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Post by texrail on Dec 22, 2022 11:31:30 GMT -5
I jused a semaphore kit from Showcase Miniatures as a challange. The mechanisme is under the layout. Next time I would put the lower blade a little bit lower . For night operations the semaphore can be lit.
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Post by cwrr on Dec 22, 2022 11:43:25 GMT -5
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Post by domi on Jul 9, 2023 11:06:01 GMT -5
... Too bad model trains builders and airplane kits manufacturers never managed to harmonize their respective scales. Myself as an aviation fanatic I've a few 1:200 airplane kits, some of which will find place above my future layout. Hasegawa :Douglas DC3, Airbus A300B4, McDonnell-Douglas DC9-30, DC10-40 and MD11, Lockheed L1011-200 Tristar. Italeri : Tupolev Tu-95 Bear. But indeed there is a full Z scale aircraft kit that I'm the happy owner : an Aerospatiale-MBB C160F Transall, a Franco-German military tactical transport airplane that has been widely used by French Airforce until the very last months, and that is furthermore dear to my heart as it was the very first airplane I was rated on as a young military pilot close to 40 years ago.  View AttachmentDom Dom, on a flight back from Bamako/ Mali to Dakar / Senegal in 2015, I had the honour to sit at the joystick of a Transall  . I was very surprised how difficult it is just to fly staight for 20 minutes  . Priser offers a nice set ( 1:200 scale) of pilots and crewmembers. View AttachmentOh my !!… Must have been a thrill for you !😀Are you a pilot yourself ?🙂 Dom |
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Post by texrail on Jul 9, 2023 14:21:07 GMT -5
Dom, on a flight back from Bamako/ Mali to Dakar / Senegal in 2015, I had the honour to sit at the joystick of a Transall . I was very surprised how difficult it is just to fly staight for 20 minutes . Priser offers a nice set ( 1:200 scale) of pilots and crewmembers. View AttachmentOh my !!… Must have been a thrill for you !😀Are you a pilot yourself ?🙂 Dom It was a thrill! I was a medical three-star in these days and tt was a kind of kindness of the acting crew to me. I´ve been on my way home from a inspection visit to our Mali contingent . |
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Post by domi on Jul 10, 2023 3:43:28 GMT -5
Great !😀👍
Dom
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Post by DAZed on May 21, 2024 14:29:31 GMT -5
Any updates? This and "Arizona ATSF" are two of my favorite layouts in any scale so I'm hoping you still have some forward momentum going on.  |
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Post by einot on May 22, 2024 4:31:16 GMT -5
Any updates? This and "Arizona ATSF" are two of my favorite layouts in any scale so I'm hoping you still have some forward momentum going on. Exactly! -Eino |
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Post by texrail on May 23, 2024 10:15:00 GMT -5
Ups! What happened to my time? Had I slept so long  ? Nearly one year without any progress report! Hm. Well, I was active all the time! Thank you to Eino and Dazed for their puss im my back! Even a kick in the ass is a step foreward, isn´t it? So, I will try to show you my progress of the last months:  To make a long story short: The Golden Spike was done! In my following sequenzes I will show you my progress step by step more chronological. So stay tuned! |
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Post by texrail on May 23, 2024 10:59:02 GMT -5
Let me continue wth some views of the Hispanic quarter of Marfa Tx, which I placed on the other side of town like it is in reality.  The airfield is correctly fenced in now.  The quarter has its own centre. |
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Post by texrail on May 23, 2024 11:08:43 GMT -5
  sorry for the low quality of the pictures. 500 MB is really a challange. |
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Post by ptitrainrouge on May 23, 2024 12:22:06 GMT -5
your layout is awesome the city scenes are on the top
it is nice to have some news again
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Post by einot on May 23, 2024 14:02:33 GMT -5
Looks really good and surely allows for long trains to run.
-Eino
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Post by cwrr on May 23, 2024 17:45:31 GMT -5
Amazing details as always-I could stare at this for hours, just looking at all the little details! |
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Post by texrail on May 24, 2024 5:02:46 GMT -5
Every community needs a cemetry! I tried to capture some typical mexican elements.   Now I rememer why I stopped posting! The limit of 500 MB and the fact that I can upload 3 attachements but only send 2 made me not happy. |
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Post by speedbird on May 24, 2024 8:15:51 GMT -5
Gorgeous!
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. I was very surprised how difficult it is just to fly staight for 20 minutes 
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? Nearly one year without any progress report! Hm.
