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still want Loew's & 7up buildings  
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Posted - May 21 2016 : 11:12:49 PM
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quote:still want Loew's & 7up buildings
Originally posted by microbusss - May 21 2016 : 10:05:29 PM
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EBAY !! 
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Posted - May 26 2016 : 11:50:28 PM
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More grainy pics but getting more detail on this Center Street section. People, parking meters etc... Have holes drilled for the lights wiring. Repainted the roofs and added roof detail.
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Posted - May 27 2016 : 9:35:56 PM
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Looks good, Walt! Your street flows nicely. 
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Posted - May 28 2016 : 1:00:44 PM
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| Thank You, Eric
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Posted - May 29 2016 : 4:57:30 PM
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| Nice Walt. Like seeing all the people bringing it to life.
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Posted - May 29 2016 : 10:59:21 PM
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quote:
EBAY !!
Originally posted by walt - May 21 2016 : 11:12:49 PM
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yeah but $0 & no account there
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Posted - May 29 2016 : 11:30:20 PM
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quote:Nice Walt. Like seeing all the people bringing it to life.
Originally posted by Barry - May 29 2016 : 4:57:30 PM
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Thank You, Barry! There's some people in the building too that will be visible when buildings are lighted....
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Posted - May 30 2016 : 02:45:37 AM
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Trying to decide if one or both of these buildings want to go behind the Center Street row.
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Posted - June 10 2016 : 01:39:31 AM
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I have decided to use the Life-Like ESSO station and the Bachmann Motel behind the center street scene. I painted the motel window sills, chairs & door coral, since the gas station was red and white too. This section may have 24 lights or more as there's 14 already in the Center Street buildings area. Gonna add concrete around Esso and black top at motel. A gravel alley will go through between the buildings.
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| Love seeing your progress! Great Work!
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Posted - June 10 2016 : 10:11:14 PM
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| Thank You, Dave...
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Posted - June 10 2016 : 10:24:28 PM
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just a suggestion, Walt
turn the corner Esson sign so it shows along the side road
& put one of pumps on that side of the road & you got a corner gas station! 
its what I'm planning on doing IF I ever find a Tyco Union 76 gas station with double pumps
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Posted - June 10 2016 : 11:15:27 PM
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| Dig that coral paint Walt. That's pretty era specific.
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Posted - June 11 2016 : 01:42:27 AM
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Good idea, MicroBen! pic shows where the ESSO station will be. It's accessible from two different roads which I'm going to have an entrance on that side too. 
Barry, Coral is a nice color and I loved it on the old 50s and 60s cars. Had to paint the red motel parts because the ESSO had the red trim too.
Got the black top laid at the motel today!
Got the concrete poured today. 
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Posted - June 20 2016 : 10:26:43 PM
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I believe that I will use this light arrangement around the Life-Like ESSO station. There's 4 Tyco Mercury lights and the 2 very rare Tyco ESSO light poles. Should be a light in the station too.
I have found a permanent but removable way of mounting the light poles. Double sided tape, the thick kind, holds these lights up and in place. The ONLY kind I have found to work is the 3M tape made for auto molding and emblem use.
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Posted - June 21 2016 : 12:01:27 AM
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| I like your "Siesta." Very iconic.
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Posted - June 22 2016 : 12:32:40 AM
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| I too, like the Motel , Jeff. It's one I had back in the 70s. Had to have another one on this layout...
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Posted - July 15 2016 : 10:20:42 PM
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Put 3 drawers on one side of my layout recently. They are all 24X13 inches inside the drawer. Quite a bit of storage space for train related parts, etc... I'll get some paint on them hopefully soon. 
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Posted - July 17 2016 : 11:41:51 AM
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Space: ever the frontier of the model railhead.
I spend a bit of time perusing the British
Model Railway Forum UK. Many of these guys
have very limited free space to work with
and build really astonishing layouts in 4x6 and
in configurations smaller than that- some
with three main lines.
One guy posted an image of his collection
in a pantry: just rolling stock he had collected,
but apparently no place to run them.
There seems to be some kind of law that if you
create a space, you will find a way to fill it.
Tyco, being relatively cheap, on the whole, and
endlessly intriguing in its variability, compounds
the issue.
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Posted - August 01 2016 : 8:12:45 PM
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Just found this, Jeff... I was fortunate, to get the basement with plenty of room to do my layout even 4 feet longer than ever planned. And yes, there's always something to take up space on the set up... I have seen some really interesting small layouts!
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Posted - August 15 2016 : 10:50:27 PM
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Have screwed the board section in place and have set the Center Street buildings on it. Time to add light poles and more detail.
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Posted - August 16 2016 : 10:50:26 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by walt - June 20 2016 : 10:26:43 PM
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I said TURN that other Esso sign!
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Posted - September 01 2016 : 9:32:19 PM
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| Can't MicroBen, If you notice both roads that approach the station come from the same direction... http://tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/uploaded/walt/20160611013803_ESSOAFX.jpg
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Posted - September 08 2016 : 6:43:28 PM
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| Always enjoy your updates of your layout. Look forward to more wonderful photos.
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Posted - September 08 2016 : 10:18:56 PM
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| Thank You, Richard... Don't spend the time on the forum that I would like to this summer. I haven't been doing much this summer to the train table... Been spending a lot of hours working on two of my cars... My other hobby! :)
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Posted - November 28 2016 : 12:28:54 AM
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On Saturday evening, I added a 4th drawer to the set I had previously put under the train table. I thought I could always use more storage area. I also relocated the drawers not long ago as I put them right under the area I am going to add 6 inches to. In photo the lower drawer is in beige primer without the knobs. Since been painted the orange color and added knobs..
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Posted - November 28 2016 : 08:05:02 AM
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quote:After a lot of talk on how to build my table in late 2013, I'm soo glad I used the overkill method of 2X4s. Here's a pic of why I'm happy I done that. My boy thought it was funny today and snapped this pic...
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Hey Walt I don't recognize that big crawly orange thing. Do you think you need a exterminator.
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Posted - November 28 2016 : 10:24:34 AM
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| Frank, there's a large critter that's been spotted around my train table for quite sometime now... :)
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quote:Frank, there's a large critter that's been spotted around my train table for quite sometime now... :)
Originally posted by walt - November 28 2016 : 10:24:34 AM
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Yup, looks dangerous, better be careful round that thing!
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Posted - December 19 2016 : 12:07:01 AM
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Bought my first train slot car related auction in a while. This lot has 17, 9 inch straight track and a terminal that I wanted just for extras. Sold for nearly nothing.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/152355305038?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&autorefresh=true
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Posted - December 23 2016 : 12:09:22 PM
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That is pretty darn cool, Walt. I had forgotten, until your
post, the total cool factor of Aurora. Brings to mind
Steve McQueen and "Bullet."
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Posted - January 02 2017 : 1:58:41 PM
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Thank You, Chops...
Spent our Christmas Day with my sisters family on New Years Day. My nephew come thru again with these two slot cars...
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Posted - January 02 2017 : 4:50:34 PM
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| Dang!
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Posted - January 02 2017 : 9:59:34 PM
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This evening a young friend of mine and my boy dropped by to deliver this Life- Like engine for me. It was wrapped nicely and Daniel has been trying catch me home for days!
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Posted - January 02 2017 : 10:04:46 PM
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Lovely loco! Got any plans on getting decals or something to add the bonnet borders?
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Posted - January 21 2017 : 10:04:44 AM
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| Last night I went down to the basement and dusted my slot car track with a Swiffer sweeper and loose swiffer pads. I bought a nice slot car rail cleaner an plan on getting my track ready to use... hope to concentrate on the hobby again now.
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Well, good luck to you on that. We all look forward to seeing the results
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Posted - January 26 2017 : 10:29:44 AM
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Thank You, Zelda... I spent an evening and now have cleaned two of the
lanes and have them running. Two lanes left...
ADDED; My daughter & I have been having a blast running the slot car in the evenings. Wish I had time to clean the other 2 lanes this weekend, but I have a funeral to attend out of town. Been trying to do a little each night. Also wanna wipe down the rail on the train track which is much easier...
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Posted - February 04 2017 : 12:47:56 PM
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Finally have all four slot car lanes cleaned and running. I need to buy some tires for my older cars now. Also got a new camera at Christmas so I want to load some video in the future. I had forgotten how much fun the slot cars were!
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Posted - February 11 2017 : 9:37:26 PM
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Finally found some little hangers that work well for the controllers. Have them partially painted color coded to the lane they power... I have all 4 of them placed on one end...
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Posted - February 12 2017 : 3:39:02 PM
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slot car racing reminds me of a vid on AFV
when they were racing the cars One car hit the curve too fast, flew, hit the guy(not really hard) & car went straight into his shirt pocket!
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Posted - February 12 2017 : 5:30:56 PM
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Great job, Walt!
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Posted - February 12 2017 : 6:11:58 PM
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Nice controller solution Walt
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Posted - February 13 2017 : 9:45:55 PM
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Thanks, Guys! Hope to get some video on my new camera soon...
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Posted - February 22 2017 : 9:10:14 PM
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I noticed my newer Tyco cars stick on the Hill Track if you go too slow over them. Finally I realized that the Hill track were of the 1960s before the magnatraction idea come along. Now all is well along the streets of Tycoville
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Posted - October 09 2017 : 10:54:37 PM
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| I can't believe that it was February when I posted last on my layout... What a sad year as my best friend (my Wife) passed away on June 7th. My layout has sat in the basement with little more than a walk down to lay something I bought on ebay on it. Hopefully, winter will boost my interest to get back on the build, with some new photos, and a movie clip or two...
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Posted - October 09 2017 : 10:59:16 PM
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My deepest condolences to you, walt, upon your loss. :( My prayers are with you and yours.
I'm certainly looking forward to seeing additions to your layout!
God Bless!
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Posted - October 09 2017 : 11:32:17 PM
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Hi Walt,
I'm sorry to hear of your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
It looks like you have a good setup and I'm looking forward to seeing more.
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