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Model Railroading > Small Town USA 1956Date: 03/15/17 09:33 Small Town USA 1956 Author: spsniper Just another day in 1956, small town USA!
Charles Smiley's Ho layout Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/15/17 09:33 by spsniper. Date: 03/15/17 09:44 Re: Small Town USA 1956 Author: Dilworth very nice
Date: 03/15/17 09:45 Re: Small Town USA 1956 Author: CPR_4000 How about that big console photograph (Hi-fi set?) in front of the RCA store!
Date: 03/15/17 10:22 Re: Small Town USA 1956 Author: SPDRGWfan CPR_4000 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > How about that big console photograph (Hi-fi set?) > in front of the RCA store! My parents had a set like that; looked like furnature. Two doors on the front opened up and it had a speaker in one side and a space for LP records to be store. On the top, one side opened which had a turntable/phonograph. I think they still have it. It had a "mate" speaker cabinet for stereo sound (other channel). As a kid I used to listen to Disney story's on that thing while the album had pictures from the movies inside. Times sure have changed! Cheers, Jim Fitch. Date: 03/15/17 10:40 Re: Small Town USA 1956 Author: binder001 Very nice! I like the radio dealer especially.
Gary B. Waverly, NE Date: 03/15/17 13:01 Re: Small Town USA 1956 Author: chakk The pooch is listening either to his master's voice, or the GE P30CH over at the railroad tracks.
Posted from iPhone Date: 03/15/17 14:51 Re: Small Town USA 1956 Author: BostonMaine Very well done.
Date: 03/15/17 16:33 Re: Small Town USA 1956 Author: dgraves That layout certainly captures the feel of small town America in the 50's.
Date: 03/15/17 20:10 Re: Small Town USA 1956 Author: DTrainshooter "Tubes tested free" What's a tube ??
Ha ha, I sold thousands of them as an RCA parts distributor back in the day when you fixed your television rather than throw it away ! Date: 03/15/17 20:17 Re: Small Town USA 1956 Author: atsf5701 When I was maybe 4 or 5, I remember going to the store with my Dad and my Uncle to get TV tubes. They tested several and bought a few. We returned to my Uncle's house and he fixed their TV!
I thought he was the smartest man ever. When I became an adult, I realized I was right. He was an electrical engineer that later specialized in microwave data transmission. Date: 03/16/17 08:16 Re: Small Town USA 1956 Author: ntharalson dgraves Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > That layout certainly captures the feel of small > town America in the 50's. Except, nitpick alert here, NO people. Overall, nice scene and details, especially the stereo. Nick Tharalson, Marion, IA Date: 03/19/17 07:40 Re: Small Town USA 1956 Author: navarch2 chakk Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The pooch is listening either to his master's > voice, or the GE P30CH over at the railroad > tracks. > > Posted from iPhone Here is 23 foot high. fiberglass "Nipper" atop the former RTA Distributors building on Broadway in Albany, NY....I first saw this huge dog as a little kid when riding the bus from Troy to Albany with my dad to pick up his paycheck on Wednesday nights at the NYC Albany station... Bob Date: 03/19/17 07:40 Re: Small Town USA 1956 Author: navarch2 VERY nice work on that town scene.... Bob
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/19/17 07:43 by navarch2. Date: 03/19/17 17:51 Re: Small Town USA 1956 Author: agentatascadero With that for the 50,000 watt radio KGO, does anybody remember when it was "Rock N Roll with K--------GO"?, I figure this must be a California community. That background could be the Santa Cruz Mountains.
It may not be a very prosperous town, though, with that ancient cop car in photo 1. AA Stanford White Carmel Valley, CA |