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Offline river6109  
#1 Posted : 21 February 2020 13:59:54(UTC)
river6109

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Hi, did you know if you install a mirror on the side of your layout you only need to buy half of your trains and this could save you 1000's of dollars and if you really short of cash you can add another mirror on the other side and suddenly you've got more trains you've ever wished for., could be an ideal Christmas present from your wife.
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Offline thing fish  
#2 Posted : 21 February 2020 15:05:21(UTC)
thing fish

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Heh heh ...

Install mirrors left and right side and you'll have infinite number of any of your stock ...

C.
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Offline Jimmy Thompson  
#3 Posted : 21 February 2020 17:07:52(UTC)
Jimmy Thompson

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And a mirror on the ceiling and you no longer need helices to get to the next level LOL

Jimmy T
Analogue; M-track; BR 111; KLVM; Primex; Sarrasani Zirkuswelt
There is a Prototype For Everything
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Offline mike c  
#4 Posted : 21 February 2020 17:26:24(UTC)
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Take a board, some plaster and build a mountain or two on top of your board. Add some boulders, some trees, maybe an alpine road and you have a comparatively inexpensive layout of the Gotthard or Loetschberg base tunnel. You can sit there for hours and imagine that somewhere underneath those mountains, trains are running in both directions. You will never have to buy another actual model RR item again, because they will all be in your imagination.

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Offline thing fish  
#5 Posted : 21 February 2020 19:09:54(UTC)
thing fish

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Originally Posted by: mike c Go to Quoted Post
Take a board, some plaster and build a mountain or two on top of your board.


... or imagine you do so ... ha ha ha ...
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Offline Bigdaddynz  
#6 Posted : 21 February 2020 22:15:21(UTC)
Bigdaddynz

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Originally Posted by: river6109 Go to Quoted Post
.....did you know if you install a mirror on the side of your layout you only need to buy half of your trains and this could save you 1000's of dollars.......


Yeah, no, it doesn't work out that way......

Photos of an actual layout (Gauge 1) that has a mirror on one wall.....

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Offline Jimmy Thompson  
#7 Posted : 21 February 2020 22:50:21(UTC)
Jimmy Thompson

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"A man can dream, though. A man can dream." Cool
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Offline Purellum  
#8 Posted : 21 February 2020 22:51:14(UTC)
Purellum

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Cool

Originally Posted by: river6109 Go to Quoted Post
Hi, did you know if you install a mirror on the side of your layout you only need to buy half of your trains and this could save you 1000's of dollars and if you really short of cash you can add another mirror on the other side and suddenly you've got more trains you've ever wished for., could be an ideal Christmas present from your wife.


Install a mirror in your living room or even in your bedroom, and you've two wives or even two of yourself.......... LOL

Per.

Cool

If you can dream it, you can do it!

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide.

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Offline Purellum  
#9 Posted : 21 February 2020 22:53:17(UTC)
Purellum

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Cool

Originally Posted by: Bigdaddynz Go to Quoted Post


20190713_205327.jpg



If you buy bigger trains, you don't need the magnifying glass to see them............... LOL

Per.

Cool

If you can dream it, you can do it!

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide.

In case this is not legally possible:
I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

UserPostedImage
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Offline thing fish  
#10 Posted : 22 February 2020 01:49:32(UTC)
thing fish

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Originally Posted by: Purellum Go to Quoted Post
Cool

Originally Posted by: river6109 Go to Quoted Post
Hi, did you know if you install a mirror on the side of your layout you only need to buy half of your trains and this could save you 1000's of dollars and if you really short of cash you can add another mirror on the other side and suddenly you've got more trains you've ever wished for., could be an ideal Christmas present from your wife.


Install a mirror in your living room or even in your bedroom, and you've two wives or even two of yourself.......... LOL

Per.

Cool



... two wifes? Jeez man ... what you're after? Two of me is just ok, but two wifes?

C.
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Offline thing fish  
#11 Posted : 22 February 2020 02:10:32(UTC)
thing fish

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Originally Posted by: Purellum Go to Quoted Post
If you buy bigger trains, you don't need the magnifying glass to see them............... LOL


Per,

It is 04:06 here in Istanbul and you made me laugh like crazy ... I almost got caught by wife going through users.net!!!!

C.
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