Murph,
Yup, they are the best...
BTW, re: the first photo of the last two you posted; the building on the left, just behind the guy wearing the apron thing and that guy wearing the blue shirt, the "old worn out beat up" siding is first rate. A superb well-aged exterior!
Is that your doing?
Rick
Murph,
Yup, they are the best...
BTW, re: the first photo of the last two you posted; the building on the left, just behind the guy wearing the apron thing and that guy wearing the blue shirt, the "old worn out beat up" siding is first rate. A superb well-aged exterior!
Is that your doing?
Rick
Thanks, Rick. The building was made by a dear friend (now deceased) and I took the weathering much much further than he had done. I am glad you like it. I've come to like weathering a whole lot, though I realize everything in life is not old and worn. Yet, this market was like one in my childhood hometown in Pennsylvania, so I wanted it just-so, as I remembered it.
More of Roy's figures populate the scene in front of the market w/ the finish you like.
Frank
Murph,
I am quite a visual person; I have an innate thing for visual detail(s). As you must know, detail(s) are the stars, when it comes to visual appreciation...
That, and the right background.
Your work reflects these admirable qualities...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjGIAe8zUj8
To me, the steam shovel site I provided, is rich in "Quirkiness".
Murph,
I'm thinking... with an old shovel like this in the scene...
I'm off to walk my critter.
Rick
Rick thanks. Isn't interesting they still call every "steam shovel" a "steam shovel". Same with a "steam roller". Love the video. Don
Quirky and odd, but somehow I see the sense to it (my wife asserts I am alone in that regard)..
At one point, I realized I had purchased some unnecessary items that had no business on my train layout, no matter how self-indulgent I had fancied myself (having any circa cars, for example, in traffic/parked at curbs, for example.) Then, it hit me. Have a parade! Everything odd and quirky fits into a parade and seems to have reason for being present due to its entertainment value, as part of the celebration.
So, take a look, folks, if you please. You don't need me to point out the quirky details to you. Here, the parade celebrates the Christmas Season, in a village area already decorated for the season, much like the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade celebrates the beginning of the Holiday merchandising season, in NYC...
(Yes, I must admit,having a barefoot boy leading his pet mule and an older gent carrying his favorite pig is a bit much...)
WOW! Where can I get a stagecoach like that? O have more stages than I have train, but not one like that.
Don,
That bucket is a real beaut, isn't it!
I bet you could create quite the scene... using a highly detailed functioning O scale model, complete with steam whistle, exhaust, powered tracks/boom and sounds...
That would look cool!
Rick
Lots of great stuff here. I love the parade idea as well as all the others. Pretty imaginative group of people. I have a box full of odds and ends. I think I will let my kids loose to design a main street parade and let them change it up as often as they wish. I love this hobby. The loss of imagination is what happens to kids as they grow....we are very fortunate to have found a way to bring our imaginations back to life! Pretty cool. This is a huge part of the hobby that outsiders can't understand or fully appreciate.
Speaking of odds & ends, how about this? The rocket body is an aluminum turkey baster, the nose tip is a storm door closer rivet, the exhaust area is rubber toilet parts, and the fins are cut from tinplate. All mounted with an Aurora Model Motoring pier onto an American Flyer flatcar equipped with Marx 3/16 scale trucks having AF sides JB Welded on.
About the oddest is probably the command control Wienermobile, not something you'll see on every railroad.
Next in the odd list is probably my TMCC conversion Gallopin' Goose.
I forgot about this thread; some interesting new contributions, including the Goose. There was absolutely no thought, looks-wise, given to that contraption. Regardless of it's oddball appearance, I wonder how well it performed... it's duties?
The Doodlebug is not quite as odd looking, but another interesting one-man show.
The wiener unit is just ridiculous looking; would be amusing to see a herd of those in real size, mu'd, hauling some kind of train.
Rick
Apparently, the Goose was pretty successful, though only Rio Grande used them. Some of them are still in use for entertainment value
Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose
I can truly say that the Wienermobile is a total fantasy piece, I'm sure they didn't ride the rails. My command version was inspired by the conventional model done by Steve "Papa" Eastman. It seemed like such an amusing piece that I'm sure the kids at our modular shows will like it. I just added some embellishments. 
MU'ed Wienermobiles, what a concept! 
Galloping Gooses kept the Rio Grande Southern going, so I'll second gunrunnerjohn's post.
The wiener unit is just ridiculous looking; would be amusing to see a herd of those in real size, mu'd, hauling some kind of train.
Flatcars with buns come to mind. I'll sit back and let fertile minds of Forumites come up with a name for THAT train.
Don,
That bucket is a real beaut, isn't it!
I bet you could create quite the scene... using a highly detailed functioning O scale model, complete with steam whistle, exhaust, powered tracks/boom and sounds...
That would look cool!
Rick
It would be neat to see a model of an actual RR steam crane.
It would be neat to see a model of an actual RR steam crane.
Well, we do have very similar cranes modeled. Lots of us even have them.
It would be neat to see a model of an actual RR steam crane.
Well, we do have very similar cranes modeled. Lots of us even have them.
I'm well aware of all the models out there. I was mostly referring to an actual steamer though. Moving drive rods and gears and such. Probably never going to happen, but we can dream can't we?
Must have been a full moon with a few brews, the night the Rio Grande dudes were pondering the routes needs and what was lying around, available.
Elmer, the old school bus(or whatever that component used to be) ain't been run in a while, but she still cranks over good... and there's a sort-of decent boxcar/or construction shack(whatever that is) that's seen better days... wasting away track-side. Ya Zeek, you being a welder n' all, maybe we could hitch them two up...
Look good, too, Elmer. Glad we got that settled; one more for the road and let's get at her. Two more Earl...
Re: old steam powered shovels, cranes... that's some of the best quirky...
Thanks for joining in boys, nice!
Rick
Not trains, but in the transportation business... interurban's, electric street cars, trollys etc...
Rick
"Ace" made a request to re-open this topic....so....here you go!!
Alan
I've got a K-line Coca-Cola polar bear hand truck and trailer. I think that qualifies as quirky. I'll have to break it out and post a picture.
Jeff Metz posted:Lots of great stuff here. I love the parade idea as well as all the others. Pretty imaginative group of people. I have a box full of odds and ends. I think I will let my kids loose to design a main street parade and let them change it up as often as they wish. ...
Hi Jeff Metz, I am so glad Ace asked that this topic re-emerge, which gives me the chance to ask you how that project involving your children and having a parade ever turned out. It would be grand to see the results, if you pleased, esp. if you included photos of them at-work on it.
FrankM, the parade guy.
Quirkiest thing in my trainroom (garage) is me.
Pete
Years ago I was gived this unusual O-scale brass locomotive. Eventually I learned that it is (probably) a KWR Japanese import from the late 1940's. It has sprung wheels and a vertical-shaft motor. The motor runs but the worm gear on the motor shaft is missing and I'm still looking for a replacement. I would like to try to adapt it for 3-rail operation, some day.
I imagine it is patterned after an actual Japanese switching locomotive.
Texas Pete posted:Quirkiest thing in my trainroom (garage) is me.
Pete
You're a candid and upright man, Pete.
Pat Kn posted:How about a couple of minions waiting for a train?...
Good quirky-ness, Pat KN! And the realistic scenery makes it all the more quirky = fun = enjoyable!
FrankM.
This is my 'odd', and it just gets odder as I add more cars.
POTRZBE posted:Jugs band. heh heh he said jugs.
A quirky stuff-kinky stuff cross-over. Looking good.
Vintage Midgetoy and Tootsie Toy cars and trucks perhaps?
Or perhaps the homemade knock-off tinplate stuff? The only real tin in this shot are the prewar Flyer cars. Station, tower and loco are home brew. Same for the freight platform, interlocking tower and gun shop above.
"Midgetoy and Tootsie Toy cars and trucks"
Now, that's a flash from the past. I still have some of those.
These prewar American Flyer O-gauge passenger cars languished in a friend's project file for years, missing the original roof pieces. He never was able to find correct replacements. Eventually I inherited these cars and eventually fabricated adequate cardboard roofs for them. This shows the roofs before painting.
Quirky eh.... lets see:
A Custom TTML Beep
A Custom Providence & Worcester Beep
These are very cool. Displayed by K-Line but never made it to market:
A K-Line Plymouth delivering a consist of M&M's
I have been known to let furry critters to ride my train
Finally a bit of old Lionel Machinery tooling that produced the 1936 Torpedo
Ace posted:These prewar American Flyer O-gauge passenger cars languished in a friend's project file for years, missing the original roof pieces. He never was able to find correct replacements. Eventually I inherited these cars and eventually fabricated adequate cardboard roofs for them. This shows the roofs before painting.
Ace, When I see what you have crafted there, words such as resourceful, talented, and clever come to mind; quirky, not so much. That is a job exceptionally well done, indeed.
FrankM.
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