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Penthesilea:
Looking forward to more pics of David's trains.
"Plasticville" - oy, what a name.
Reminds me of that Barbie song: "I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world, life in plastic, it's fantastic."
My son LOVES that song (I don't!).
Sason:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on February 26, 2011, 02:12:00 pm ---
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
This is real fun. Begins a little on the slow side, but then it gains.
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This is the trailer for a short movie. I expect it to be very funny! :laugh:
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on February 26, 2011, 02:16:49 pm ---Looking forward to more pics of David's trains.
"Plasticville" - oy, what a name.
Reminds me of that Barbie song: "I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world, life in plastic, it's fantastic."
My son LOVES that song (I don't!).
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LOL!!
I don't remember that Barbie song! Maybe I would if I saw the commercial again. Anyway, I am glad you are enjoying the train pictures, Chrissi. I'm having fun digging through those boxes. It's like opening up a time capsule! :laugh:
I'll take some more pictures either today or tomorrow. And I'll try to get that motel put back together. Once I find the pieces, it will only take a couple of minutes to assemble it (it just snaps together). And so far I've found one other complete train - well sort of - I've found the locomotive and a few box cars. And a caboose! So, stay tuned and I'm post them here just as quick as I can!
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on February 25, 2011, 04:14:26 pm ---That undoubtedly is the Arlee station, which, like the two-story station, was made by several manufacturers over many years. It's still quite common. I have a couple of them on "Watch" on eBay right now.
That is undoubtedly the Bachmann "Plasticville" Siesta Motel. ;D I think they still make that. I have one of them, too. Plasticville (Oi! That name!) was never as detailed or sophisticated as other lines of model buildings, but it had the virtue of being inexpensive (once upon a time), and some of the structures really had the design flavor of the post-World War II period. I picked up a couple Plasticville Cape Cod-style houses last year, with the intent of someday cleaning them up and repainting them to look like they have brick walls and slate roofs, as lots of little houses very similar to the Plasticville house were built in my home town during the 1950s.
They don't use "cabeese" ;D anymore. They just have an electronic device that gets mounted on the last car of the train.
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Yup, that is the one Jeff! I just googled it and I have the Siesta motel! Most of the ones appearing on the Internet are white with three rooms. Mine is PINK with FOUR rooms! And I originally bought three of them, I think so technically I have a 12 room motel! With three pools and three offices! :laugh:
I remember trying to make the two extra offices look like motel "cottages" or something. So, like I told Chrissi, I'll snap a pic of it just as soon as I manage to get it put back together! I don't know if I will find all of the pieces though, but I'm sure I can find enough of them to put at least one of the buildings back together again. Maybe I'll glue them together this time so they won't fall apart. If I remember correctly, the buildings were kind of wobbly. :P
I miss seeing the..... "cabeese"! Actually "cabeese" sounds better than "cabooses" doesn't it? :laugh:
It was fun though, waiting to see if the conductor(s) would be standing outside the door. It almost made waiting for the train to pass worth the inconvenience!
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Sason on February 26, 2011, 02:39:16 pm ---This is the trailer for a short movie. I expect it to be very funny! :laugh:
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I can't watch those videos Sonja (I'm on dial-up) but they sound very interesting. 8)
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