Rsicinski posted:

+1 (404) 925-5726
cal my friend 

papa diggs

he lives in Georgia and custom made it for me to my specs 

Thanks.  Appreciate it.  If I ever find the room, I just might...

Jerry

Check out these links for the photos and videos of the " N Y City Model Transit System EL & Trolley Layout"  in 2 Rail O SCALE; Click on each large thumbnail image in each album to get to a full size image.

BELOW -- The PHOTO ALBUMS page with photos placed in albums based on specific subject, topic,  and scene matter

https://www.flickr.com/photos/44268069@N00/albums

BELOW -- The PHOTOSTREAM page ---  shows the newest added and uploaded photos on page one and continuing ..

https://www.flickr.com/photos/44268069@N00/

BELOW -- My FAVORITES PAGE --  Collection of Photos of my and other people's O-Scale Rapid Transit Layouts

https://www.flickr.com/photos/44268069@N00/favoriteshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/44268069@N00/favorites

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

I'm very excited about this topic, and I give thanks to our own Melgar, who saw my Yankee Stadium and asked me if I have a subway.

I sure do, and the one I have, which was tucked away in a closet, is the MTH subway in the video below. Listen as you play the video, and you will hear the announcement, "First stop 161st Street Yankee Stadium, . .":

QUITE NICE

Dj'sOgaugetrains posted:

Here's a video of some Railking subways https://youtu.be/B6Es1yvGcCY

WOW,NICE VID,GREAT SET UP,DID YOU ALTER THE TRACKS?WHAT BRAND R U USING,THEY WAS VERY QUIET .

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

I would love to see photos and short videos of "The red bird" subway, others by MTH and Lionel, and especially the subway that has doors that open by remote control, which I believe is a Lionel.

It is Lionel who makes the subway cars with the doors that open and close. Those cars in my opinion are on point and Lionel should really reconsider remaking them. 👍

Dj'sOgaugetrains posted:

I love the NYC subways and have a lot of sets. Here's some R12's I weathered not too long ago. 

Nice! I'd like to see more 👍 I also repaint, recreate, and weather subway cars as well ✌

Bryan in Ohio posted:

Here are a few pics of my 2 subway stations....

Wow!!! Nice work! 👌👌👌

Dj'sOgaugetrains posted:

I love the NYC subways and have a lot of sets. Here's some R12's I weathered not too long ago. 

Nice! I'd like to see more 👍 I also repaint, recreate, and weather subway cars as well ✌

Joe cardism posted:

Dj'sOgaugetrains posted:

I love the NYC subways and have a lot of sets. Here's some R12's I weathered not too long ago. 

Nice! I'd like to see more 👍 I also repaint, recreate, and weather subway cars as well ✌

Here is a Lionel R30 I weathered last yr hope you enjoy ✌

Here's a Lionel R27 scrapyard car I recently finished. It was originally green and I repainted it white (elephant) scheme. I hand painted all the graffiti inside and outside of the car. Trashed the inside of the car and added advertisements also. Weathered the car in 6 stages. Then I chained it to a flat car. I also added real wood to the flat car and weathered it. Hope you all enjoy ✌

                                                           Nice modeling! 

SIRT posted:

                                                           Nice modeling! 

 

Thank you I appreciate that and nice as well. 5 yrs ago I painted an R14. Here's my car. ✌

Knowing that there are some "bikers" out there, I'm surprised that no one has included motorcycles as found on the prototype:

Video Shows Motorbikes Being Ridden Onto Midtown Subway:

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-bo...eller-center-station

 Above and below are  a few photos of just some of my quite many NYC Subway O Scale models on my EL System for anyone interested in this kind of scale modeling - regards - Joe F

Joe,

As always, I have to look and look and look, again, to determine what's your O Scale and what's NYCTA 1:1 Scale!  Amazing!

I have few Chicago cars but no layout yet:

Here's another car I've custom painted and weathered...Pa4 Path work car and the lights are functional 😁

PRRMP54 posted:

I have few Chicago cars but no layout yet:

Hello Dave

Had a great conversation on phone with you a few days ago !  Here are 3 photos of when, if you recall,  one of your articulated rail equipment (and you) made it across country some time ago, to ride the rails of my EL and meet a companion BMT articulated unit (Blue Bird) of my system.  Along with a few of my "old BMT era" scenes on, along, my EL.  Regards - Joe F

Very Nice Work!!

Joe cardism posted:

Here's another car I've custom painted and weathered...Pa4 Path work car and the lights are functional 😁

Hey Joe O'B -- Beautiful, excellent,  paint job and detailing work on that Island Model Works Cast Epoxy PATH CAR resin shell sitting on an MTH Chicago EL Car chassis & trucks.   See how clean, crisp and nice that carbody looks, -- now don't crap it all up with that graff scrawl jibberish stuff !

Rapid Transit Holmes posted:

Joe,

As always, I have to look and look and look, again, to determine what's your O Scale and what's NYCTA 1:1 Scale!  Amazing!

Hello "Holmes" !'

Thanks much - I do try my best within model and scale limits and reason to get it as close to appearing good.  Appreciated !  Here are a few more you might like !  Regards - Joe F

Joe cardism posted:

Here's a Lionel R27 scrapyard car I recently finished. It was originally green and I repainted it white (elephant) scheme. I hand painted all the graffiti inside and outside of the car. Trashed the inside of the car and added advertisements also. Weathered the car in 6 stages. Then I chained it to a flat car. I also added real wood to the flat car and weathered it. Hope you all enjoy ✌

Awesome work Joe C!  Brings me back to Rotting Apple of the late 70s (the good memories, that is)

Joseph Frank posted:

 Above and below are  a few photos of just some of my quite many NYC Subway O Scale models on my EL System for anyone interested in this kind of scale modeling - regards - Joe F

 

Joe F, I've always admired your work over the years.  To paraphrase another poster said, I can't tell the difference sometimes if it's your model or if it's the elevated IRT's in The Bronx 

PRRMP54 posted:

I have few Chicago cars but no layout yet:

Love those Chicago El's Dave, especially the 3rd photo what I call the "Bob Newhart Show" ones with the green & cream colors

Bob Newhart Show Chicago El Train.   I plan on purchasing the set in the first photo with the pinstripe RWB one of these days.

Joseph Frank posted:

Rapid Transit Holmes posted:

Joe,

As always, I have to look and look and look, again, to determine what's your O Scale and what's NYCTA 1:1 Scale!  Amazing!

Hello "Holmes" !'

Thanks much - I do try my best within model and scale limits and reason to get it as close to appearing good.  Appreciated !  Here are a few more you might like !  Regards - Joe F

Hello "Joe"!

You, and a select few, raise O Scale to Fine Art and we at the Forum get to enjoy it all!  Thanks!

                                 I still enjoy the Sub tunnels out at my other place.

Here's a few pics from last year with newly added Evan LED markers, people, internal ads and storm door chains all added to the collection now.

                                                                   34TH ST.

                                                       JAY STREET

Amfleet25124 posted:

Joe cardism posted:

Here's a Lionel R27 scrapyard car I recently finished. It was originally green and I repainted it white (elephant) scheme. I hand painted all the graffiti inside and outside of the car. Trashed the inside of the car and added advertisements also. Weathered the car in 6 stages. Then I chained it to a flat car. I also added real wood to the flat car and weathered it. Hope you all enjoy ✌

Awesome work Joe C!  Brings me back to Rotting Apple of the late 70s (the good memories, that is)

Looks like a homicide crime scene happened as well being trashed'....

    Excellent work!!! depicting the rotten apple, of then and now'.......

Joseph Frank posted:

 Above and below are  a few photos of just some of my quite many NYC Subway O Scale models on my EL System for anyone interested in this kind of scale modeling - regards - Joe F

 

 THIS IS INCREDIBLE TRACK WORK'.. THE BEST I'VE SEEN TO DATE IN O SCALE'...!!!

Not to mention the Liggetts, WOW what memories that brings back'...

 Completely OUTSTANDING WORK.. CONGRATULATIONS  ON YOUR EXCELLENT WORK and MODELING'......

Joseph Frank posted:

Hello Dave

Had a great conversation on phone with you a few days ago !  Here are 3 photos of when, if you recall,  one of your articulated rail equipment (and you) made it across country some time ago, to ride the rails of my EL and meet a companion BMT articulated unit (Blue Bird) of my system.  Along with a few of my "old BMT era" scenes on, along, my EL.  Regards - Joe F

 

It was a great call; yes, I remember the Flying Yankee gingerly treading the rails of the NYCTA!!! It really does not look to out-of-place sitting there in the station.

Amfleet25124 posted:

Love those Chicago El's Dave, especially the 3rd photo what I call the "Bob Newhart Show" ones with the green & cream colors

Bob Newhart Show Chicago El Train.   I plan on purchasing the set in the first photo with the pinstripe RWB one of these days.

I like the "swamp holly"green ones the best out of the thirty or so Chicago cars that I have; mostly the newer 3000s.

Odd, I lived in Ft. Lauderdale for about thirty years and never heard of the Florida Citrus group! The Deerfield group I did know about and visited a couple of times; they would host a train show there or a short distance away at a community center just south of Hillsboro. As I recall they got their start when the Gold Coast HO club folded.

SIRT posted:

 

                                 I still enjoy the Sub tunnels out at my other place.

Here's a few pics from last year with newly added Evan LED markers, people, internal ads and storm door chains all added to the collection now.

 

                                                                   34TH ST.

                                                       JAY STREET

 

Hello Steve

AGAIN and as usual, excellent high quality modeling and super-detailing work -- especially the subway tunnels and stations. Too bad you didn't get any IMW produced O Scale SIRT Cars -- you could do excellent work to bring them fully up to detail to run on your "SIRT EL" layout sections on your layout.  Here are BELOW PHOTOS of  an IMW's  produced SIRT car done by my pal and modeler George LaRue -- on his "diorama" module of the SIRT Wentworth Ave. terminal station - seen at a local model train show very recently

Always enjoy looking at your layout photos.  Regards - Joe F

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Joseph Frank posted:

 Above and below are  a few photos of just some of my quite many NYC Subway O Scale models on my EL System for anyone interested in this kind of scale modeling - regards - Joe F

 

 THIS IS INCREDIBLE TRACK WORK'.. THE BEST I'VE SEEN TO DATE IN O SCALE'...!!!

 

Not to mention the Liggetts, WOW what memories that brings back'...

 Completely OUTSTANDING WORK.. CONGRATULATIONS  ON YOUR EXCELLENT WORK and MODELING'......

Hello Ted

THANKS for the nice compliments on the modeling and the track-work.  Here are a few of my favorite track-work-only scene photos on my O Scale NYC EL System that perhaps you may like.  Most of my store signs are hand made creations of mine of actual store signs.  Regards - Joe F

This is an image of the actual Wentworth avenue station.

Andy @MTH has been notified again on the SIRT's.  I.M.W. cars require too many hard to find details plus they are set up for 2r. All of I.M.W. 's stuff is too rough, far from the OEM standard I am used to. I bought 2 MTH BMT standards but sold the motor car after seeing what is required to complete the SIRT's.

Ed Bommer did a great job on his. Just too many hours and cost to do a few cars.

We shall see if MTH can step it up a notch. I'm sure Lionel would offer them but my system is strictly MTH DCS Power. 

Thanks Joe...

 My Grasmere team track 1960's playground. My house is on the right. S.I. Advance is on the left. This siding has been reworked and is still there today. Sad thing is, it is surrounded by barbed wire these days. Harmony Park catering bldg. in the background.

 Siding from the opposite view with S.I. Advance siding on the right. Old removed Con - Edison pole yard siding on the left with fence gates.

                 Clifton Shops, new safety screens and B&O Yellow paint added.

Hello Steve

Great model photo and scenery detailing on the 2 track line with side track !   I have two O Scale SIRT cars by IMW -- mine seem OK to me but I have not worked on them yet -- they will become BMT cars in the Maroon with cream window band.   I should give MTH VP Mark H at MTH a call for a chat -- its been over a year or more since we last talked informally.  After my long stint helping MTH on all the NY Subway sets BODIES produced from 1999-2000 up to about 2010, I have not been further involved since then. And MTH has not produced any new tooling for any new (previously non produced) car types since the R-142's were produced. Good luck with pushing the SIRT cars with VP Andy at MTH.  I know you have tried for many years so far.  They could do them as the B&O various color schemes, (Blue Scheme and Green scheme) and the later scheme  final BMT operation used paint scheme

Regards - Joe F

Joseph Frank posted:

Joe cardism posted:

Here's another car I've custom painted and weathered...Pa4 Path work car and the lights are functional 😁

Hey Joe B -- Beautiful, excellent,  paint job and detailing work on that Island Model Works Cast Epoxy PATH CAR resin shell sitting on an MTH Chicago EL Car chassis & trucks.   See how clean, crisp and nice that carbody looks, -- now don't crap it all up with that graff scrawl jibberish stuff !

Thank you Joe F I appreciate the kind words and na....this car is staying as you see it. ✌

Amfleet25124 posted:

Joe cardism posted:

Here's a Lionel R27 scrapyard car I recently finished. It was originally green and I repainted it white (elephant) scheme. I hand painted all the graffiti inside and outside of the car. Trashed the inside of the car and added advertisements also. Weathered the car in 6 stages. Then I chained it to a flat car. I also added real wood to the flat car and weathered it. Hope you all enjoy ✌

Awesome work Joe C!  Brings me back to Rotting Apple of the late 70s (the good memories, that is)

Thank you for the kind words. I model alot from that era in time. More to come 👊✌

Great modeling everyone. Wish MTH would do some PATH cars.

Great to see the best of the best from some of the minority modelers on here.

Joseph Frank posted:

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Joseph Frank posted:

 Above and below are  a few photos of just some of my quite many NYC Subway O Scale models on my EL System for anyone interested in this kind of scale modeling - regards - Joe F

 

 THIS IS INCREDIBLE TRACK WORK'.. THE BEST I'VE SEEN TO DATE IN O SCALE'...!!!

 

Not to mention the Liggetts, WOW what memories that brings back'...

 Completely OUTSTANDING WORK.. CONGRATULATIONS  ON YOUR EXCELLENT WORK and MODELING'......

Hello Ted

THANKS for the nice compliments on the modeling and the track-work.  Here are a few of my favorite track-work-only scene photos on my O Scale NYC EL System that perhaps you may like.  Most of my store signs are hand made creations of mine of actual store signs.  Regards - Joe F

  It is just incredible modeling.  It is really impossible to distinguish it is not actually real elevated subway trackage'... It must have taken many, many ,tedious hours to build.   I'm not easily impressed , these days'. However, I am totally blown away with the quality and realism of your work'...  It reminds me to remember, that when I think my own work is good'... I just have to look at yours............. and well.... keep on practicing....😁

SIRT posted:

Great modeling everyone. Wish MTH would do some PATH cars.

Great to see the best of the best from some of the minority modelers on here.

Thank you and likewise 👊✌

Unbelievable Joe F.

Those pics look like they came from some of my New York City subway books.

Much thanks for sharing