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#21

I’ll give you a double answer Dave. Sue and I do two different genres, so throw it at me! :slight_smile:

Bob:

  1. What SCALE do you model in?

1:20.3

  1. What TIME PERIOD?

Up through early '40s narrow gauge

  1. What MOTIVE POWER do you run? (S) steam (D) diesel (E) electric overhead

Steam

  1. Where is your pike? (O) outdoors, (I) inside, (B) both

Outdoor (club)

  1. Do you SCRATCHBUILD? (Y) yes, (N) no

Yes

Sue:

  1. What SCALE do you model in?

1:32/1:29

  1. What TIME PERIOD?

through '70s standard gauge

  1. What MOTIVE POWER do you run? (S) steam (D) diesel (E) electric overhead

diesel

  1. Where is your pike? (O) outdoors, (I) inside, (B) both

Outdoor (club)

  1. Do you SCRATCHBUILD? (Y) yes, (N) no

No (run what ya brung)

#22

  1. What SCALE do you model in? 1:29

  2. What TIME PERIOD? 1940s - 1950s

  3. What MOTIVE POWER do you run? (S) steam (D) diesel (E) electric overhead (Invisible Wires)

  4. Where is your pike? (O) outdoors

  5. Do you SCRATCHBUILD? (Y) yes

#23

1… By eye

2…What I remember as a kid (Mid 1970’s to what ever inspires me presently)

3…See answer #2

4…Not really sure but the last one I caught was over 20yrs ago so it’s probably dead by now or possibly very big as there are always variables in every equation.

5…Yes, on occasion

#24

1/29 locos& 1/32 rollingstock and mostly 1/25 buildings and autos.

locomotives , 4 axle diesel

time Period , any that I like

Scratchbuild , yes badly with hopes of improving some day

outdoors

#25

1. 1:29

2. 1995-2025

3. diesel

4. outdoors

5. not yet

#26

1. What SCALE do you model:- 1:20.3; 1:22.5

2. What TIME PERIOD:- No particular time period railway is freelance with a leaning toward Australian Sugar Cane Railways circa 19 - 20 century

3. What MOTIVE POWER do you run?:- Steam; D****iesel

4. Where is your pike?:- Outdoors

5. Do you SCRATCHBUILD?:- Yes and Kitbash as well

#27

Dave Taylor said:

Referring to your MAIN layout.

1. What SCALE do you model in?

2. What TIME PERIOD?

3. What MOTIVE POWER do you run? (S) steam (D) diesel (E) electric overhead

4. Where is your pike? (O) outdoors, (I) inside, (B) both

5. Do you SCRATCHBUILD? (Y) yes, (N) no

  1. 1/24th

  2. My time period’s intentionally vague, but can represent post-WWII to present.

  3. Steam and early diesel.

  4. Outdoors

  5. Scratchbuild? What’s that? :wink:

#28

Dave Taylor said:

Referring to your MAIN layout.

1. What SCALE do you model in?

Two "Main"layouts - so 1:24 to 1:20.3 and 1:160 (N)

2. What TIME PERIOD?

None

3. What MOTIVE POWER do you run? (S) steam (D) diesel (E) electric overhead

**Mainly steam in larger scales with 1 diesel, 1 gas (**rail truck) and 2 hand powered (hand carts)

Mainly diesel in N scale with 1 steam (Shay)

4. Where is your pike? (O) outdoors, (I) inside, (B) both

Large stuff outdoors, small stuff inside

5. Do you SCRATCHBUILD? (Y) yes, (N) no

Yes for both layouts

#29

1. What SCALE do you model in?

1/24 more or less.

2. What TIME PERIOD?

not applicable…I appear to be modeling a ‘alternate world’

3. What MOTIVE POWER do you run? (S) steam (D) diesel (E) electric overhead

small diesel’s, one (presumably) heritage steam locomotive

4. Where is your pike? (O) outdoors, (I) inside, (B) both

indoors

5. Do you SCRATCHBUILD? (Y) yes, (N) no

I try to

#30

As I am whimiscal, no particular scale for me. And the Euram (European/American) tunnel is open so I can mix US and European together!!

#31

Referring to your MAIN layout.

  1. What SCALE do you model in? Primarily 1:29 for trains, ~1:24 for most everything else.

  2. What TIME PERIOD? Late 50’s

  3. What MOTIVE POWER do you run? (D)

  4. Where is your pike? (O)

  5. Do you SCRATCHBUILD? (Y)

#32

Thanks for taking the poll Dave.

1. What SCALE do you model in?

1:24 for structures and a few scratch-built rolling stock items I care about, but I’ve learned to be ok with rubber scale LGB & BM for trains in general.

2. What TIME PERIOD?

1875-1895 (V&T)

3. What MOTIVE POWER do you run? (S) steam (D) diesel (E) electric overhead

S

4. Where is your pike? (O) outdoors, (I) inside, (B) both

O

5. Do you SCRATCHBUILD? (Y) yes, (N) no

Y

#33

Rooster said:

4…Not really sure but the last one I caught was over 20yrs ago so it’s probably dead by now or possibly very big as there are always variables in every equation.

You sure it wasn’t a crappie?

#34

Referring to your MAIN layout.

1. What SCALE do you model in? 129

2. What TIME PERIOD? 1920’s to 1950ths

3. What MOTIVE POWER do you run? (S) steam, (D) Diesel. & (E) Over head Trolleys

4. Where is your pike? (O) outdoors

5. Do you SCRATCHBUILD? (Y) yes

#35

Referring to your MAIN layout.

  1. What SCALE do you model in? 1/22.5-1/24

  2. What TIME PERIOD?

No specific time but from 1900 to 1950 …ish

  1. What MOTIVE POWER do you run? (S) steam (D) diesel (E) electric overhead.

Steam and Dismals

  1. Where is your pike? (O) outdoors, (I) inside, (B) both

Outdoor

  1. Do you SCRATCHBUILD? (Y) yes, (N) no

Are you kidding?(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)…yes

#36

Tim said:

4. Where is your pike? (O) outdoors, (I) inside, (B) both

indoors

Indoors? In Alaska? But why?(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)

#37

1. What SCALE do you model in? 1:20.3, 1:22

2. What TIME PERIOD? 1900>1970

3. What MOTIVE POWER do you run? (S) steam (D) diesel

4. Where is your pike? (O) outdoors

5. Do you SCRATCHBUILD? (Y) yes

#38

What scale do your model in? 1:20.3

What time frame? 1890-1930

What motive power? Steam

Where is your pike? Outdoors

Do you scratch build? Yes

Doc

#39

Referring to your MAIN layout.

1. What SCALE do you model in? 1:20 and 1:22

2. What TIME PERIOD? 1870’s to 1920’s

3. What MOTIVE POWER do you run? (S) steam

4. Where is your pike? (O) outdoors

5. Do you SCRATCHBUILD? (Y) yes and sometimes I finish them

#40

1. What SCALE do you model in? 1:20.3

2. What TIME PERIOD? 1930s

3. What MOTIVE POWER do you run? (S) steam

4. Where is your pike? (O) outdoors

5. Do you SCRATCHBUILD? (Y) yes