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 Posted - December 30 2013 : 3:25:08 PM
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Here's one you won't find sealed new in a box - a scratch-built 1950s Whataburger. if you don't know what a Whataburger is, you've never been to Texas  
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Posted - December 30 2013 : 4:19:21 PM
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We have a local chain in the area where I live called Whataburger. Not the same company of course. I have heard of the one in Texas though, I believe.
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Posted - December 30 2013 : 4:29:13 PM
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I heard of that one b4 Real cool I likes it
I has a ceramic A frame resturant piggy bank but I forgot the name of it 
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Posted - December 30 2013 : 5:02:49 PM
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A sealed boxed Tyco Standart Electric building kit.
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Posted - December 30 2013 : 5:08:02 PM
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quote:If you don't know what a Whataburger is, you've never been to Texas
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â December 30 2013Â :Â 3:25:08 PM
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I've been to Texas and I still don't know what a Whataburger is. I don't think they have them in the Big Bend country. 
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Posted - December 30 2013 : 5:19:16 PM
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The Tyco Machine Shop is also one end of the Gruson Casket Co.
scsshaggy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataburger
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Posted - December 30 2013 : 5:55:36 PM
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quote: quote:If you don't know what a Whataburger is, you've never been to Texas
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â December 30 2013Â :Â 3:25:08 PM
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I've been to Texas and I still don't know what a Whataburger is. I don't think they have them in the Big Bend country.
Originally posted by scsshaggy - December 30 2013 : 5:08:02 PM
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scsshaggy - I never heard of them either until I met my wife in 2007 who is from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. When I was first down there I wondered what the heck is this Whataburger place? She took me to one and it is kinda like crack cocaine to me so I was inspired to build one for the layout.
I have to admit I did not know where big Bend Country was, I looked it up and no, you probably won't find a Whataburger down there
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Posted - December 30 2013 : 7:57:38 PM
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love that whataburger model,very patriotic colours ken
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Posted - December 30 2013 : 11:47:00 PM
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my "scratchbashed" plastics packaging company
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - December 31 2013 : 02:11:12 AM
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Never saw this one under the Tyco label. Think I saw it as either Revell or AHM? I presume the injection mold was bought and sold over the years. A fascinating picture of an age honored kit. Wonder who first dreamed it up, what they used as a prototype, etc. The degree of detail in this delightful kit continues on and on.
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Posted - December 31 2013 : 02:12:42 AM
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quote:We have a local chain in the area where I live called Whataburger. Not the same company of course. I have heard of the one in Texas though, I believe.
Originally posted by gmoney - December 30 2013 : 4:19:21 PM
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A very professionally done job. Did you scratch build this? I live in El Paso, Texas, and the city is rotten with Whata Burgers. Iconic as McDonald's. Sorry, I am not a WB fan, but your skill is exceptional!
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Posted - December 31 2013 : 08:09:25 AM
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quote: quote:We have a local chain in the area where I live called Whataburger. Not the same company of course. I have heard of the one in Texas though, I believe.
Originally posted by gmoney - December 30 2013 : 4:19:21 PM
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A very professionally done job. Did you scratch build this? I live in El Paso, Texas, and the city is rotten with Whata Burgers. Iconic as McDonald's. Sorry, I am not a WB fan, but your skill is exceptional!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â December 31 2013Â :Â 02:12:42 AM
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Yes scratch-built from sheet styrene and of course some added details like the trash cans and picnic tables. I actually found a set of blueprints online for the sign and scaled it down. And, I just realized it needs some people too!
My wife - a TX native - did not quite understand my love affair with WB either, nor does her family
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Posted - December 31 2013 : 08:12:44 AM
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quote: quote:
Never saw this one under the Tyco label. Think I saw it as either Revell or AHM? I presume the injection mold was bought and sold over the years. A fascinating picture of an age honored kit. Wonder who first dreamed it up, what they used as a prototype, etc. The degree of detail in this delightful kit continues on and on.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â December 31 2013Â :Â 02:11:12 AM
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Used to have one of those, it was "Burns Engineering" and had POLA W. Germany stamped on the base.
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Posted - December 31 2013 : 4:40:34 PM
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Love that scratchbuilt whataburger. At first glance I thought it was a long-lost addition to the Life-Like fast food restaurant series!
Heres my BOTW, a smalltown usa kit that I bricked and boarded over some of the windows on, and painting the whole thing, to give an impression of lots of run down painted brick buildings found in urban areas
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Posted - January 01 2014 : 7:21:42 PM
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Hey Jerry WV, Looks like that Whataburger has a pretty good rep by the seemingly "well healed" customers arriving in their concours quality vintage automobiles! The Whataburger building don't look too shabby either.
Hey ChessieRR, I'm diggin' those brick buildings. They seem to hold lots of possibilities. My BOTW is a brick building; an engine house I've been going over and finally got it to the point where it was standing this afternoon. This was an eBay "pre-built" "bargain"; ha! Regarding the photos below; the first photos are of the building as I received it, and the latter photos are from this afternoon.
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Posted - January 01 2014 : 10:07:14 PM
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A little paint makes a lot of difference! That engine house is looking good.
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Posted - January 02 2014 : 12:15:29 AM
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Barry, all of a sudden those short spurs make a lot more sense. I just hope God doesn't damage the smoke jack when he decides to make the "sun" go down!
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 Posted - January 02 2014 : 9:35:49 PM
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I found the A-frame resturant I had & its a bank too
This resturant is in Merrill, Wisconsin somewhere & still in buisness 
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Posted - January 02 2014 : 10:01:42 PM
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| Cute, but I could never think of using that on a layout...
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Posted - January 02 2014 : 10:17:07 PM
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quote:Cute, but I could never think of using that on a layout...
Originally posted by walt - January 02 2014 : 10:01:42 PM
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Why not? I think its close to HO
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Posted - January 02 2014 : 10:24:04 PM
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| It's a little corny and unrealistic...
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Posted - January 02 2014 : 10:36:17 PM
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I'm not going for realistic anyway
Beside I is going to use that Hot Wheels Wal-Mart Playset I has too
The real resturant
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Posted - January 02 2014 : 10:47:16 PM
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quote:I'm not going for realistic anyway
Beside I is going to use that Hot Wheels Wal-Mart Playset I has too
The real resturant
http://www.chipshamburgersmerrill.com/
Originally posted by microbusss - January 02 2014 : 10:36:17 PM
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Hmmmmm....looks like an excellent scratch-build candidate
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - January 02 2014 : 11:14:19 PM
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Hmmmmm....looks like an excellent scratch-build candidate
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â January 02 2014Â :Â 10:47:16 PM
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I wants one too!
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Posted - January 07 2014 : 02:09:07 AM
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A classic Tyco depot. I have had this one on every layout that I have built since I was a kid and here it is today still going strong.
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Posted - January 07 2014 : 11:28:02 AM
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| guys some great buildings and ideas ken
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Posted - January 07 2014 : 12:02:56 PM
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| Steven "Metalsmith", that Tyco station is super. Did you paint it and detail it out? Great people as well; just a great scene. Did you paint the people? I recognize the one guy with the suitcase in his left hand and his arm outstretched around his lady friend as a Model Power guy. Looks real good. I'd love to see more photos. Thanks. Barry
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Posted - January 07 2014 : 12:39:46 PM
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quote:Steven "Metalsmith", that Tyco station is super. Did you paint it and detail it out? Great people as well; just a great scene. Did you paint the people? I recognize the one guy with the suitcase in his left hand and his arm outstretched around his lady friend as a Model Power guy. Looks real good. I'd love to see more photos. Thanks. Barry
Originally posted by Barry - January 07 2014 : 12:02:56 PM
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no he didn't The Tyco Depot comes as a built-up with details like the billboard & figures
For some reason when I got mine off of Ebay it came with 2 nude figures!
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Posted - January 07 2014 : 12:47:56 PM
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The depot is bone stock factory Tyco, the only additions are the platforms. The set came with a billboard that I changed to an Elvis poster for some strange reason. The figures are a mix of Preiser and others and some are hand painted but it has been so long ago I cant recall which ones. Thanks for the compliments and the support.
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Posted - January 07 2014 : 8:23:50 PM
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"For some reason when I got mine off of Ebay it came with 2 nude figures!"
Hey Ben, I dig it! Every once in a while when I'm at the local train shop and looking through some of the cases I come across the "artist and his model" . . . so where on your layout did you use those figures Ben? Ha!
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Posted - January 07 2014 : 9:16:11 PM
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quote:"For some reason when I got mine off of Ebay it came with 2 nude figures!"
Hey Ben, I dig it! Every once in a while when I'm at the local train shop and looking through some of the cases I come across the "artist and his model" . . . so where on your layout did you use those figures Ben? Ha!
Originally posted by Barry - January 07 2014 : 8:23:50 PM
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Station is still in the original box in another box in storage
But I should use them at a Nude Beach
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Posted - January 07 2014 : 9:49:24 PM
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American Model Builders Wood engine house based of the Illinois Terminal design.
Hands down the hardest damn thing I've ever built. Wood was flimsy, took long time to set up in place, and had so many aspects to it. But I gotta say, as much of a pain that it was, it came out great and has a special purpose!
I've built a Walthers 3 stall locomotive shop, a Walthers machine shop, an Atlas 3 stall roundhouse, a model power 2 stall engine house, and scratchbuilt my own 2 foot long Seybold Locomotive Works but I was not expecting so much work.
I got this as Christmas present specifically to build and house my Folsom Prison #1 in, as well as another HO replica 0-4-0 model, the Silverbend 202.
Since this photo the roof sheets for the main portion are on but not glued down. Why glue the roofs down? Can't access the engines or detail the inside
I buy, repair, and collect
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Posted - January 08 2014 : 10:09:54 PM
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| The structure looks familiar, can you recall what town the prototype was located in?
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Posted - January 08 2014 : 10:11:40 PM
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| Nice loco shed SCVR. Wood kits do take some extra patience, but the result is great! That shed looks like the perfect size for 0-4-0s.
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Posted - January 10 2014 : 03:22:53 AM
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quote:We have a local chain in the area where I live called Whataburger. Not the same company of course. I have heard of the one in Texas though, I believe.
Originally posted by gmoney - December 30 2013 : 4:19:21 PM
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whatabeauty! You possess a fine hand, a sharp eye!
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Posted - January 10 2014 : 1:52:11 PM
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Based on the Engine House located in Springfield, Illinois at East Belt Wye.
Was a huge pain to build but hey it came out better then I expected.
I buy, repair, and collect
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Posted - January 10 2014 : 6:24:16 PM
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| Is that an IT orange car I see in the top of the photo?
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