[vsmith]

...are just finding out what I've known all along...

http://gold.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Dinkey 4.JPG



..that Small is Beautiful

 

[astrayelmgod]

So, what do you do with all the car middles?

 

[vsmith]

I kept them, but after 2 years most of it ended up in the recycle bin when I cleaned off the workbench, I really didnt have a use for them. I still havent had any need for them to this day so I guess I made the right decision.

 

[Torby]

Maybe he gave them to Cozad?

 

[Stan Cedarleaf]

Oh boy..... Here comes the Kopy Kats.....

Great job, Victor...... Looks just like it came from the Dewey shops..

Love the color of the silver and black one. The cupola adds wonderful interest.

 

[vsmith]

Posted By Stan Cedarleaf on 12/22/2008 8:35 PM
Oh boy..... Here comes the Kopy Kats.....





Errrrr...Sherman, set the Way-Back Machine....

Who copied who Stan???

http://archive.mylargescale.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=31466&SearchTerms=piker

I did minez way back in '05

They're still fun no matter if it was 3 years ago or yesterday, I hope to see more people trying them, they are fun to bash.

 

[Stan Cedarleaf]

Yerrite, Victor. I should have seen that thread 3 years ago but sure missed it........ It's certainly interesting that you had the very same cut on the passenger car as I did but mine was 3 years later. Even to the observation railing with the drumhead. Does that say anything about twisted, creative minds?????

 

[vsmith]

Maybe so Stan, but you came up with that great zany little 2-2-0 engine, even I havent gotten that warped...yet

 

[cjwalas]

Guys, guys, guys. Please. The history of these shorty cars goes back almost to the start of the largescale hobby itself. Bruce Bates inspired a good number of modelers to build shorty cars way back when, at least the early/mid nineties. They were a staple of the old AW NUTS magazine and I'm sure they go back a lot further in the smaller scales. But I have to say that they seem particularly popular in G gauge. And it's great to see you guys reviving the tradition in such great style! To quote Monty Python, " This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not argue about who killed who!"
Sounds like a Shortie meet at the next BTS!
Chris

 

[vsmith]

Sure thing Chris, your right, afterall I got my idea from the old MDC shorty Oscar cars. A shorty meet at the BTS sounds like fun.

 

[Dan Pierce]

Those short cars could almost run on a coffee table layout!!

 

[Stan Cedarleaf]

Posted By cjwalas on 12/22/2008 11:00 PM
Guys, guys, guys. Please. The history of these shorty cars goes back almost to the start of the largescale hobby itself. Bruce Bates inspired a good number of modelers to build shorty cars way back when, at least the early/mid nineties. They were a staple of the old AW NUTS magazine and I'm sure they go back a lot further in the smaller scales. But I have to say that they seem particularly popular in G gauge. And it's great to see you guys reviving the tradition in such great style! To quote Monty Python, " This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not argue about who killed who!"
Sounds like a Shortie meet at the next BTS!
Chris

Aw Chris... We ain't arguing, just needling.....

As I quoted in the model making thread the writings of Solomon from centuries ago ... Ecclesiastes 1:9

What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.

Yes, I can see a real Shortie meet at the next BTS. Set up in the MLS booth, right??????????

 

[Mike O]

Nice, will you pull them with a Big Boy?