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superchief

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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #30 on: September 26, 2015, 11:40:54 PM »
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Rod, wish I was there!!!!!!! Enjoyed my visit "down under" and had a blast running on your railroad. Was out running operations on the Houston Area Live Steamers track (7 1/2 ") today and Jim Hinds from Richmond Controls and I were reviewing our great time there in April :D. Pulling the motor on the Mustang and getting ready for some out of town operators so very little time for the computer!!!! say hi to the gang!! Gordon
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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #31 on: September 27, 2015, 08:22:15 AM »
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Quote from: Ntrainz1 on September 25, 2015, 10:00:02 PM
Painted and decaled spare GP40 shell



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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #32 on: September 27, 2015, 11:06:48 AM »
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Quote from: peteski on September 26, 2015, 03:58:33 PM
That is pretty amazing.  Most model train shows I attend have the same sellers, year after year,  pushing the same old and very shop-worn boxes of N scale stuff for MSRP prices.  Then some dealers sell out-of-scale Walmart toys trying to pass them as scale models for double they price they paid for them at Walmart (or a dollar store).

Well, to be honest, a couple dealers were like that. The roadrailers reappeared after the last show.

Yes, a lot of shows are like you say, unfortunately. Thats why I enjoy traveling around to a lot of regional shows. Its fun to visit shows that are a couple states away from my area. Its also fun to be able to see some new prototype locations while visiting or traveling.
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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #33 on: September 27, 2015, 11:43:37 AM »
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Quote from: w neal on September 27, 2015, 11:06:48 AM
... Yes, a lot of shows are like you say, unfortunately. Thats why I enjoy traveling around to a lot of regional shows. Its fun to visit shows that are a couple states away from my area. Its also fun to be able to see some new prototype locations while visiting or traveling.

I find this works even for shows just outside your metro region. I would have liked to have seen the Decatur show, because aside from Coryville they have different folks. The show in Springfield (IL) especially works for us - totally different mix of vendors than the STL shows.

Something else that contributes to variety is shows organized by locals versus the big traveling regionals. All shows cultivate a regular vendor following, but the "big" shows especially have an entourage of regular dealers, which is pretty much the business formula - sort of a traveling LHS. You don't expect your LHS to rotate their stock so they're a different place on every visit, so the same thing applies to shows.
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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #34 on: September 27, 2015, 04:17:31 PM »
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I got inspired to work on the LP dealer in Southern Pines this weekend:



More information and photos can be found in my Seaboard Central 2.0 thread in the Layout Engineering Forum.

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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #35 on: September 27, 2015, 05:53:01 PM »
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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #36 on: September 27, 2015, 06:01:49 PM »
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Dave, great to see your progress.  Bit by bit it is all getting done.
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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #37 on: September 27, 2015, 06:08:04 PM »
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Quote from: w neal on September 26, 2015, 03:21:10 PM

And a few artifacts at Forrest...




That is pretty wild, everything else has been removed but they left the table and pit.
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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #38 on: September 27, 2015, 06:28:07 PM »
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Quote from: PiperguyUMD on September 26, 2015, 04:45:24 PM
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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #39 on: September 27, 2015, 06:29:24 PM »
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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #40 on: September 27, 2015, 08:06:32 PM »
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Quote from: John on September 27, 2015, 05:53:01 PM
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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #41 on: September 27, 2015, 08:32:05 PM »
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Superchief, glad you,Jim and the others all had a good time 'down under' as we do when we go to the US.  Martyn managed a cab ride with Dennis Murphy during Portland.  Just converting my New Haven to DCC ,and JMRI. Been working on all those Intermountain kits I got at Roanoke  last year.

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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #42 on: September 27, 2015, 08:33:56 PM »
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My first attempt at weathering

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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #43 on: September 27, 2015, 08:49:56 PM »
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johnb,

looks good!

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Re: Weekend Update 9/27/15
« Reply #44 on: September 27, 2015, 09:14:43 PM »
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Quote from: bnsfdash8 on September 26, 2015, 09:39:53 PM
Other than a bath of bestine I did no prep on the shell. I used rattle can primer from Krylon.

Ok, thanks!
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