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 Posted - July 27 2014 : 6:06:07 PM
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My BOTW is a switch tower - not sure of the make, it's a loose piece I picked up and re-did.
 
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Posted - July 27 2014 : 11:31:51 PM
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My BOTW is the Bachmann motel... pretty dusty out of the storage boxes. And yes MicroBen, I have the pool..
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Posted - July 27 2014 : 11:43:25 PM
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Great model Walt! I love the '50s era motels, both real and model...my wife and I stay in them whenever we can. Their condition is a crap shoot, however, but we take the gamble. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose! 
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I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
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Posted - July 27 2014 : 11:48:33 PM
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Jerry, nice looking switch tower! Does it have interior detail? Because with all those windows it would seriously pay off!
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Posted - July 28 2014 : 01:05:38 AM
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quote:Great model Walt! I love the '50s era motels, both real and model...my wife and I stay in them whenever we can. Their condition is a crap shoot, however, but we take the gamble. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose!
Originally posted by gmoney - July 27 2014 : 11:43:25 PM
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I too like to see these motels along the roads, Glenn. Had this kit years ago in a different color combo... Nice oldie in any color...
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Posted - July 28 2014 : 11:21:00 PM
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Fantastic concept!
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Posted - July 28 2014 : 11:33:58 PM
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Courtesy of RaySouthernPac, this Myrtle's is the Crown Jewel.
Click on link to see her in the middle of it all:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E5-frOQ39Q
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 01:34:20 AM
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BOTW is this grain elevator, I think it was from Heljan.
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 08:08:17 AM
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IHC made this Mansion Row of Houses.
frank
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 11:21:08 AM
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quote:IHC made this Mansion Row of Houses.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - July 29 2014 : 08:08:17 AM
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I've seen an ad for those in the 1980's Model Railroader catalogs.Looks pretty cool. Plus, it reminds me of those Victorian houses in San Francisco.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 7:43:53 PM
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quote:I've seen an ad for those in the 1980's Model Railroader catalogs.Looks pretty cool.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â July 29 2014Â :Â 11:21:08 AM
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I agree, those are super cool 
You have some great buildings Frank
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 10:58:40 PM
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quote:My BOTW is the Bachmann motel... pretty dusty out of the storage boxes.
Originally posted by walt - July 27 2014 : 11:31:51 PM
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My childhood memory of this type of motel is that they usually had a porch light by the office and it had a yellow light bulb so as not to attract bugs. The light was usually surrounded by fly specks from all the bugs the yellow bulb did not attract. 
As the buildings became older and more dated, it became more amusing to see the neon sign proudly proclaiming, "Modern Motel."
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 11:28:02 PM
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quote:...As the buildings became older and more dated, it became more amusing to see the neon sign proudly proclaiming, "Modern Motel."
Originally posted by scsshaggy - July 29 2014 : 10:58:40 PM
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I like the ones that advertise "Color TV!"
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Posted - August 02 2014 : 8:12:21 PM
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Yeah!...this is a really cool combination. It looks very 1950s. quote:
My BOTW is the Bachmann motel... pretty dusty out of the storage boxes. And yes MicroBen, I have the pool..
Originally posted by walt - July 27 2014 : 11:31:51 PM
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Posted - August 02 2014 : 8:38:13 PM
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I love that motel! Check this out, look familiar?
/tyco/forum/uploaded/JNXT 7707/20140802203441_koolwink-motel.jpg
http://www.koolwinkmotel.com/
There is a motel in Romney WV that has kept its 'motel' looks over the years. We went there last year and spent a night when we rode the Potomac Eagle, and it was a genuine time capsule. I felt like I was in 1968 again!
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Posted - August 02 2014 : 11:52:59 PM
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quote:I love that motel! Check this out, look familiar?
/tyco/forum/uploaded/JNXT 7707/20140802203441_koolwink-motel.jpg
http://www.koolwinkmotel.com/
There is a motel in Romney WV that has kept its 'motel' looks over the years. We went there last year and spent a night when we rode the Potomac Eagle, and it was a genuine time capsule. I felt like I was in 1968 again!
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â August 02 2014Â :Â 8:38:13 PM
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Cool!The only thing missing in the motel according to pictures I found on the internet of it are the old 1960's TVs. Oh, and my little brother has one of those Plasticville Motels too.
-Steve
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Posted - August 03 2014 : 12:09:33 AM
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quote:I love that motel! Check this out, look familiar?
http://www.koolwinkmotel.com/
There is a motel in Romney WV that has kept its 'motel' looks over the years. We went there last year and spent a night when we rode the Potomac Eagle, and it was a genuine time capsule. I felt like I was in 1968 again!
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â August 02 2014Â :Â 8:38:13 PM
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I remember that you, Jerry...Have the motel on your layout too. I like the colors on yours better than mine...
Nice motel photo also! I want it!!
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