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Here's my BOTW... A Tyco building that I'm not even sure what it's called without digging out the box. This building is placed over a light and it doesn't pass the light test very well. If there's anything that bothers me is to have a lighted building with light shining thru cracks and thru the plastic building walls/roof.
The Life-Like KFC building didn't pass the light test either. But lining the rear of building inside walls with black electrical tape is working well...
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Posted - February 08 2015 : 9:42:17 PM
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http://tycotrain.tripod.com/tycokits/id30.html
Signal Tower or Interlocking Tower 
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Posted - February 08 2015 : 10:32:16 PM
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You are correct Ben... Signal tower. I posted the Interlocking Tower here last week...
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Posted - February 09 2015 : 8:50:08 PM
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Posted - February 09 2015 : 9:01:08 PM
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quote:| But lining the rear of building inside walls with black electrical tape is working well... |
I've used tin foil in the past. It doesn't bleed and reflects light back toward the windows. Electrical tape sounds great for blacking out walls you don't want to bleed or reflect. I'll have to remember that!
Great hospital Chops! 
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Posted - February 09 2015 : 9:38:24 PM
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| Eric, I had used foil back in the 70s because light wouldn't bleed thru it.. But never thought about using its reflective abilities... I'll probably use some foil on the back wall right over the black tape, of the KFC to reflect light to the front... Great tip!
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Posted - February 10 2015 : 07:28:51 AM
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Here is a WOW building. It was at the last Edison train show I went to. It was listed as can be seen for $145.00. Needless to say I didn't buy it but only photographed it. It looks to be a locomotive maintance building. I don't know WHO made it. I just think it is very detailed and BIG.
FRANK
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Posted - February 10 2015 : 09:23:17 AM
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 That looks like something straight out of that Miniature Wonderland place in Germany. (It's basically a huge H0 scale layout)
-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 - February 10 2015 : 11:09:00 PM
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KAZAMM!!!quote:Here is a WOW building. It was at the last Edison train show I went to. It was listed as can be seen for $145.00. Needless to say I didn't buy it but only photographed it. It looks to be a locomotive maintance building. I don't know WHO made it. I just think it is very detailed and BIG.
FRANK
Originally posted by toptrain - February 10 2015 : 07:28:51 AM
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Posted - February 10 2015 : 11:10:37 PM
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My BOTW is my switch tower at Hillside Jct.
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Posted - February 10 2015 : 11:37:51 PM
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quote:My BOTW is my switch tower at Hillside Jct.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â February 10 2015Â :Â 11:10:37 PM
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What's that brass loco by the signal box because that's honestly the first thing I saw in that photo.
-Steve
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Posted - February 10 2015 : 11:52:10 PM
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| That is a C-430
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Posted - February 11 2015 : 09:18:00 AM
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quote:That is a C-430
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â February 10 2015Â :Â 11:52:10 PM
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That's very nice.
-Steve
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