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Post by milly on Oct 6, 2019 15:49:04 GMT -5
Got given some Hornby Dublo 3 rail stuff by a client I work for which he was given have had it kicking round for a year and bought some odds and sods off the internet over a period of time and now have 3 sheets of ply hanging about so its time I done something with it. Its the old 1940's - 1960's metal bodied stuff so now the colder weather setting in I shall start making it up then work out a worthwhile cause to donate it too as I not got much room to store it. I also have some 009 stuff but I maybe able to make that small enough to fit inside an old aquarium and let the grand kids play with it when they come down or may even try and combinne the two.
But for now I have just been sorting through the bits and have ordered a few last pieces of track and shall get on with it in the near future.
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Post by FrankenMech on Oct 7, 2019 19:22:10 GMT -5
I used to mess with HO scale stuff when I was a kid but I lost interest when parts turned out to be very expensive and I needed bicycle parts worse. I don't even know what happened to all of it.
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Post by milly on Oct 8, 2019 10:21:23 GMT -5
I used to mess with HO scale stuff when I was a kid but I lost interest when parts turned out to be very expensive and I needed bicycle parts worse. I don't even know what happened to all of it. Think I have now become a big kid 😊 Wow I just realised most parts are about 70yrs old. Even older than me |
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Post by SMALL CC TEK on Oct 8, 2019 15:44:06 GMT -5
It's funny how you see something and it brings back good or bad memories ! That track reminds me of the guy who thought me how to solder. He was into Model trains like that he soldered the tracks together. And that is how i learned he was my friends dad Mr Shavers he worked at McDonald Douglas on the line building parts for the DC10 in the 70's . Trains are cool but where do you put it all when it gets huge ? lol The guy i am talking about had a garage full in the air on wood and on the wall every place that had space was trains .
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Post by bigallis1 on Oct 19, 2019 8:18:25 GMT -5
Few years back I saw an advertisement for a HO scale train set from The Bradford exchange that had the Allis-Chalmers Logo and theme on it. Seeing I use to be an Allis_Chalmers collector/enthusiast I thought that would be nice to have. The wife asked me where I was gona display it? I said no problem. Here is a picture of what I came up with: Jim...….  |
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Post by milly on Oct 19, 2019 11:20:56 GMT -5
Nice idea Jim 😊
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Post by milly on Mar 30, 2020 7:16:51 GMT -5
Well the time has come now we have less movement with the virus, I am looking to see which to start first. Bit like my scooters sometimes.  I have 0 gauge clockwork the 00 Hornby 3 rail and 009 gauge as well. Need to plan small so I can store it somewhere for present.
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Post by jloi on Mar 30, 2020 15:38:17 GMT -5
I don't recognise the name but that type track looks vaguely familiar . you're bringin on memories of sticking track together . reckon that would be about 62' - 63 - ?
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Post by fuzzyruttin on Mar 30, 2020 19:52:07 GMT -5
Well the time has come now we have less movement with the virus, I am looking to see which to start first. Bit like my scooters sometimes. I have 0 gauge clockwork the 00 Hornby 3 rail and 009 gauge as well. Need to plan small so I can store it somewhere for present.
Always liked the authentic big steamers. The Virginia Museum of Transportation has some real behemoths.. Norfolk & Western Class A 1218 2-6-6-4 was one of the bigger ones. And I was elated to see the 611, just like I had as a kid.  These things are so big you can't really appreciate them unless you're 50 yards away. Really impressive, right before diesel technology snuffed them out  |
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Post by milly on Mar 31, 2020 18:37:00 GMT -5
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Post by milly on Mar 31, 2020 18:46:43 GMT -5
1940's - 60's jloi for the H0/00 3 rail stuff and the old tin plate 0 gauge clockwork may well be from 1920 when they first started producing this stuff up until it was phased out in the 1960's in favour of the 3 rail stuff which then became 2 rail |
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Post by milly on Oct 11, 2020 4:37:56 GMT -5
Well things have changed needed to scale down a bit in size and space so clockwork 0 gauge gone, Hornby 00 gone and am going to make a layout with 009 gauge and a small amount of 00 gauge combined together as scales the same both being 4mm to the foot.
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Post by jloi on Oct 11, 2020 8:28:43 GMT -5
Ok
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Post by Steve B on Oct 11, 2020 9:56:39 GMT -5
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Post by jloi on Oct 11, 2020 14:44:47 GMT -5
a little thread jacking here but I thought you might like this - trains from a different perspective- very live !! this guy is one of the greatest drone pilots in the world . but there's a lot of them .
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