@Apples55 posted:With all due respect, Mark, I believe the correct spelling is “soitenly” (and, like the Three Stooges, I’m from Brooklyn
Paul, I was trying to decide if it was ‘c’ or ‘s’. I should have looked it up! Yinz Brooklynites should know best. I was born in Pittsburgh.
I’m good for either card too. Just let me know how much to kick into the pot.
@Mark Boyce posted:Paul, I was trying to decide if it was ‘c’ or ‘s’. I should have looked it up! Yinz Brooklynites should know best. I was born in Pittsburgh.
Dahntahn, Sowsahd, or S’Liberty?
Jerry, with my Midwest sensibilities I rather prefer the clean lines (front) of card #2, but I would be ecstatic with either given your artistic talents and diligent work making this come together.
I like the second card better, myself. 
@rplst8 posted:Dahntahn, Sowsahd, or S’Liberty?
Oaklund - Magee Hospital. I grew up in Vuhlenchuh 'spelled Valencia', Butler County.
What are everyone's thoughts on a figure 8 track pattern on a 4X8 plywood sheet please? I've heard different opinions about them. I'm trying to decide on a track pattern for my very first O gauge layout.
@Punkrockpub posted:What are everyone's thoughts on a figure 8 track pattern on a 4X8 plywood sheet please? I've heard different opinions about them. I'm trying to decide on a track pattern for my very first O gauge layout.
They're fun, particularly if you have a train long enough that the locomotive just misses the caboose at the crossing! ;-)
Mitch
Each card is great in its own way.
”Grand Poobah” Love it!
I'm good with either Jerry.
@Punkrockpub posted:What are everyone's thoughts on a figure 8 track pattern on a 4X8 plywood sheet please? I've heard different opinions about them. I'm trying to decide on a track pattern for my very first O gauge layout.
Add 4 switches and you have an oval/ figure eight. Even better.
Bob
A Fastrack O-36 figure eight fits a 4x8 plywood board very well.
@baltimoretrainworks posted:OK, I've been in touch with Vistaprint and have resolved the issues with the card. Problem is with the extra time on my hand I've again tweaked its design, for the better I'd say. Here are the 2 final versions for the Charter Membership cards, the cost is about $55 for 25 cards or $85 for 50 but I'd have to wait to see how many would want a card before I committed to a quantity.
I'll let the membership decide but my vote is for the first card. The Century Club and regular membership cards would follow suit with the logo and wording tweaked as to which type of membership and the year they joined.
As for the certificates I'm planning on having them printed up at a Staples or UPS Store on the parchment paper and then adding the member name at home as the requests come in saving myself time, printer ink and wear and tear on my printer but cost seems to run about 60 cents a copy. I've decided to go with forumites real names on the certificates.
I'll give everyone about a week to let me know what they think and if there's any errors or omissions on the card before I move on things sometime next weekend.
Jerry
Both cards are pretty snazzy and I would be honored to carry either one but I do prefer the second card . Thanks for all your hard work in making this thread so enjoyable and entertaining. Cheers
Jerry my preference is the second card as it replicates the club logo used in many of our OGR Charter Members signatures. Thanks for all the time you have invested for our enjoyment.
Jerry,
That second card looks great. I'm in for a card, a coffee mug, or whatever. Just let me know what to pay and I'm there! Thanks.
You know I was looking at the THOR plans again for 4 x 7 and 4 x 8. Those are very nice and each does offer a different take in a small space. Would we want to pin that url somewhere on this thread? Just a poor Thursday morning thought..... need more coffee.........
Thanks again for all you do.
Jim K
@Punkrockpub posted:What are everyone's thoughts on a figure 8 track pattern on a 4X8 plywood sheet please? I've heard different opinions about them. I'm trying to decide on a track pattern for my very first O gauge layout.
I had an over-under 042 figure 8 for my Christmas layout. I took the 4x8 and did the cookie cutter method for making the track foundation. It was a fun project to do. 
@Punkrockpub posted:What are everyone's thoughts on a figure 8 track pattern on a 4X8 plywood sheet please? I've heard different opinions about them. I'm trying to decide on a track pattern for my very first O gauge layout.
Figure 8s can be a lot of fun and they give you the ability to have a lot of track in a small space, this was the lower level of a layout I posted a few weeks back that uses both a 90 and a 45 degree crossing in O27 track.
Add a pair of switches and a few more pieces of track and you have this.
It is doable in O gauge but the track comes to within 1 inch of the long edges not something I'd be comfortable with given toy trains proclivity to warp speeds!
A folded over figure 8 in O that gives you a double track mainline:
Again add a few switches and some track and you've got...
@RSJB18 posted:Add 4 switches and you have an oval/ figure eight. Even better.
Bob
The layout posted by Bob would also fit easily on a 36" hollow core door slab.
One thing you can almost be certain of once you've decided on a track plan it's set in concrete, that is until you start laying track and then you'll find yourself "What if I put this over here?" or "I wonder if if did... ?" or "Do I have enough room to ... ?" so always grab your self some extra straights and curves just in case.
1. BYIENGST
2. Whit M
3. GMan-24
4. Engineer Bob
5. lehighline
6. Eric in Houston
7. Scott R
8. Craftech
9. Brian Defazio
10. John SW
11. Bogart
12. Punkrockpub
And in honor of your name I present to the Club the official 48 Club bar ware!
Pint and shot glass!
(Can you say Boiler Maker?)
Jerry
Jerry, I’m in for one of those second cards, and thanks for the hard work!
@baltimoretrainworks posted:I'll let the membership decide but my vote is for the first card. The Century Club and regular membership cards would follow suit with the logo and wording tweaked as to which type of membership and the year they joined. ...snip...
Jerry
My personal favorite is the second one with "CHARTER MEMBER" in the same box as "THE 48 CLUB".
I like the figure 8 with 4 switches. it allows me to change direction when I'm tired of going round and round and I can spot cars at times
@randr posted:I like the figure 8 with 4 switches. it allows me to change direction when I'm tired of going round and round and I can spot cars at times
Add a third set of switches and depending where you put them:
or with a 45 degree crossing....
or remove a switch...
or remove and replace a switch...
And for the OCD amongst us symmetry run amok!
See what I mean about how quickly you can change something around and how the extra track can come in handy? It's very easy to get caught up in the what if game in this hobby! If you find yourself kicking around multiple ideas fora layout I suggest either Scarm or RRtrack software...
Personally I like RR-Track better but SCARM has a free version you can download that will get you started.
Jerry
@baltimoretrainworks posted:And in honor of your name I present to the Club the official 48 Club bar ware!
Pint and shot glass! (Can you say Boiler Maker?) Jerry
Yes I can! A must have for all of us in the lounge car.
I will take a pint glass for sure!
@Nucci posted:Yes I can! A must have for all of us in the lounge car.
The happiest lounge car on the rails! In one of my bar books they have a drink that is like a Boiler Maker but it's a pint of Stout with a shot of Jaigermeister dropped in it, it's called Satans Depth Charge! They do have Martini glasses but the logo looks weird on it, I'd like to get a set with just "48" in Artdeco font etched on them but no one has that font available. I might try sandblasting my own.
@Eric in Houston posted:I will take a pint glass for sure!
I was going to get a set made for myself, until I found out they are $16 a glass! I've got real barware from a restaurant/barware store that cost me that much for a case of 6 pint glasses and you don't even want to know what an etched or engraved glass with "The 48 Club" printed on it costs, $29 a piece! I may eventually get a set but man they are expensive.
Jerry
@Punkrockpub posted:What are everyone's thoughts on a figure 8 track pattern on a 4X8 plywood sheet please? I've heard different opinions about them. I'm trying to decide on a track pattern for my very first O gauge layout.
Hey punkrock, I don’t have an opinion on your track plan, but I do know what building you need on your layout -
@Strap Hanger posted:Hey punkrock, I don’t have an opinion on your track plan, but I do know what building you need on your layout -
Way cool ! I’ve been to that place ! You did an awesome job on recreating the front of that club . Just need a few Ramone figures and maybe Blondie and a few other famous guests hanging out out front .
@baltimoretrainworks posted:Family legend has it it was built using a Pablum box and the coil from a doorbell. I don't ever remember seeing the inside but I built one for my layout using the measurements from one my uncle had built. He read me the measurements over the phone on Thanksgiving day and in a week I had built one of my own using 1/4" luan, 1/2x3/4 pine strips from Hechingers, poster board, a 1/4" dowel for the spout and I wound my own coil. It was almost an exact copy of my grandfathers including the green sawdust I sprinkled on the wet paint on its base and the distinctive "clunk/buzz" of the coil activating. I never got around to building the station platform he had built (the long red structure in the back) but it is on my to build list but I'll be using commercially available wood, I can't get an orange crate like he used.
Jerry
Build the platform from wine crates or cigar boxes to remain true to the spirit.
@Will posted:Build the platform from wine crates or cigar boxes to remain true to the spirit.
Grandpa did enjoy his cigars, I don't ever recall seeing him with out one and he always had that pouch that held 4 in his shirt pocket, my other grandfather was a pipe smoker and even tho he died when I was little (pancreatic cancer which back in the day was a death sentence) I still remember that cherry tobacco smell so in that spirit the club car on The 48 Express will allow smoking. I know that's not PC but that's how I'm choosing to honor both of them along with my dad and his fathers love of trains and my moms dads love of mechanical things and Art Deco all of which I seemed to have inherited, I actually don't mind the smell of a good cigar or pipe even tho I don't smoke. I sometimes think I was born 60 years too late.
I also came up with a pint glass that would be perfect for the club car...
It just has that look like it would have been used on the train, simple and elegant! I am having a set of custom glasses made up for my home bar which I've been calling The Antler Room. No mounted deer head or antlers but I am on the hunt for a mounted reindeer head so if anyone knows of a good one out there that is convenient to the mid-atlantic region give me a shout.
If anyones wondering were these glasses can be found try Zazzle.com, they have a ton of people offering all kinds of things, if you need a file let me know and I'll send it to you so you can get something made up if you like.
Jerry
@baltimoretrainworks posted:Grandpa did enjoy his cigars, I don't ever recall seeing him with out one and he always had that pouch that held 4 in his shirt pocket, my other grandfather was a pipe smoker and even tho he died when I was little (pancreatic cancer which back in the day was a death sentence) I still remember that cherry tobacco smell so in that spirit the club car on The 48 Express will allow smoking. I know that's not PC but that's how I'm choosing to honor both of them along with my dad and his fathers love of trains and my moms dads love of mechanical things and Art Deco all of which I seemed to have inherited, I actually don't mind the smell of a good cigar or pipe even tho I don't smoke. I sometimes think I was born 60 years too late.
I also came up with a pint glass that would be perfect for the club car...
It just has that look like it would have been used on the train, simple and elegant! I am having a set of custom glasses made up for my home bar which I've been calling The Antler Room. No mounted deer head or antlers but I am on the hunt for a mounted reindeer head so if anyone knows of a good one out there that is convenient to the mid-atlantic region give me a shout.
If anyones wondering were these glasses can be found try Zazzle.com, they have a ton of people offering all kinds of things, if you need a file let me know and I'll send it to you so you can get something made up if you like.
Jerry
I'm down with that glass. I like the latest version with the logo by itself on the glass. I have a small collection of pint glasses, courtesy of my son, who was a bartender in his younger days. He also started me on IPAs and that's all I drink now.
My grandfather was the GM of General Cigar. Everything in his little workshop was neatly organized in labeled cigar boxes, lol, not the good ones, but the kind the common cigar came in back then, which was what his company made. We are talking well over a half century ago now. I still have things that smell like his workshop.
@Strap Hanger posted:Hey punkrock, I don’t have an opinion on your track plan, but I do know what building you need on your layout -
That's MAGNIFICENT!!!! How did you make this please?
That's exactly what I need!!!!!
@Punkrockpub posted:That's MAGNIFICENT!!!! How did you make this please?
Thought you might like that. I don't want to hijack this fine thread focusing on the 4x8 club, even though I would have been a member 20 years ago, but I scratch built it. Here is a link with some of the details -
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...7#153463017475357837
BTW, if you really are affiliated with a punkrockpub, just make sure chicken vindaloo is on the bar menu, LOL!
Hangin out on Second Avenue
Eating chicken vindaloo
I just want to be with you
I just want to have something to do
Johnny Walker - Thanks and Yes! I have my eye out for scale figures like that. I might have to scratch build some eventually.
@baltimoretrainworks posted:
And in honor of your name I present to the Club the official 48 Club bar ware!
Pint and shot glass!
(Can you say Boiler Maker?)
Jerry
You need to add a rocks glass for us single-malt guys Jerry! 
I'd go for a set of the pint glasses too! While you're at it might as well do a wine glass too! 
And I'm in for a good cigar anytime!
Bob
I thought this was a train club? Must have made a wrong turn at Albuquerque!
@RSJB18 posted:You need to add a rocks glass for us single-malt guys Jerry!
I'd go for a set of the pint glasses too! While you're at it might as well do a wine glass too!
And I'm in for a good cigar anytime!
Bob
I thought this was a train club? Must have made a wrong turn at Albuquerque!
When this Covid plague passes and if we ever do make it to York, I know who I'll be looking to tap for some extra curricular evening activities, Along with trains, Bob seems to share my discerning taste in booze. Yeah - everything (except those sweet things with umbrellas in them)! LOL!
@Strap Hanger posted:When this Covid plague passes and if we ever do make it to York, I know who I'll be looking to tap for some extra curricular evening activities, Along with trains, Bob seems to share my discerning taste in booze. Yeah - everything (except those sweet things with umbrellas in them)! LOL!
I'm an equal opportunity drinker!
And yes- there is something about watching the trains loop the tracks with a nice glass of Macallan in hand!
My vote is for the second card.
Bogart great job on the catenary. That has to b the hardest thing to accomplish in this hobby, so few have functioning catenary. Can't wait to see what Mitch comes up with and where he got the pieces.
@coach joe posted:Bogart great job on the catenary. That has to b the hardest thing to accomplish in this hobby, so few have functioning catenary. Can't wait to see what Mitch comes up with and where he got the pieces.
Well, the brass rod can be had at Hobby Lobby or online; the bracket arms came from the Train Tender.
I first built functioning catenary back around 1979 or so, in HO scale. Simple trolley wire, but it worked... ;-)
Mitch
@baltimoretrainworks posted:
The wife wants me to build a bar (human sized) into one of the edges of the layout for when friends and family come over (who knows when that will be exactly 
) and these would go with it perfectly!
I've decided I don't want to miss out on all the fun, and I'm going to try and build this 48 Club inspired layout for under the Christmas tree. This is all American Flyer S gauge track which I have fond memories of when I was very young around the holidays. I worked it out in SCARM and I'll attach the file here. It does involve some track cutting to get the lengths right.
@rplst8 posted:The wife wants me to build a bar (human sized) into one of the edges of the layout for when friends and family come over (who knows when that will be exactly
Has your wife seen this video?
John
"Booze goes swell with Lionel!"
Mitch
@Strap Hanger posted:
Thought you might like that. I don't want to hijack this fine thread focusing on the 4x8 club, even though I would have been a member 20 years ago, but I scratch built it. Here is a link with some of the details -
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...7#153463017475357837
BTW, if you really are affiliated with a punkrockpub, just make sure chicken vindaloo is on the bar menu, LOL!
Hangin out on Second Avenue
Eating chicken vindaloo
I just want to be with you
I just want to have something to doJohnny Walker - Thanks and Yes! I have my eye out for scale figures like that. I might have to scratch build some eventually.
Odd that you would quote, *I just want to have something to do* by The RAMONES. I actually used to be on their road crew many years ago. I worked merchandise and drum tech. Monte was the tour manager and he was very nice, but he could be tough! I can say with confidence that I believe that they *ThE RAMONES* would absolutely LOVE this model of CBGB's!!! And I believe that Mr. Hilly Kristol would love it too. Both Hilly Kristol and THE RAMONES were very nice people. And yes, I'm actually planning on opening a pUnK MuSiC BaR and package store. And chicken vindaloo will be on the menu. I just hope that my modeling skills are good enough to attempt to build a CBGB's model for the layout that I'm trying to put together.
Jeff
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