cabinet Bob posted:
I have a question
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Is Mark the young guy in the middle?
ol' blue posted:Who has seen a real UFO ? Let's keep o-gauge realistic.
Not interested.
Let’s keep O-gauge fun. Real is what I do 8 to 4:30 M-F
iam ordering two 😜
Close up photo of the pre-production prototype parking garage please.......
ol' blue posted:Who has seen a real UFO ? Let's keep o-gauge realistic.
In 1952 I saw 5 of them flying in formation. I don't remember seeing anything printed on them.
Troy Towery posted:Close up photo of the pre-production prototype parking garage please.......
jay jay posted:Is Mark the young guy in the middle?
Looks like he is the one on the right (first row) with the beard....the nametag was a clue!
-Pete
Hey Guys, Great looking products and sure sounds like you all had a great time! Cant wait to see more for Menards and the crew! Thanks Bob AKA DAD! Looks like you hit it out of the park!
Things sure are looking great from Menards! Bob please let the whole crew that they are doing a great job and a lot of us are watching for more new things to come! Thanks Again!
No new stock in Three Rivers, Michigan, Menards.
ol' blue posted:No new stock in Three Rivers, Michigan, Menards.
Bob stated yesterday that the new releases would be on the web site Tuesday, July 10th. I doubt you'll see anything at your store until they start setting up for the Christmas holiday season in late September or early October.
Rusty
Joe Hohmann posted:ol' blue posted:Who has seen a real UFO ? Let's keep o-gauge realistic.
In 1952 I saw 5 of them flying in formation. I don't remember seeing anything printed on them.
Yes, I have seen a UFO, which means "unidentified flying object", just to state the obvious. It was unidentified, flying and an object, seen by me and about a dozen other sober and nominally intelligent persons in the 1970's in Mobile, at night over a thickly-populated area of town.
Now, as it finally turned and the wind shifted so the sound could be heard better, and what it was carrying could be seen better, it was "identified" and turned out to be a helicopter. It was carrying a large, flashing lighted display advertising some new something or other; when viewed from an oblique angle (you couldn't see the chopper - it was nighttime, and the running lights got lost in the sign's light), the display could not be read - the graphics were moving - appeared to be..."otherworldly and unknown", as in propulsion device. I have to admit that a scientific-bent skeptic like me was as baffled as anyone for a few minutes, and a little spooked.
Don't want one on my layout, though. Beyond the Pale.
Mark,
Glad to see the creative juices are flowing at Menards! I am planning on visiting family in MN during next year's show, making a stop at the train expo.
The PRR gons will look nice behind my vintage Penney EP-5! Can't wait!
Ken
CABINET BOB,
By using the picture of the Menards guys, could you please put some names with these fellows. Thank you.
(looks over the parking garage prototype)
Thought #1: Ramps inside would increase play value. The illusion that it has ramps would increase...visual value.
Thought #2: Anyone who watches South Park will no doubt be snickering at that Chinese takeout joint
---PCJ
jim sutter posted:CABINET BOB,
By using the picture of the Menards guys, could you please put some names with these fellows. Thank you.
I'd rather not.
cabinet Bob posted:jim sutter posted:CABINET BOB,
By using the picture of the Menards guys, could you please put some names with these fellows. Thank you.
I'd rather not.
Wise decision. Knowing how we are they'd be swamped with questions like "When is the BREWERY being offered?",
Grampstrains posted:ol' blue posted:Who has seen a real UFO ? Let's keep o-gauge realistic.
Not interested.
When O gauge gets realistic, I'm leaving. I'm in it for the fun and fantasy. I have an oversized gateman on my layout and oversized crossing gates with undersized Alco FA's. My world.
Now the real problem is which great "garage scene" do I model in there - Seinfeld (lost with portable AC), Steve McQueen The Hunter or The Americans?
All of them, I plan to have all of my favorite movies on the layout, Paul Newman cutting the heads off parking meters for Cool Hand Luke, Slimer getting caught by the Ghostbusters, Marty McFly tooling around in the Delorean, I’ll buy the UFO and somehow incorporate into an Independence Day vignette.
cabinet Bob posted:
LOL. Now that we've built one they're mass produced. The "company motto" is very clever.
The saucer looks great and certainly goes with any era but the graphics are a deal breaker.
wild mary posted:The saucer looks great and certainly goes with any era but the graphics are a deal breaker.
A little primer and paint it any color that you think a flying saucer should be.
Bill T.
wild mary posted:The saucer looks great and certainly goes with any era but the graphics are a deal breaker.
FIX....a bottle of Tamiya Aluminum paint and 3 minutes......
Joe Hohmann posted:ol' blue posted:Who has seen a real UFO ? Let's keep o-gauge realistic.
In 1952 I saw 5 of them flying in formation. I don't remember seeing anything printed on them.
would you say this UFO is to scale ?
TShearer posted:Joe Hohmann posted:ol' blue posted:Who has seen a real UFO ? Let's keep o-gauge realistic.
In 1952 I saw 5 of them flying in formation. I don't remember seeing anything printed on them.
would you say this UFO is to scale ?
After 8 hours and looking at past records, I am 100 % this to scale. If you don't believe me too bad....LOL
Since the parking ramp is pre-production, can the also produce some matching 1:43rd scale corkscrew ramps for it let automobiles roll down from the top.
Andrew
TShearer posted:Joe Hohmann posted:ol' blue posted:Who has seen a real UFO ? Let's keep o-gauge realistic.
In 1952 I saw 5 of them flying in formation. I don't remember seeing anything printed on them.
would you say this UFO is to scale ?
A scale UFO? What the heck!?
This isn't two rail... sheesh.
Rivet Counters be gone!
Actually, if I get that UFO, I'm removing the canopy and putting Marvin inside. WITH a Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.
falconservice posted:Since the parking ramp is pre-production, can the also produce some matching 1:43rd scale corkscrew ramps for it let automobiles roll down from the top.
Andrew
Fisher-Price could do it...with an operating elevator & turntable to boot!
Big Jim posted:falconservice posted:Since the parking ramp is pre-production, can the also produce some matching 1:43rd scale corkscrew ramps for it let automobiles roll down from the top.
Andrew
Fisher-Price could do it...with an operating elevator & turntable to boot!
He'll yeah.....spent jours upon hours with that garage.....thanks for the memory!
I've still got mine.
Dad, I like being kept in suspence and not knowing what is next till it is actually announced. Less mental stress LOL. I saw where someone would like Menards to make switches. It is too bad Menards could not of grabbed the tooling for the defunct K-Line shadow rail. I believe it had numerous radius curves and switches and it looked good..........Paul
rogerpete posted:TShearer posted:Joe Hohmann posted:ol' blue posted:Who has seen a real UFO ? Let's keep o-gauge realistic.
In 1952 I saw 5 of them flying in formation. I don't remember seeing anything printed on them.
would you say this UFO is to scale ?
A scale UFO? What the heck!?
This isn't two rail... sheesh.
Rivet Counters be gone!
Actually, if I get that UFO, I'm removing the canopy and putting Marvin inside. WITH a Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.
think someone has been visiting my layout recently.. Marvin, was that you ?
Keep an eye open for little green men! LOL
Back from the Menards train show. It was a great show. I took some pics. I myself liked the way the shopw was laid out. The operating layouts were scattered through the convention area with venders and private sellers mix between them. Nice not to have all the layouts in one area. The Menards display stood out. I tried to get the size of the show into the pics................Paul
Great pix Paul. Looks like it was a great show.
HEY @Menards MARK ....PLEEEEEEESSSSSEEEEEE OPEN A STORE IN THE NORTHEAST, LONG ISLAND NY FIRST!
Just ordered the Pepsi and REA trucks that will be removed from flatcars for placement at layout stores. Great addition and fits the modeling era.
Also emailed Menards asking if they can add Pay Pal as payment option. I personally get nervous typing my card number into a "HTTPS secure sites" (so why am I on my 4th card and getting calls from my bank asking if I ordered a Mercedes from Germany?).
Hey dad..............question. Are the pepsi trucks on the flats 1/48. Thanks, your son trying to be number one again LOL........Paul
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