"I had that big Apollo rocket. You cant forget that sticker
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Is that the Lionel one?"
That one is actually from processed plastics from the late 60's.
I remember buying it at the grocery store at about the age of 8 with my mom as she was shopping.Fond memories.
Rusty
It took me about 2.5 nano seconds to figure out exactly why you had space escargot skeerooded to your layout.
Will this do:
It is on a friend's layout.
Keith,
Your latest update is simply fantastic! It's looking great. Thanks for sharing! Terry
Nice job, Keith....looks great! nice to see your post. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your consist!
-Pete
I think the color pop is great Keith.
In fact, I'm not too sure you should stop
I think the color pop is great Keith.
In fact, I'm not too sure you should stop
Another great idea, Adriatic!
-Pete
I need a monster to go with my UFO diner so I chose this one made from the 1953 movie. Click on any photo to enlarge
In the movie Gene Barry cut of the probe eye from their space ship. I took artistic license and made the second eye come out of the back of his head. Not sure I will leave it that way. I ordered a model ship and may change it to come out of the ship. I lighted the eyes with flickering LEDs after drilling out the model. He is a cute little guy,my wife likes him.
His little friends are having an outside picnic.
This is not yet finished,I have a background poster coming.
I used a buck converter to power the LEDs from my train transformer and adjusted the brightness,described here
Dale H
Nice job, Dale and I like your "artistic license" with the probe! If you ordered the War of the Worlds space ship, you will definitely have a very complete scene. I think it would be cool to have the eye being released from the ship. In fact I may just have to order that Martian and have that probe pop out of my ship......great idea on your part!
-Pete
Wasn't ecstatic about my first sculpt of the Martian war Machine. Felt the sculpt was a bit too rough and the color (gold) was not as the Classic Illustrated Comic showed it. So I decide to resculpt the Torso and the legs and repaint it siver with a vey light gold highlight.....Here are the results....IMHO, much better and true to the comic illustration
-Pete
Thanks, Keith....appreciate your comments!
-Pete
Ok, I liked Dale's Martian eye probe so much, I decided to build my own.....I usually build Two or three of my prototypes before I am satisfied....this is version 1.0....a bit rough but displayable for now. It is modeled, like Dales after the 1950's eye probe shown in the first War of the Worlds.
Heres a video:
And heres a video of the Martian War Machine with lights added:
-Pete
Keith; That former Coor's Train just looks fantastic. 
there are several cases in which ufos interacted with real trains.
Bob C.
Okay, you won't be seeing UFOs on my layout, but would the movie, "Aliens" count?
I took these shots for a sci-fi forum to show how close this APC model from the movie is to O scale, as it'd be around 24 feet long, about the length of the original movie vehicle:
No, this vehicle will not be returning to the layout, as it's on a shelf with my Battlestar Galactica Viper 'desktop' model...
This is the vehicle they used in the film, a highly modified aircraft tow tug.
RichO posted:The base from a dollar store, fiber optic, battery powered, lamp, and 1-1/4" Marvin and a glass dome from Michael's Crafts. Going on the InfoAge/ Eagle-scout-project.
Very nice....gotta look great all lit up.....show a pic if you have time!
-Pete
BFI66 posted:RichO posted:The base from a dollar store, fiber optic, battery powered, lamp, and 1-1/4" Marvin and a glass dome from Michael's Crafts. Going on the InfoAge/ Eagle-scout-project.
Very nice....gotta look great all lit up.....show a pic if you have time!
-Pete
Unfortunately it was from the dollar store. Marvin is in the hole for the fiber optics. The base didn't light up.
Hmm, I've got a Marvin in a Saucer Christmas ornament in the attic.
Time for him to to some hovering over the town 
Simply MARVellous Rich 
My favorite martian...(pun, but cool show too)
I passed haybails sitting in a horse wagon yesterday and thought of you Rich....
They were dressed up as minions
Adriatic posted:Simply MARVellous Rich
My favorite martian...(pun, but cool show too)
I passed haybails sitting in a horse wagon yesterday and thought of you Rich....
They were dressed up as minions
Lots of creative people out their! Alien minion was built last Saturday. Bobble head minion car completed. Photos and videos to follow next weekend. Oops. Almost forgot the knife wielding Minion in the Taco truck.
BFI66 posted:RichO posted:The base from a dollar store, fiber optic, battery powered, lamp, and 1-1/4" Marvin and a glass dome from Michael's Crafts. Going on the InfoAge/ Eagle-scout-project.
Very nice....gotta look great all lit up.....show a pic if you have time!
-Pete
Alien Minion and Marvin.
A new master?
I am totally doing this! I seen some clear plastic tubing about 3" in diameter at a salvage closeout store, gonna pick some up today on the way home! Fantastic! I think I will suspend a cow midway, maybe in clear resin.
rogerpete posted:
I am totally doing this! I seen some clear plastic tubing about 3" in diameter at a salvage closeout store, gonna pick some up today on the way home! Fantastic! I think I will suspend a cow midway, maybe in clear resin.
This idea came from the Forum. Other members have done and hug the cow. Since this is a layout geared for young children, i went for the robot hand with an eyeball that I found at a flea market (tag sale). The base is just a "Dollar Tree" plastic cup. They have them in green and lavender. Color changing LEDs are in the future plans.
just stumbled onto these from Amazon-
https://www.amazon.com/Aquariu...n+the+dark+alien+100
They look fantastic & I bet with a couple blue LED's shining up, the effect would be great!
I need to find some bulk aliens to put inside our mountain on our seasonal layout. I'm putting a lava lamp inside the mountain with aliens all around it, with peep holes for the kids to look inside. Glow in the dark would be perfect. I think someone posted a link to buy a bulk of aliens, (intended for novelty vending machines), but I can't find it...
Looks like this thread has new life!
-Pete
I actually had the rocket out today. I was running out of smoke fluid and so got less than impressive results from the modified smoke unit AGAIN, but the new video shows it running at a medium, so still better than the smoke of the "911 is disconnected". Give me a bit to choose one.
Many dollar stores also have tall tinted tumbler glasses for the same effect. The plastic is very clear on those.
Our brand new in box area 51 set arrived today-
The diesel has a fantastic sound board in it. I can see the kids going crazy over it at the Train Display. However...
Right out of the box the D clip that holds the center gear to the motor was missing, so I couldn't drive it on the tracks. I don't know the proper term for this clip, but we always called them D Clips, because when you can't find it, generally you say something like Dang It! You get the point...
rogerpete posted:I need to find some bulk aliens to put inside our mountain on our seasonal layout. I'm putting a lava lamp inside the mountain with aliens all around it, with peep holes for the kids to look inside. Glow in the dark would be perfect. I think someone posted a link to buy a bulk of aliens, (intended for novelty vending machines), but I can't find it...
rogerpete posted:Our brand new in box area 51 set arrived today-
The diesel has a fantastic sound board in it. I can see the kids going crazy over it at the Train Display. However...Right out of the box the D clip that holds the center gear to the motor was missing, so I couldn't drive it on the tracks. I don't know the proper term for this clip, but we always called them D Clips, because when you can't find it, generally you say something like Dang It! You get the point...
It could be a C-clip, or E-clip, or a spring clip. You'd have to know the shaft diameter and the slot width and depth to know what you can get from McMaster-Carr or your local hardware store to replace it. If it's a two motor locomotive, you could take the one from the other motor and match it up. You could also email Lionel and ask them which it is. If they have one, they might just mail it to you for free.
Roger to be technical, the bins and packages use: a C clip(no retaining "bumps) or E clip (bumps form an E (more like a C with serifs IMO)) or retaining clip (o.d. or i.d. with holes for pliar tips) or horseshoe clip ( squeeze shut).
I've seen a bent wire clip I would call a spring clip refered to as a D clip, but the manual just had a part number and the person using the term was extremely lacking mechanically (but great with deep, complex, electronics)
So ?????
Still waiting on photo bucket to fully process my videos. Direct loading here didn't work. Seems like an edit to make one video fit the data limit caused it to fail. If so, I need to embed it from there, through Firefox only , set to desktop view, with an add on that tricks pages into thinking I'm on a tablet....pita toy os, I should a bought a used laptop, lol.
really excited for the area 51 tier 4 and star trek set
probably gonna go for the area 51 set though
looks really fun with the glowing track
might go for some ufo kits and figures to go with it if i can convince my godfather to let me do so
although my arizona based floor pike is long overdue for an "invasion" from beyond the stars
sometimes i actually build space ships with my erector set
plus the transformers like bumblebee have visited and rode my hot wheels train to help hunt for decepticons
sorry i don't have photos guys
My Menards saucer (repaint).
It's basically an orphan at the moment but will likely end up as part of a small space-themed layout I plan to do once I get the new Lionel Area 51 Set.
BFI66 posted:Very nice....I like that Menards saucer...I have it in both O and HO scale.
Heres a quick pic of it on my smaller layout.
-Pete
I am definitely at that point now when I look at a picture like this and think there is something odd about it, and then realize it doesn't have the third rail in the middle LOL. Really like this scene.
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