I always liked this...
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@MartyE posted:I always liked this...
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I always wondered about that billboard in that movie. Whether it’s accurate or not. Why would Lionel be spending money on advertising during the war when they were making binoculars not model trains??
If the old Yankee Stadium was still around,
we would need a 4th monument: for Aaron Judge.
Arnold
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Arnold, Glad you are enjoying this run.
I will always think of Stollemyre's Grand Slam behind the monuments when you show this. Great summer for both our NY teams.
@superwarp1 posted:I always wondered about that billboard in that movie. Whether it’s accurate or not. Why would Lionel be spending money on advertising during the war when they were making binoculars not model trains??
Perhaps it had been erected prior to the start of the war and simply left there in place.
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I believe the backstory, is someone associated with production of League of There Own was associated with Lionel, thus placing the "Easter Egg" in the shot.
@Arnold D. Cribari posted:If the old Yankee Stadium was still around,
we would need a 4th monument: for Aaron Judge.
Arnold
Gotta love it, Arnold! IMO, Yogi and Whitey deserve monuments..........the story goes that Joe D. once wondered to George when he was gonna get his monument. Mr. Steinbrenner had to explain that Joe had to be dead to get one.
This is my N scale Yankee Stadium. No room for it on my O scale layouts.
Definitely the hardest model I ever put together. True N scale, 1:160. Took 6 weeks to assemble the walls and decks, folding, taping, and gluing every day.
These are tiny pics that I took at The Stadium. The real, original three monuments, and my son and his wife (L) and my daughter next to Mickey's monument. They are in CF, the Monument Park section of The Stadium on the layout.
Judge is fantastic, the best Yankee season since Mickey in '56. Glad they're doing a great job in remembering Roger Maris, who was a terrific all-around player. He wasn't just a guy who hit homeruns.
Yanks have multiple issues, but Judge gives them a chance every night. Cole surely misses that houston magic sauce and a reliable closer will be necessary to get to another World Series.
Love all the ballparks that the guys have!
Regards,
Jerry
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Jerry, your Yankee Stadium looks great! I have been a lifelong Pirates fan. Arnold and I have discussed the ‘60 World Series before. I was impressed with Aaron Judge’s comments at the Roberto Clemente Museum this summer and listened to parts of the two games with the Pirates and Yankees this week. Ugh!!! I will say I am rooting for Judge to pass Maris, who I saw play at Forbes Field with the Cardinals. I thought maybe he would tie Maris against my lowly Pirates. He came close.
As for trains, I don’t have room for a ball park on my layout, but you can see the Norfolk Southern trains from PNC Park.
As much as I love baseball, I was only able to produce two girls who became high level softball players in college. Here's a video I took at an elite softball tournament in Chattanooga, TN. That must have been track 29 in the outfield! Chattanooga Choo Choo
Jerry Great job on the stadium, have a question, did you make the dreaded support beams between the 2 decks.
My only baseball flavored subway cars are the Cubs cars:
Maybe I felt sorry for the Cubs! 
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@Sal V posted:
Home for years, season tickets 85-07. 
Miss it.. #LGM.
I'm not much on photography, is this one of the parking lot puddles doing the reflecting?
Yes...
@bptBill posted:Jerry Great job on the stadium, have a question, did you make the dreaded support beams between the 2 decks.
Bill,
No, this is the 1976-2008 version. The beams from the original stadium had been removed. The Yankee fans who made the model are graphic artists. They made brilliant and precise, laser-cut sections and pieces that slot together perfectly. The three decks each come in three pieces and are slotted, taped, and white glued together. The sections come on 8 flat punch-out sheets, so each must be folded into precise position, which is very hard to do. The model includes the entire mezzanine, including the large press box. The upper deck mostly obscures that, but it's there. All light fixtures, scoreboards, foul poles, flag poles, message boards, and escalator towers are included.
Oh, yeah. The beer trucks are not included..........
Jerry
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@Mark Boyce posted:Jerry, your Yankee Stadium looks great! I have been a lifelong Pirates fan. Arnold and I have discussed the ‘60 World Series before. I was impressed with Aaron Judge’s comments at the Roberto Clemente Museum this summer and listened to parts of the two games with the Pirates and Yankees this week. Ugh!!! I will say I am rooting for Judge to pass Maris, who I saw play at Forbes Field with the Cardinals. I thought maybe he would tie Maris against my lowly Pirates. He came close.
As for trains, I don’t have room for a ball park on my layout, but you can see the Norfolk Southern trains from PNC Park.
Mark,
Yes, I remember. You and I have also discussed that '60 series and The Great One, who had the best arm in baseball. Did you happen to notice that Judge hit it out, trotted around the bases, head slightly down. No theatrics, out of respect for the opponent and the game. Maris did exactly the same thing.
I see the posts of your work on the new layout. Keep up the good work. Since I have no room to do ANYTHING on my three layouts, I don't check the forum anyway near as much as I used to.
Jerry
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@JerryG posted:Mark,
Yes, I remember. You and I have also discussed that '60 series and The Great One, who had the best arm in baseball. Did you happen to notice that Judge hit it out, trotted around the bases, head slightly down. No theatrics, out of respect for the opponent and the game. Maris did exactly the same thing.
I see the posts of your work on the new layout. Keep up the good work. Since I have no room to do ANYTHING on my three layouts, I don't check the forum anyway near as much as I used to.
Jerry
I hope everyone has seen the movie 61*.
Right up there with Field of Dreams, The Natural and Bull Durham.
Thanks,
- Mario
Jerry, I remember now. Your layout looks great! Nice baseball cards. Thank you for following my layout build.
Mario, I never heard of the movie 61* I’ll have to watch it! Thank you
@bptBill posted:Arnold, Glad you are enjoying this run.
I will always think of Stollemyre's Grand Slam behind the monuments when you show this. Great summer for both our NY teams.
Oh yes, Bill, you've refreshed my memory about Mel's inside the park grand slam.
I more vividly remember Mickey's inside the park home runs bouncing off the monuments. In his prime with his combination of awesome power and blazing speed, he would be good for 2 or 3 such homers each year. Arnold
Jerry, your Yankee Sradium is a masterpiece. Bravo!
Here are a couple of recent panoramic shots of my Popsicle Stick Yankee Stadium:
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And my Popsicle Stick Polo Grounds:
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Arnold, I want to say again, you did a great job on the popsicle stick Yankee Stadium and Polo Grounds!
@JerryG posted:Bill,
No, this is the 1976-2008 version. The beams from the original stadium had been removed. The Yankee fans who made the model are graphic artists. They made brilliant and precise, laser-cut sections and pieces that slot together perfectly. The three decks each come in three pieces and are slotted, taped, and white glued together. The sections come on 8 flat punch-out sheets, so each must be folded into precise position, which is very hard to do. The model includes the entire mezzanine, including the large press box. The upper deck mostly obscures that, but it's there. All light fixtures, scoreboards, foul poles, flag poles, message boards, and escalator towers are included.
Oh, yeah. The beer trucks are not included..........
Jerry
Jerry...Do you know if there is a paper version of Citi-Field or the Old Shea Stadiums?-
what size is the one you have? Looks great!
@Mark Boyce posted:Arnold, I want to say again, you did a great job on the popsicle stick Yankee Stadium and Polo Grounds!
Thanks, Mark, I think my Polo Grounds turned out better than my Yankee Stadium. Also, if and when I get ambitious, I might tear them down and make new ones, now that I have discovered and learned to use the Dremel tool and Hot Glue gun. Arnold
Thank you, Arnold, for getting these pics posted. Great Job I'm a Red Sox Fan and have a small section of buildings without the field. I need to reassess the site and get a field in there.
Is there a paper version of the Mets Citi-Field?
@Wood posted:Thank you, Arnold, for getting these pics posted. Great Job I'm a Red Sox Fan and have a small section of buildings without the field. I need to reassess the site and get a field in there.
A model of Fenway Park with the Green Monster would be awesome. Woodland Scenics products are great for the grass and dirt on the playing field. Good O scale baseball players is key. I have Kramer Products (no longer in business) players that are the best IMO; also, Scenic Express has O Scale players that are nice. I used the Popsicle Sticks, glued together and painted, for the bleachers and stands, and chicken wire for the backstop and fences. I kitbashed an engine house to make the Yankee Stadium front and Gate 4, and cardboard and painted them.
I'm weird in that I'm a diehard Yankee fan who likes the Red Sox and the Mets a lot. Arnold
My baseball field....entrance!
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I’ve mentioned before, since I am a Pirates fan, Forbes Field would be the one for me. With not much room, building just the front entrance like you did Bruce is doable. I still remember the corner of Bouquet and Sennet (now Roberto Clemente Drive). The site is now part of U of Pittsburgh (Pitt) next to Panther Hollow.
@Sal V posted:Is there a paper version of the Mets Citi-Field?
Sal,
Not that I know of. I think they did this in the early 90's. Those two are Yankee fans. In searching for a model, I stumbled across this one. The lady whose number I found was still running the store in Connecticut, but Ellen, one of the creators, was in London. Eventually, they found a few leftover boxes and were gracious enough to sell me one from their personal stock.
The Stadium is 18" by 23", about 3 1/2 inches tall. As I said, it's VERY hard to put together properly, but worth the effort. Remember, this is perfect for N scale, 1:160. O scale, 1:48, would be huge, and quite expensive.
Good luck with your search, and please post here if you find something.
Jerry
I offer S Scale stadium seat kits for your stadium project!
This was posted years ago. Do not remember the fellows name. This would be a great piece for a TW Trainworks layout & Mike Regan.
GO YANKEES 😊
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Anyone remember this?
See: Ebbets Field (10/26/18) | Simon Winter
The previous poster who mentioned N scale got me thinking. Is the above N or Z, or perhaps in between?
Mike
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Here is a custom baseball car I did for a friend.
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@Ron045 posted:Here is a custom baseball car I did for a friend.
Gorgeous, Ron, I recall that several years ago, someone posted on the Forum a model of the Field of Dreams ball park. He even had the cornfield in the background. Your custom Field of Dreams train car would go beautifully with that ball park.
The Field of Dreams movie is my #1 movie of all time: IMO a true masterpiece about Shoeless Joe and baseball that transcends baseball. After seeing it 3 times, my favorite character turned out to be Doc Moonlight Graham played by an elderly Burt Lancaster. That character became an inspiration for me that I could be a good professional (in my case a divorce lawyer) in the same way that the Doc Moonlight Graham character was a good doctor. Arnold
@Mellow Hudson Mike posted:Anyone remember this?
See: Ebbets Field (10/26/18) | Simon Winter
The previous poster who mentioned N scale got me thinking. Is the above N or Z, or perhaps in between?
Mike
Mike,
Yes, I remember this post. Awesome stadium model. The structure and light towers are beyond belief.
The two yellow cars look to be N scale. That would make the model larger than N, smaller than S.
Jerry
Ron, I am the guy who Arnold referred to with the Field of Dreams baseball field on my layout. I am so envious of the car you designed!!!!! It is fabulous!!!! If you go all the way back to the 1st page on this thread, you will see the photos I posted and also the poster I made that greets visitors to the basement as they view the layout. Baseball has always been instrumental in my life. I was fortunate and blessed to play in college at Ohio University that went to the College World Series. Mike Schmidt and Steve Swisher were both on that team. And then I coached high school baseball that won several state championships in Georgia. Baseball has been important!!! I wish your train car was in mass production!!!! It looks awesome.
