=8 on this one, and now it runs well again but is MUCH noisier than it used to be.... Thoughts? THANKS,
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    Ordering finished models online?

    Hi All, Has anyone a link to a site for purchasing finished models and weathered rolling stock? I know guys sell their handiwork through “famous auction sites”… But are there personal web pages out there where people are selling to the public with pay pal/credit cards? After great success...
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    Scenery advice sought...

    Howdy! Say, I posted this on another train forum. I’m looking for advice on how to complete this derrick scene. The cone of sand is just that, I found a metal cone with a profile I liked, and painted it with tan, flat latex. Then I sifted beach sand over it. After gluing the cone and other...
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    Please comment on new pics and vid...

    Hi all, Only one train forum that I have found replies quicker than this one. I'm back teaching music as school has started up and I'm sitting around waiting for students. Perhaps you'd care to look at some pics of mine; Or even this video which...
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