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Forum: General Talk
10-23-2011, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 56,411
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Phil Brooks
Clinch River Railroad in Germany
Last year I became friends with an N-Scale modeler from Germany, Michael Homberg. Michael is a member of the americaN group, which sets up modular layouts using FREEMON standards. They model and... |
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Forum: General Talk
09-10-2011, 02:29 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 26,545
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Phil Brooks
Re: Phil Brooks MRP Article
Thanks for the kind words, Dick! I didn't know about the article until I saw it at Hobbytown. The actual book title is 43 Track Plans from The Experts, and is a collection of plans that have... |
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Forum: News Archive
10-25-2010, 12:54 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 16,627
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Phil Brooks
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Forum: News Archive
01-02-2010, 02:02 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 21,656
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Phil Brooks
Re: A Friend and KAMRI Member Lost
Rick was a friend to many of us, and you would be hard pressed to find a kinder, more generous person. His contributions to the KAMR and CMOR are huge. I went through years of digital photos to see... |
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Forum: General Talk
11-03-2009, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 19,547
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Phil Brooks
FREEMO americaN Meet
A German friend, Michael Homberg, sent me a link to photos of his group's latest meet in late October. The americaN FREEMO group operates following North American railroad practices, and dispatches... |
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Forum: Large Scale Division
11-03-2009, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 26,377
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Phil Brooks
Re: live steam CSME Fall run 2009
Very Cool, Andrew- thanks for sharing. In the video, what is the function of the white posts that Joe keeps slapping as he passes? Thanks, -Phil |
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Forum: N / Z Scale Division
06-20-2009, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 16,637
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Phil Brooks
Amazing Modeling...
David K. Smith is an incredible modeler in N and Z scale. He's also started working in T-Gauge. T-Gauge is 1:450 proportion, or about half the size of "Z" scale. Yep, that's right... SMALL. :eek:... |
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Forum: General Talk
04-06-2009, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 17,960
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Phil Brooks
State-of-the-Art Modular Layout
The AmericaN Free-mo N-scale group had a meeting in Germany this weekend. The text is in German, but you can still drool in English at the photos! Here's the... |
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Forum: General Talk
03-26-2009, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 18,993
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Phil Brooks
Amazing Scratchbuilt TreesCheck this out- http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=23100&whichpage=1 Be sure to look at the 3 pages of photos. Pretty amazing trees, I'd say! Have fun, -Phil |
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Forum: N / Z Scale Division
03-23-2009, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 15,028
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Phil Brooks
Re: N-Anti Eco Logging
Bruce, if it was real, it would be a crying shame. But as a model, it's bee-yoo-tee-ful! :D Great job! It's coming along nicely. At least until Clint Eastwood rides in on a pale horse and... |
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Forum: General Talk
02-20-2009, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 25,055
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Phil Brooks
Nashville N-Trak Layout Photos
Last weekend Larry Burkholder and I carted two of our modules to Nashville to join up with the Nashville and Louisville N-Trak clubs for the WGH train show there. There were about 50 modules in the... |
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Forum: General Talk
01-25-2009, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 20,364
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Phil Brooks
Re: New Portable Show Layout Update
That looks great, Bruce! Looks like we'll be laying track pretty soon... :) Thanks for all the hard work, -Phil |
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Forum: General Talk
01-18-2009, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 18,582
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Phil Brooks
Tom Mann Weathering BookI had a copy of Tom Mann's weathering book at the club today. Tom is one of model railroading's top weathering gurus, and he's written a 40-page all color book detailing his techniques, secrets, and... |
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Forum: N / Z Scale Division
01-14-2009, 06:45 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 21,234
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Phil Brooks
Re: New KAMR Show Module
Hi, Brian- It will be a pretty long time (probably months) before we are ready for structures. If you're around this Sunday, maybe we can talk about structure needs then. Don't worry about... |
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Forum: General Talk
01-06-2009, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 21,773
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Phil Brooks
Re: TATeRs Rule
I realized today that it was kind of rude of me to talk about something online that club members would have no idea what we're talking about. So... to include everybody in the joke, here is a photo... |
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Forum: General Talk
12-30-2008, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 21,773
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Phil Brooks
Re: TATeRs Rule
We need to get "Spuds" MacKenzie to be our sponsor... (Sorry, couldn't resist an "a-peeling" joke.) Thanks for the digital High-Five, Bruce! :D -Phil |
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Forum: General Talk
10-12-2008, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 26,554
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Phil Brooks
Re: Wow... No one has anything to say...
Hey, Rob- Hate to say it, but 98% of the folks on here lurk and don't post, saving most of their interaction for the face-to-face club meetings or direct e-mail. The other thing is posters... |
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Forum: General Talk
10-12-2008, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 26,200
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Phil Brooks
"AmericaN" N-scale FREEMO Module group
All- Check out an N-Scale German club that operates American prototype fine-scale modules built to the FREEMON (N-scale FREEMO) standards. Pretty amazing modeling. One feature you notice right away... |
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Forum: General Talk
09-26-2008, 12:42 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 20,469
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Phil Brooks
Re: New Show Layout Track Plan
Thanks, Brian- Your generosity is much appreciated! When we get the basic scenery done and begin detailing I bet we can find homes for a lot of those detail parts. Thanks again, :D -Phil |
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Forum: General Talk
09-10-2008, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 20,469
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Phil Brooks
New Show Layout Track Plan
All KAMR Members- For some time there has been discussion at KAMR about the need for a small, portable "show layout" to represent us at train shows and other outside functions. Since the layout will... |
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Forum: N / Z Scale Division
08-29-2008, 01:13 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 21,234
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Phil Brooks
Re: New KAMR Show Module
Bruce, you've done a great job! :D The frame is perfect, and we'll be running trains in no time! See ya, -Phil |
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Forum: N / Z Scale Division
07-09-2008, 08:58 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 20,842
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Phil Brooks
Re: Z Scale Wonder
That's because it was Saturday night about 9:00 pm in the convention hall, and only a few die-hard N-Trakers were still running trains after the day's train show... All the Z-scale stuff was safely... |
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Forum: N / Z Scale Division
07-02-2008, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 18,408
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Phil Brooks
Re: Any N-Scale Convention Reports?Well, You asked! Here are some photos from the convention... 50,000 square feet of layout, 116 scale mile mainline that took over 2 hours to make a circuit. Model contest, clinics, and a lot of... |
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Forum: General Talk
05-28-2008, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 28,673
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Phil Brooks
How to (NOT) wreck a train...
In 1944, the U.S. War Department made a film showing how hard it is to derail a train by blowing-up sections of rail. This is pretty amazing how much abuse a train can take and still stay on the... |
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Forum: N / Z Scale Division
12-01-2007, 04:09 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 17,865
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Phil Brooks
Re: 1st Su'N'day Gathering: Dec 2
You can put me guarding the collection box and the dessert fridge. :D Hey! You can trust me... :rolleyes: -Phil |
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