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    88's Scratchbuild Challenge

    Yep, not only this one. I guess Big Red One still has it's home base in the Würzburg area. I'd been in Kosovo (KFOR) with 1/26In, 1.ID, in 2002 for one month as an exchange officer. Tobias
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    88's Scratchbuild Challenge

    Hi 88fan1, great piece of work!!! I saw your post in cnw's challenge thread, so I took a picture for you yesterday, while enroute to Stuttgart. Hope you like it! Tobias
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    caliban - challenge #1

    Sorry, I'm a bit lazy and soccer world cup still rules the country!!!!! And I'm on the way to Stuttgart for the last match of the German national team. Hope they'll come out as winners. So we will be the third in the world. Tobias And for the final match on sunday: Allez les bleus!
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    A paint scheme for the MV&P

    Hi, Very nice one! What about adding the stripes also to the rear end? Isthe roof the same colour? That would allow a nice weathering. Tobias BTW voted 'Yes, I like it'.
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    cnw1961 challenge #1

    Hi Kurt, great piece of craftsmanship! Can't wait to see the finished box car. Schoene Gruesse aus Niedersachsen, Tobias
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    caliban - challenge #1

    Did not much today... Tobias
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    caliban - challenge #1

    Thank's! :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry: But I#m alittle bit sad, we lost against Italy, again! :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:But despite this, I'm a little on the lucky side, because I've tickets for the tickets for the last...
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    caliban - challenge #1

    SFFD Fire Station No.1 Part one of my challenge: San Francisco Fire Department Fire Staion No.1, 676 Howard St./Third St. I need a place for all the Boley and Athearn fire trucks and the hotel on our last trip to San Francisco was right around the corner. First picture is the prototype...
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    caliban - challenge #1

    Ok, let's get started! First, I have more than one building to scratchbuild. I'm going to build 3 modules, each approx. 4 feet long, the first will feature a tunnel and a short stretch of street running track. The projct is inspired by scenes around the SF Bay, like the Tunnel at Bayshore...
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    caliban - challenge #1

    A lot of work for the summer... ..., more to come.sign1 Tobias :wave:
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    All Members - Challenge 1 - Scratchbuilding

    I guess I'm in. I need a lot more buildings than this and I will have to scratch build and kitbash them. The perfect challenge at a perfect time. Tobias PS: I promised my wife to build a museum of science and nature for my Preiserians and Woodland Scenicans on the next module I start, that...
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    Mounting Soudtraxx DSX in Athearn Dummy

    I've started my first sound loco last week, using a Soundtraxx decoder. If you wanna have a look: http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?p=202550#post202550 Tobias
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    Kaslo Shops Products????

    Image of the prototype, found on RailPictures.net Tobias :wave:
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    Mounting Soudtraxx DSX in Athearn Dummy

    Hi jflessne, It should be possible to put sound in the dummy, but you will need the trucks or minimum the wheelsets from a powered unit. Athearn dummy's have plastic wheels and you need to pic up the power fromthe tracks somehow. I've found something that might be helpfull, follow the link...
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    PLEASE stay off the tracks!!

    There seem's there is no difference between North America and Europe, stupid people can be found everywhere! BTW interesting thread! German law prohibits to loud music in cars and you can get not only a fine for this but also "points". If you've accumulated too much of them you loose your...
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    Inspiration for all scales

    Hi everybody, I thought it would be interessting to start a thread in track planningsign1. The idea is to post the "rail history" of my home town and may be it is inspiring for you. Now to the facts: - 1 electrified 2-track main line (opened in 1854) - 1 highspeed 2-track main line (opened in...
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    Your Favorite HO Scale Manufacturer?

    Yeah, that's true. But Märklin bought Trix years ago and since that they're offering most new and a lot of the older loco in 3-rail AC, 2-Rail DC and some even in 3-rail DC (Trix Express). Most Märklin products are still Made in Germany, that is reflected in the price of their products. Labor...
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    miner cart

    You're rght Russ, but Walthers list's it as sold out. I've found severall in eBay Germany yesterday, and I guess there is one of them somewhere hidden deep in a box in the basement. If it'll come to my mind where I put it in, I'll post a set of pictures. But won't promise it! Tobias
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    Kaslo Shops Products????

    Actually a little bit farther north, the Bay Area. But I like the look of the F59PH and Metrolink. I've a Metrolink Bombardier cabcar and a complete Caltrain set including custom F40PH. I'm right back from the basement, where I had painted a Gallery car to match the MDTX cars that were on lease...
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    miner cart

    You're welcome, it's allways a pleasure to help a fellow model railroader. Tobias