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Re: Pennsylvania / LONG ISLAND RR
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 3:09 am
by ALPHA
Re: Pennsylvania / LONG ISLAND RR
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:49 am
by ALPHA
Some real images of the two K4 streamlines
By far ...the most beautiful engines were run by Pennsylvania RR
ALPHA
Re: Pennsylvania / LONG ISLAND RR
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:49 pm
by ALPHA
Re: Pennsylvania / LONG ISLAND RR
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 4:46 am
by ALPHA
Just thought I'd bring the K line Caboose over for comparison
some of the features Lionel and MTH didn't include
Die cast metal sprung trucks
Working marker lamps..and smoke !
the Lionel and MTH have end beam lights that work off the interior light..but no marker lamps
Lionel has smoke..MTH none
I also like the two tone lettering better than the Lionel and the MTH...also the roofwalk as Lionel and MTH are very much the same in appearance
K line is not a really impressive maker ... only some of their models are really recognized as being good..reason I am surprised at the quality of this one caboose
I do feel they blew the top two out of the water or off the tracks
Toot Toot Gents
ALPHA
PS. one thing cool about the three...they can all be run in one consist...as they all have been numbered differently
Re: Pennsylvania / LONG ISLAND RR
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 5:58 pm
by jaw7620
Re: Pennsylvania / LONG ISLAND RR
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:08 pm
by ALPHA
That's an Impressive build Jaw...1/6th scale to boot
...that rail gun must be huge...I'd say the closest I've ever got to that was in HO scale...where I had both the Hasegawa 1/72 scale THOR...and Anzio Annie rolling on the rails at the train club that I was part of way back when...it was kind of fun...as I was the only one to run Military consists
Thanks for sharing that ...it is really something ...and it shows how the two hobbies can meld together
ALPHA
Re: Pennsylvania / LONG ISLAND RR
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 4:08 am
by PainlessWolf
Alpha,
Found this while waiting to go to dinner this afternoon and thought of you.
regards,
Painless
Re: Pennsylvania / LONG ISLAND RR
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 6:45 pm
by ALPHA
PainlessWolf wrote:Alpha,
Found this while waiting to go to dinner this afternoon and thought of you.
regards,
Painless
I would wonder why Painless
...not that the searchlight car isn't cool...but dang that sucker is dirty
It was the biggest criticism and point of jocular digs at train meets....as everyone else's consists were weathered and beat....my equipment was always kept clean ...engines shiny ... cars and loads scratch and dust free
My favorite reply was .... We on the Pennsylvania railroad have pride.... we wash and polish everything
Even my German train....they were all done in flat paints..but no weathering...used to say a dirty gun is a gun that won't fire
Fun times for sure
ALPHA
Re: Pennsylvania / LONG ISLAND RR
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 6:50 pm
by ALPHA
The gondola car would work though ....had a cool trick I used to do back then... those cars are usually very light and would occasionally derail ....I would line them with cardboard... go down to local key shops and ask for the brass that came off the making of keys ...it was great.... never painted the brass..and would tell the others in the club that I'm hauling gold
The added benefit was the brass gave the car quite a bit of added weight ...so would ride the rail very well
ALPHA
PS. Hardly collect the cars anymore O scale takes more space than HO ...plus there are too many to choose from...the genres vary from realistic to fun (novelty cars)...now I stick with engines and cabooses ...mostly cabooses... it's just in the past few months I've had a strike of luck with the engines