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 Posted - February 19 2017 : 4:53:26 PM
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From a Tyco layout I built back a couple of years back.
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Posted - February 19 2017 : 9:08:46 PM
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| Nice trolley! I really like the old HoJo - who produced it?
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Posted - February 19 2017 : 9:19:31 PM
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quote:Nice trolley! I really like the old HoJo - who produced it?
Originally posted by Dr. John - February 19 2017 : 9:08:46 PM
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Its a Tyco kit.
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Posted - February 20 2017 : 07:10:02 AM
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** A unbuilt old AHM building kit for the cable car system made by Brawa. For the skiers and the hikers.
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Posted - February 20 2017 : 08:08:34 AM
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quote:** A unbuilt old AHM building kit for the cable car system made by Brawa. For the skiers and the hikers.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - February 20 2017 : 07:10:02 AM
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Interesting. Wonder if you could motorize that, now that would be cool!
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Posted - February 23 2017 : 12:22:32 PM
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A pic of ole Sam's car lot at an angle.
 
Edited by - walt on February 23 2017 12:47:42 PM
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Posted - February 23 2017 : 4:29:26 PM
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It is still relentlessly raining here in far Northern California, been like this since the beginning of October. I maintain yards for a living and with all the rain I do not get to work much, so I have been working on my train set up since October, got my 1/3 acre lot finished; house, garage, chicken coop, outhouse, fence and gates, full landscaping and a hill that has a grotto and waterfall. It is now the centerpiece of my train setup.
I have another house and a general store-post office that I got from the thrift store along with the house on the lot, but I really wanted a train station and not a giant one like the one I got from the thrift store, but a small town train station. I looked up pre made stations and photos of real train stations and then went through my supply of tiny windows and doors, my balsa wood, tweezers, glue and so on. I was going through my box of extra cars that I got in a lot from cl for 35$ and there was a toy caboose that did not work with my set that had a soundboard, speaker, light and switch, no battery pack. I took the caboose apart for the innards and made a basement section on the station to house the setup. I fed the light and tiny switch that changes from light to light and sounds. I had a triple pack for AAA batteries and a tiny on off switch and wired them to the sound board all put in the basement. I made a counter top for inside that houses the light and switch that looks like a cash register, sort of. I will paint it brass color. I am going to paint the station in a medium sage green and barn red for the trim. I am going to make a two sided sign for he ridge of the roof top that will say " Martinsburg " the name of my little town. My name is Martin So far there are 169 individual piece of balsa wood making up the station. I have a stove pipe and mock stove to add and will get passenger to sit on the tiny bench inside and a station master behind the counter.
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Posted - February 23 2017 : 6:43:51 PM
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Posted - February 23 2017 : 6:54:28 PM
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| I'm diggin' the way you framed that roof up Martin, and the nice clean trim on the windows and doors.
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Posted - February 25 2017 : 12:37:55 PM
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hey, Walt
I do love how you expanded the car lot
Even when I had the set I felt it was too small
need it again someday 
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Posted - February 25 2017 : 3:44:39 PM
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Thank You, Ben... Using the over sized HO slot cars I just had to expand it a little.
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Posted - February 25 2017 : 7:08:36 PM
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I finished my train station, added some trim pieces from the caboose I took apart for its sound board, painted it in three colors; light forest green, crocus yellow and barn red. I went out to my garage in search of anything that might work and saw a plug for drip irrigation tubing and one end looked like a chimney for a wood burning stove and the other end looked like a pot belly stove. I attached a piece of juice straw to each piece after cutting them apart and put one on the roof for the stoves chimney, I glued it to a stick pin stuck in the roof. I have two sets of track on my primary table, the back table is set down for my trestle and valley and that will have a third set running on it.
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Posted - February 25 2017 : 10:28:24 PM
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| That landscaping really brings things to life Martin.
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Posted - February 25 2017 : 11:32:22 PM
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| A delightful example of what can be done in a small space. Great stuff!
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Posted - February 25 2017 : 11:33:38 PM
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quote:Thank You, Ben... Using the over sized HO slot cars I just had to expand it a little.
Originally posted by walt - February 25 2017 : 3:44:39 PM
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yeah but the expansion would work with regular HO cars tho 
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Posted - February 26 2017 : 05:21:54 AM
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The new house looks like it is Gumby's house.
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