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Re: Silicon Valley FreeMoN at Central Coast Rail Fair
« Reply #15 on: October 17, 2017, 12:43:47 PM »
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 :|  Luv that Orange Grove, and the old buildings with the Santa Fe E Units passing by. Nice work . My only complaint with Fremo has been no way to have backdrops/skyboards so photos taken always show the room and sometimes visitors in the backgound. A solution might be a sky blue piece of cardboard temporarly held up behind what ever was being photographed.        Nate Goodman (Nato).  :|

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Re: Silicon Valley FreeMoN at Central Coast Rail Fair
« Reply #16 on: October 17, 2017, 02:00:29 PM »
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Apricots!  It is Silicon Valley (NorCal).   :-)
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Re: Silicon Valley FreeMoN at Central Coast Rail Fair
« Reply #17 on: October 17, 2017, 02:06:22 PM »
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My only complaint with Fremo has been no way to have backdrops/skyboards so photos taken always show the room and sometimes visitors in the backgound.

I understand your point, but I rather like that the photos show the social aspect of the layout.

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Re: Silicon Valley FreeMoN at Central Coast Rail Fair
« Reply #18 on: October 17, 2017, 03:24:52 PM »
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I did this, in my backyard, with the San Felipe desert module

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After PhotoShop, using a photo I took in Death Valley

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Re: Silicon Valley FreeMoN at Central Coast Rail Fair
« Reply #19 on: October 18, 2017, 10:36:22 AM »
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What a difference a proper backdrop makes!!
Nice.
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Re: Silicon Valley FreeMoN at Central Coast Rail Fair
« Reply #20 on: October 18, 2017, 10:51:48 AM »
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After PhotoShop, using a photo I took in Death Valley

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Watch out- the Looney Toons Coyote is lurking off to the right behind the tracks!  :D
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Re: Silicon Valley FreeMoN at Central Coast Rail Fair
« Reply #21 on: October 18, 2017, 11:26:19 AM »
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Watch out- the Looney Toons Coyote is lurking off to the right behind the tracks!  :D

There are FOUR coyotes on that desert scene.  We use it as a game for visitors to find them
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Re: Silicon Valley FreeMoN at Central Coast Rail Fair
« Reply #22 on: October 18, 2017, 11:46:12 AM »
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Looks great!  @RBrodzinsky, it was your layout seen at NSE that inspired me to get moving on my own Freemo-N.  Still at benchwork stage as wrestling with design issue related to the track plan and building a district in a box.  The N-Land Pacific guys have been very generous with advice and spare gear along the way.  And still recruiting others to join from the formation of a San Diego / Imperial & Orange Country based Freemo-N team with the focus of SD&A/ Espee & the AT&SF fourth district / LA division.

Good to see your Coyotes again too.  To close the loop, on your advice, I finally was able to hunt down the new owners of it's maker Rustic Rails.  Now known as "Fun & Games" and www.scalefigures.com.  The N scale items are still not on Allen's website, if you call he'll provide you with his inventory list.  (Speaking of which @David K. Smith ... you might wish to update Rustic Rails on your much appreciated N scale figures list.)  But I'll add a word of warning.  Some of these figures are quite oversized.   Ex, The coyote set has several sizes.  His coyote pups aren't too bad as a large coyote, but the larger ones seem HO to my eyes.  They are bigger than even the Woodland Scenics's N scale Great Dane!  With some work, they might make a stand in for large shorn sheep or a wolf, as the large coyotes are nearly the size of his n scale deer ... which in turn are a shade larger than Woodland Scenics's N scale deer.



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Re: Silicon Valley FreeMoN at Central Coast Rail Fair
« Reply #23 on: October 18, 2017, 12:24:12 PM »
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You need a broken-down sign for one of the buildings, "Acme Supply Co." :D
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Re: Silicon Valley FreeMoN at Central Coast Rail Fair
« Reply #24 on: October 18, 2017, 03:44:12 PM »
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(Speaking of which @David K. Smith ... you might wish to update Rustic Rails on your much appreciated N scale figures list.)

Yea, I saw that, thanks. Given the N Scale items are AWOL, there's not much I can say about it, though.
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