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    Thread: How do you store your trains?
Post: RE: How do you store your trains?

Super Wrote: (10-25-2020, 07:22 AM) -- @Finno I have merged your Thread into this as one as the original is going on 6 years old. Its nice to revive it because storage ideas change and new ideas a...
Posted by Finno in General Forum , 10-25-2020, 01:04 PM
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    Thread: 5 Motorised Road Vehicles
Post: 5 Motorised Road Vehicles

I picked up these 5 motorised vehicles recently from eBay. I don't see them come up very often and I didn't have any apart from the Shell Tanker so the little Super voice inside my head kept niggling ...
Posted by Finno in Show Us What You Bought , 10-24-2020, 11:49 AM
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    Thread: As if I need more trains...
Post: RE: As if I need more trains...

Good pickup at a thrifty price which is always nice. Thanks for sharing and welcome!
Posted by Finno in Show Us What You Bought , 10-24-2020, 11:37 AM
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    Thread: How do you store your trains?
Post: What's Your Storage Story?

I'm always trying to think about better ways to store my Plarail collection and thought I would start a thread to get other peoples ideas and solutions gathered in the one place for everyone to benefi...
Posted by Finno in General Forum , 10-24-2020, 11:31 AM
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    Thread: Everything that I have bought during my break!
Post: RE: Everything that I have bought during my break!

Mister No Wrote: (10-23-2020, 11:45 PM) -- If you are, at least you're not alone! :D :D -- Yes I believe it's the rest of the world that has a problem not us...  :D
Posted by Finno in Show Us What You Bought , 10-24-2020, 09:56 AM
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    Thread: Vio's YouTube Videos
Post: RE: Vio's YouTube Videos

From when I worked for a Chinese company was often the case on our business documents.
Posted by Finno in General Forum , 10-24-2020, 07:18 AM
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    Thread: Vio's YouTube Videos
Post: RE: Vio's YouTube Videos

No, not that I have seen. But some designs can have the green as a more bluish green.
Posted by Finno in General Forum , 10-24-2020, 12:19 AM
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    Thread: My Little Layout - By Finno
Post: RE: My Little Layout - By Finno

Mister No Wrote: (10-23-2020, 11:29 PM) -- Nice run of special Plarail trains (and an Eizan Railway Hiei), Finno! I suppose the middle car of the train No 2 is not part of the original train... it lo...
Posted by Finno in General Forum , 10-24-2020, 12:02 AM
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    Thread: My Little Layout - By Finno
Post: RE: My Little Layout - By Finno

I took some of my older trains out for a journey around MegaCity and Kamakura today. The Plarail number 1, number 2 and number 7 trains as well as the 55th anniversary coach. I picked up all of these ...
Posted by Finno in General Forum , 10-23-2020, 11:14 PM
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    Thread: Vio's YouTube Videos
Post: RE: Vio's YouTube Videos

It's the same in Chinese - often red will be a check mark (tick) for good and green is a cross for wrong. I think red is traditionally considered a better colour than green so it is seen more positive...
Posted by Finno in General Forum , 10-23-2020, 11:03 PM
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    Thread: Everything that I have bought during my break!
Post: RE: Everything that I have bought during my break!

Great collection you are building there. Hobbies help keep everyone sane - Keep it up!
Posted by Finno in Show Us What You Bought , 10-23-2020, 11:00 PM
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    Thread: Online Selling Shockers
Post: RE: Online Selling Shockers

Wow - I have a bunch of these new in the box. Didn't think they are that rare though. I think the word 'rare' needs to be limited use on eBay. I see very common Plarail trains listed as 'rare' with...
Posted by Finno in General Forum , 10-20-2020, 08:34 AM
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    Thread: My Little Layout - By Finno
Post: RE: My Little Layout - By Finno

Here we go. Test running on 3 of the 5 available lines.  2 of the lower city lines have some height clearance issues I need to investigate and resolve. Once all the lines are tested I think I can p...
Posted by Finno in General Forum , 10-18-2020, 10:58 AM
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    Thread: vintage tomy camera
Post: RE: vintage tomy camera

Awesome find with the box!
Posted by Finno in Show Us What You Bought , 10-18-2020, 09:40 AM
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    Thread: Mister No's Pics & Vids
Post: RE: Mister No's Plarail Pics & Vids

Mister No Wrote: (10-16-2020, 10:13 AM) -- I take photos and videos with my phone (Xiaomi Mi 9T), format the pictures to 16:9, and then, if the picture needs titling, I download it to my computer, an...
Posted by Finno in General Forum , 10-18-2020, 09:38 AM
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    Thread: An Interesting Discolored Ffarquhar Station
Post: RE: An Interesting Discolored Ffarquhar Station

I wondered if their color may be a bit off in the photo?
Posted by Finno in General Forum , 10-16-2020, 03:31 AM
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    Thread: Mister No's Pics & Vids
Post: RE: Mister No's Plarail Pics & Vids

Mister No Wrote: (10-13-2020, 06:07 PM) -- Mavis and Salty are working at the Ffarquhar quarries, so for this one I had to make a quarry! Hope you like it! :D -- Another great video Mr No. What sof...
Posted by Finno in General Forum , 10-16-2020, 03:30 AM
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    Thread: Mini modification
Post: RE: Mini modification

Muddy Poppins Wrote: (10-15-2020, 11:46 PM) -- Leyland if you take a blow dryer and hold really close (but not too close) to the areas where you snapped them off, the milky color of the stress fractu...
Posted by Finno in Modification Gallery , 10-16-2020, 03:17 AM
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    Thread: An Interesting Discolored Ffarquhar Station
Post: RE: An Interesting Discolored Ffarquhar Station

Strange. Do you have it or are these someone else's pictures?
Posted by Finno in General Forum , 10-16-2020, 03:14 AM
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    Thread: Sad News (Again)
Post: RE: Sad News (Again)

Condolences.
Posted by Finno in General Forum , 10-15-2020, 07:08 AM
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