Model Railroading Kilted

[Chrissss]

So as to not hijack a thread where model railroading came up, I figured I'd start a thread to see how many Kilties also have "the hobby". So from that thread:

Yep, there's a few of us on here. Panache has a garden RR I think, others have made rumblings about such "wheel on rails" things.

Winnipeg eh ? I know a girl there and I ride VIA in and out of town (except that one time I flew in and out).

So what do you model and what scale ?


CT - I'll have to post a meet picture after all is said and done

I've been an HO scale modeller for over 10 years. I mainly model logging and mining operations in the 1920's era. I freelance my road and had custom decals made up for my equipment.

I have 2 roads created, the Manitou Midland Rwy. loosely based on a local long-time fallen flag called the Midland of Manitoba Rwy. and my subsidiary logging & mining operation called the Rat Portage & Manitou Logging & Mining Co.

Here is a couple model shots:





So, how many other model railroaders do we have around here? What do you model and what scales?

Chris...

[Mael Coluim]

Wanna be only. My felines would pounce on the trains.

You set looks great. So is the engineer kilted?

[Ian.MacAllan]

My wife bought our son a starter set of Lehmann Groß Bahn when he was five years old and we have added at least one car and a few pieces of track each year since. He takes very good care of it but won't let me play with it. Sniff (wipes away a tear).

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[Panache]

Chris,

You are obviously a far more serious model railroader than I. Here is a link thread I started a while back that has my modest line.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/m...+odel+railroad

Cheers

Jamie

[cloves]

i have an old 4x8 train table i now use to play warhammer on. Does that count?
Seriously though, nice picture. I'd like to see the whole layout. Is that HO?
I can actually get away with kit bashing some o scale train scenics to work with my miniatures.

[cessna152towser]

I'm green with envy for that beautiful two-truck shay.


I have a model railway layout in a spare room. This is a model of the Sprinter train "The Kilmarnock Edition" which runs on The Burns Line and some x-markers might have travelled on between Prestwick Airport and Dumfries.

Most of you will be more familiar with the VIA rail Budd Rail Deisel Car, as seen on Vancouver Island.

[Chrissss]

Wanna be only. My felines would pounce on the trains.

You set looks great. So is the engineer kilted?

Nope, not kilted...but that's a darn good idea for future locomotive crews

/ponders how to make a 30 pleat kilt in HO scale...hmmm...wet tissue paper and hours of patient pleat folding...hmmm.../

Chris...

[Chrissss]

My wife bought our son a starter set of Lehmann Groß Bahn when he was five years old and we have added at least one car and a few pieces of track each year since. He takes very good care of it but won't let me play with it. Sniff (wipes away a tear).

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He won't let your play with his trains? Well, you'll just have to start your own layout...perhaps a shelf layout in a home office or such?

Chris...

[Chrissss]

Chris,

You are obviously a far more serious model railroader than I. Here is a link thread I started a while back that has my modest line.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/m...+odel+railroad

Cheers

Jamie

I wouldn't call that outdoor setup "modest". I would so love to do a Garden Railway, but I have a postage stamp for a back yard and the winters here would make maintenance a nightmare.

The couple photo's I put in are from a modular group I used to belong to. We had a small, but highly detailed modular layout. It became too much work setting up and tearing down for shows, and we lost our home when the hobby shop that had us in their basement closed down. We disbanded and sold the layout to the Winnipeg Railway Museum. Our club website is still up:

http://members.shaw.ca/therenegades/

Me and a friend built the logging camp scene. He's an excellent modeller and scratch built the coaling & water towers in the photo's above. Another friend is simply a master of urban scenery, and there are many pictures of his City modules on the website.

I am fairly serious about detailing as I have the patience to take months to build and paint a model (like that Shay). But I don't expect others to do that. Most people don't have the time to go that extra step, and that's just fine. As long as they have fun is the main thing.

Chris...

[Chrissss]

I'm green with envy for that beautiful two-truck shay.

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I have a model railway layout in a spare room. This is a model of the Sprinter train "The Kilmarnock Edition" which runs on The Burns Line and some x-markers might have travelled on between Prestwick Airport and Dumfries.

Most of you will be more familiar with the VIA rail Budd Rail Deisel Car, as seen on Vancouver Island.

Hey, I didn't know VIA had set up running rights in Scotland!
Those Budd Rail cars are nice runners. Good choice!

The Shay is a Bachmann Spectrum 80 ton that I superdetailed and weathered-up to look nice & grubby. My next project is a brass 2-6-6-2T logging engine I recently acquired. I happen to know that the engine crew will be kilted on this loco...

Chris...