Sci-Fi-themed HO trains

There is this one from the Bradford Exchange...

Thanks, Marty.  That is themed, I'll admit, but I am looking for something that looks like a space ship, not one that has a spaceship painted on it

Didn't Tyco make a "turbo train"?

And don't forget ... Back to the Future!

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Didn't Tyco make a "turbo train"?

 

 

Rusty

Also in 2015, Rapido Trains offered 40 limited edition LRC's for auction, with 100% of the proceeds going to the Lung Association:

Rusty

Lionel also made that "Phantom" POS as an Area 51 Alien train if you want 3 rail (but why?) 

Rusty Traque posted:

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Didn't Tyco make a "turbo train"?

 

 

Rusty

Now, THIS is more like!

Palallin, this is my first post. I was browsing this forum and found your thread. There is an obscure branch of our hobby that centers on lay-outs that feature more than one time and place existing in the same time and place. My lay-out has room for improvement (I only started this hobby in January), but it features more than one time and place.ace together.

Very interesting approach to the hobby, Vincent!  Looks like a lot of fun going on there.

FWIW, I am slowly collecting/designing what I need to carry out this project--a very quirky one, to be sure.

I will post about it as physical work begins.

not exactly on topic but Lego has a space monorail, I have it, its pretty cool.

I got these photos off the web. I wish they were mine, but they do give me ideas to improve.

I also got these photos off the web.

Going over the web for a while, it LOOKS like this:

By far, the most common science fiction/fantasy theme on model railroads is dinosaurs. They are easily available in a wide variety of designs, but are usually only a part of a regular lay-out.

A distant second is "aliens." Flying saucers, military resistance, etc., but again, most are only part of a regular display.

 

Surprisingly it APPEARS that if a lay-out is entirely themed for science fiction/fantasy, the most common theme is underwater railroads. The trains aren't literally underwater but the lay-out uses aquarium supplies, colored plastic paper in front of light bulbs, etc.

Vincent Massi posted:

I like the little fantasy tugboat.

You have good taste Vincent. The submarine and tuboat in G scale are by my all-time favorite master modeler Chris Walace. (Who happens to be the same as the CW of special effects fame; Return of the Jedi, the Fly, Indiana Jones, etc. etc.) There is an old web page "Chris's Creations" that has more along these lines as well as more traditional modeling. He also did 'Futureopolis'; a "spectacle layout" in Cal. at the Fairplex in San Diego (or was that San Fran.?) His style has had a great influence on much of my stuff. They make a small Lost In Space "JUPITER-II" if that helps.

I'm back. I disassembled my railroad empire and have begun assembling My Underwater Kingdom (MUK). But my van broke down, so I can't get to a hobby shop to buy the N scale train I want to add to my HO lay-out. So I'm left with assembling Lego pieces for a few days.

I bought this for $1 at a pawnshop. It is powered by three flat, disk-shaped batteries and the insides are full of wiring. However, it has no lights, nor does it have a way to connect to anything. Experts concur that it was left behind by water-breathing aliens as a message to us.

 

That better not be an Aqua-spoiler or I'll be temted to school ya 😒

Timing seems fishy but I'll bite...what?

Water breathing aliens?  Emperor Gargoyle from Johnny Sokko/Giant Robo?

I can't tell if this is P.Shop, a forced perception picture, or what.

Assuming it is a bat. op. toy, I see red in the eyes of the pillar's idol's faces.  I wouldn't be surprised if there were lights ment to bleed through the half-globe ornamentations, etc. either.

Try to power it with 4dc -4.5v dc.( not over 4.5v) Then if you get nothing, 9vdc or less. (if these are led, overvoltage will cook them, stay lower than 4.5+9v

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