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Baronjutter posted:Yeah the moment I added a bike lane on my last layout and I got like 3 comments saying "Make sure to add a huge traffic jam after some social engineer at city hall took away a needed a car lane to add a bike lane no one wants". The model train community, specially in the US, really skews old, suburban, and conservative/reactionary. Makes sense that they all model the 1950's and ramble on and on about how it was such a perfect golden age. There's even 20-30 something dudes in the hobby that will make little comments about how they were "born in the wrong age" as they model a clean leave it to beaver 1950's that never really existed.  Between model trains and NASCAR, hooo boy.....
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I get that same poo poo with the garage kits I'm into. I generally just ignore the "girl" kits that come out, as the majority are just purile eye candy. Anytime someone does post one though, the otherwise conservative, church-going members of the forum turn into apes and you get pages of "AWOOOOO!!!!! Look at those gazungas, DADDY LIKE!!!!", "WELCOME TO BONERTOWN, POPULATION ME!", "Oh yeah, I'd live to fondle them naughty BITS. DROOLING OVER HERE!! PANT PANT PANT!!!!". I think the worst was a back issue of Kitbuilders magazine. There was a feature on an asian import, basically a very young zombified girl, dressed in "daddys favourite outfit" read: maid outfit, and sporting a bare tit. The guy who did the paintup wouldn't shut up about how saucy and hot the kit was. Barf, just barf.
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Nettle Soup posted:
These are really cool images. Most of the pictured planes are of the "free flight" classification, and most of those powered with rubber motors. Others in that class include stretched towline gliders (one image), and gas-powered (I didn't see one of those). Much smaller hand-launch gliders were also flown in this class. The rubber, gas, and hand-launch aircraft would be launched to climb in a tight spiral, then transition to wide turns (typically in the opposite direction) to catch thermals that have blown across the field; the thermals would be detected by the contestant by watching a crepe streamer attached to a tall pole near the flight line. As was mentioned, the bigger models would carry an escapement timer which would de-trim the aircraft after some time so it hopefully wouldn't be lost in big air. One of the really cool aerodynamic features of the rubber aircraft (as you can see in these photos) was the large, folding prop, which would nestle along the forward fuselage after the rubber motor wound down, to reduce drag on the plane. One picture with two smaller planes were "control line" aircraft, with a pair of wires which exited the wing, to be held by the pilot some 30 or 50 or so feet away. The plane would fly in circles around the pilot (gas powered), who controlled the aircraft with a handle which could pull on one wire more than the other. The wires attached to a bell crank in the plane, which controlled the elevator and, in these stunt -capable craft, flaps on the trailing edge of the wing. I flew radio controlled planes probably not that long after these pictures were made. But these guys were the real aerodynamicists of their era. Thanks for bring back great memories.
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Nebakenezzer posted:I was thinking you should add some sort of Buffet restaurant and say only people 45 and over are allowed inside as a peace offering.
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Mess with reactionary minds? MORE BIKE LANES! Pedestrian-only streets! Full marxism, blacks and whites living together! Massively subsidized rail transport!!! (ok model train dudes are usually ok with this!) The sidewalks didn't look quite right so I gave them a quick wash and then a quicker drybrushing, I think they look and blend way better now.  Before  After  Any painting/weathering tips are most welcome! And also for real if any of you goons needs anything simple laser cut just let me know I'd be happy to toss something little or flat in an envelope. Even just something simple like a square of cobblestone street to sit a model on, what ever. About the finest detail I can do is half a mm, and the laser its self destroys about a quarter mm of material (which I tried to compensate for in my joints but still have obvious joints uhg!) Baronjutter fucked around with this message at 06:59 on Jan 6, 2015 |
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What's catching my eye is that building on the corner. Dog houses? Hell yeah Compound slops? Oh yeh. Ivy? unnff Arch windows? Oh baby. Also, I only just now looked at the scissors and flashlight and realized how drat tiny everything is  Also, as for weathering tips, I saw something cool done, but I can't find the link for the life of me. (I'm sure plenty of people have done this, but I don't really do the model train thing. I remember seeing this for a modern wargames diorama) Someone had slightly cut into their street, I think, and put in a dark black, almost an ink. It was supposed to emulate the marks when traffic signals are put in after the fact and they put the induction loop in. Like so.  I would also say using a green or light green wash in the crevices of your cobble to simulate moss/grass growth in low traffic ares. Maybe a light, light airbrushing of darker grey/black in the middle of the traffic lanes? Or lighter grey where the tires would hit. Something to simulate traffic. Or a small section of irregular cobble where a repair had to be done with different sized and/or colored blocks. I don't know if that's what you had in mind when you asked for tips, but.... v  v Everything looks awesome, so there's that.
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Rotten Cookies posted:I would also say using a green or light green wash in the crevices of your cobble to simulate moss/grass growth in low traffic ares. Maybe a light, light airbrushing of darker grey/black in the middle of the traffic lanes? Or lighter grey where the tires would hit. Something to simulate traffic. Or a small section of irregular cobble where a repair had to be done with different sized and/or colored blocks. Replicate the ripples asphalt sometimes gets near intersections in hot climates.
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Baronjutter posted:
Dilute some dirt/sand pigments in lots of water and airbrush the mixture onto the sidewalks' sides; the water will keep them at the crevices and will give them a nice used look.
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galliumscan posted:These are really cool images. You're welcome.  I watched my granddad fly a little Co2 model once, but he's mostly writing articles about folding rubber and how to make props at the moment so that's all I really have, if you want pictures of winders or props...Have a little indoor model.   And this dude again, I didn't realise they were different pictures.   This is cool, but I really should have attempted to clean up the neg...    And rummaging through my phone pics:  These must belong to one of his friends, as the numbers aren't his.  I take a lot like this at swap-meets, or I thought I did anyway. (Not his stall, dunno who the dude is, but they looked cool) Nettle Soup fucked around with this message at 14:01 on Jan 6, 2015 |
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Baronjutter posted:Mess with reactionary minds? MORE BIKE LANES! Pedestrian-only streets! Full marxism, blacks and whites living together! Massively subsidized rail transport!!! (ok model train dudes are usually ok with this!) Now I want to build a train table with interracial couples and dudes walking along holding hands, post pics on some model train forum, and see how long it takes people to notice. Maybe include a Synagogue and Mosque but not church, just to cover all my bases.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Now I want to build a train table with interracial couples and dudes walking along holding hands, post pics on some model train forum, and see how long it takes people to notice. Maybe include a Synagogue and Mosque but not church, just to cover all my bases. Could you imagine taking that to train shows in the Bible Belt? It's bad enough here in the upper Midwest.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Now I want to build a train table with interracial couples and dudes walking along holding hands, post pics on some model train forum, and see how long it takes people to notice. Maybe include a Synagogue and Mosque but not church, just to cover all my bases. I know, trolling that crowd sounds unbelievably easy.
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Jan 7, 2015 02:07
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The local model shop that does trains as well as other kits has a number of sets of figures marked "'Sexy Scenes". How do your grogs feel about these?
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Ughhhhh there's a few small manufacturers that make "sexy rockabilly girl" figures for the muscle car/hot rod modelers. There's also the grid girl figures, but to be fair that's actually a thing. Still creepy IMO.
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Jan 7, 2015 02:36
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Well I mean this stuff specifically, after googling a bit.
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Arquinsiel posted:Well I mean this stuff specifically, after googling a bit. Jesus Christ.
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I've never seen a european layout that didn't include a few of those figures, literally never, they love that poo poo. European layouts often like to include people peeing or pooping in bushes or alleys too. Meanwhile on an american forum I visit a guy got a warning for posting a seedy strip club from his run-down urban layout. There was nothing R rated about it, it was like any lovely strip club from the outside, but the basic existence of such a business had mods telling him to warn about adult content because model trains should always be FAMILY FRIENDLY.
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That was my gut instinct. Thanks for confirming.
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Arquinsiel posted:The local model shop that does trains as well as other kits has a number of sets of figures marked "'Sexy Scenes". How do your grogs feel about these? Not good. I know from this modelling web site I check now and then that many people are into busts (no pun intended, the head and shoulders of a Waffen-SS soldiers, or famous military commanders) and that there is this sub-genre of sexy women statues - usually with a old timey motif. As somebody who spent quite a bit of time building an old cold war bomber and the previous year spent a lot of time building a model AMC Gremlin, I'm not in a position to pass judgement on what people spend time on. That said, both those things leave me cold - I just don't understand the appeal.
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Arquinsiel posted:Well I mean this stuff specifically, after googling a bit. goddamn
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Not my modeling, from a guy I know's N scale layout. He's insane with TINY details. HAY BALES!   
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Baronjutter posted:Not my modeling, from a guy I know's N scale layout. He's insane with TINY details. Now that's sexy.
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Baronjutter posted:There was nothing R rated about it, it was like any lovely strip club from the outside, but the basic existence of such a business had mods telling him to warn about adult content because model trains should always be FAMILY FRIENDLY. Man, the strip club is the best part of any layout. Those guys have no respect for their art. 
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One thing I can't get over with most train layouts I've seen is the fact that the buildings are beautiful and realistic, the trains are detailed and realistic, the trackbed, bridges, scenery, ships, are all very realistic. Then, gently caress it drop some Matchbox cars on it.
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Not even Matchbox, sometimes they're cheap plastic shells.
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There's some super nice vehicles out there, it's just that the selection vanishes to nearly nothing the farther you get from "mid century" and picks up a bit for modern. These are all N scale so about thumb or smaller sized.       The problem isn't just selection, but price. Any one of those vehicles is probably $15-20, sometimes more. Yet you can get a whole train car for that much. Also a lot of the nicer vehicles are metal kits, meaning you have to paint and assemble them like a warham which can be a huge pain in the rear end. Glazing is also often a problem. Or for a few bucks you can order like 100 lovely zero detail plastic cars from china. Also there's some guys doing cars on shapeways and which a lot of work they can be made to look good but they still have that 3d printed look to them.    But if you want say, early century european cars you HAVE to go shapeways. I can't wait until 3d printing gets just a touch better and the price comes down. I really like this guy, he's also made these texture wheels. You pave your street with clay then roll a wheel on it to give it a texture, he even has ones specially designed to follow tram tracks.  He also started getting away from purely pre-war stuff and has been doing some 60's and 70's stuff 
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Arquinsiel posted:Well I mean this stuff specifically, after googling a bit. ugh, 0/10, nudists are unrealistically thin and attractive, would not buy
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N scale fishing pole, gently caress. 
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MapperGentleman posted:Man, the strip club is the best part of any layout. Those guys have no respect for their art. Beetlejuice approves!
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you* are in command now, captain nerda   *me
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Wow, that's awesome. I want one.
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Baronjutter posted:Mess with reactionary minds? MORE BIKE LANES! Pedestrian-only streets! Full marxism, blacks and whites living together! Massively subsidized rail transport!!! (ok model train dudes are usually ok with this!) 
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Boomer The Cannon posted:I know a TON of railfans/model railroaders who detest Amtrak with all of their being Plenty of Amtrak passengers feel the same way.
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Boomer The Cannon posted:I know a TON of railfans/model railroaders who detest Amtrak with all of their being They only hate it because it got rid of all their pet favourite paint schemes for the railroads various passenger services. Also do NOT talk to train people about graffiti. Unless they are really into the modern era they will go full on fascist and say graffiti artists deserve the death penalty. I've heard quite a few say they are more attracted to the modern era but simply refuse to model graffiti of any sort because it's a sign of how out of control and crime ridden society is today. Railroad police and yard security should shoot to kill and fine the family to repaint.
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Jonny Nox posted:One thing I can't get over with most train layouts I've seen is the fact that the buildings are beautiful and realistic, the trains are detailed and realistic, the trackbed, bridges, scenery, ships, are all very realistic.
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Boomer The Cannon posted:http://youtu.be/GCOKpps0vhM This belongs to one of our club members. Every automobile on that train is metal, and each autorack weights 2-3 lbs. easily. Jesus how many hundred or thousands of dollars worth of cars is that? Also weather that bridge! One good thing about doing the modern era is not actually having to put anything detailed inside your autoracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XsV0kPlqgQ
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Baronjutter posted:They only hate it because it got rid of all their pet favourite paint schemes for the railroads various passenger services. Also do NOT talk to train people about graffiti. Unless they are really into the modern era they will go full on fascist and say graffiti artists deserve the death penalty. I've heard quite a few say they are more attracted to the modern era but simply refuse to model graffiti of any sort because it's a sign of how out of control and crime ridden society is today. Railroad police and yard security should shoot to kill and fine the family to repaint. 
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Baronjutter posted:Jesus how many hundred or thousands of dollars worth of cars is that? Also weather that bridge! One good thing about doing the modern era is not actually having to put anything detailed inside your autoracks.
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Baronjutter posted:They only hate it because it got rid of all their pet favourite paint schemes for the railroads various passenger services. Also do NOT talk to train people about graffiti. Unless they are really into the modern era they will go full on fascist and say graffiti artists deserve the death penalty. I've heard quite a few say they are more attracted to the modern era but simply refuse to model graffiti of any sort because it's a sign of how out of control and crime ridden society is today. Railroad police and yard security should shoot to kill and fine the family to repaint. I think when the Republicans pick their presidential nominee in 2016, you know how to create a scandal Boomer The Cannon posted:http://youtu.be/GCOKpps0vhM This belongs to one of our club members. Every automobile on that train is metal, and each autorack weights 2-3 lbs. easily. AH HA  Did VW make the Microbus and the Beetle when AMC was making the Gremlin?! Nebakenezzer fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Jan 9, 2015 |
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Baronjutter posted:They only hate it because it got rid of all their pet favourite paint schemes for the railroads various passenger services. Also do NOT talk to train people about graffiti. Unless they are really into the modern era they will go full on fascist and say graffiti artists deserve the death penalty. I've heard quite a few say they are more attracted to the modern era but simply refuse to model graffiti of any sort because it's a sign of how out of control and crime ridden society is today. Railroad police and yard security should shoot to kill and fine the family to repaint.
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