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Last edited by beckychestney; 12-16-2018 at 09:55 PM. Reason: didn't work |
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Last edited by rickstef; 12-22-2018 at 11:53 AM. |
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Something's wrong with this film :(
Does not open.
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i edited the link and the code, it should work now
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A lovely film of a glorious project. Thanks. And a Merry Christas and Happy New Year to you and yours.
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Looks like my Standard Gauge layout will get a feature article sometime this year in Classic Toy Trains magazine. I wonder how many readers won't have a clue at first glance that's it's all done with paper!
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I've been busy....
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I enjoyed the layout tour. I'm sure that you are correct; none of the Classic readers will have a clue, until they told, outright, that the whole thing is paper. Your talent is unequaled.
Since I have not been to Disneyland since the late 1960s, could you explain your latest addition? Thanks for sharing your hobby, John |
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Sure! I'm working to replace my freelanced mixed-media Astro Orbitor model I built in 2011:
Time and storage are not friendly to this one. Here's a pic I took last November that shows how it typically looked after being boxed: There's just too much damage to continue using it. So, I decided the time was right to replace it with a model I designed 100% on my own. (The ride vehicles on the previous model were designed by Robert Nava.) The Astro Orbitor is the latest incarnation in a line that started with the "Astro Jet" in 1956: ![]() Which became the "Tomorrowland Jets" between 64 and 66 after a sponsorship change. The 1966 remodel of Tomorrowland saw the ride renamed as the "Rocket Jets" when it reopened in 1967 atop the new Peoplemover tower: ![]() Now decidedly themed toward the impending Apollo missions: ![]() Thirty years later they were relocated from their high perch to ground level and renamed and redesigned as the Astro Orbitor in 1997: ![]() ![]() The "Observatron" replaced the jets on the top of the tower which by now was devoid of the Peoplemover and the short-lived and ill conceived "Rocket Rods" that replaced it: ![]() Obviously, I'm going retro and "modeling" (and I use that term loosely) what was my favorite version, the Apollo inspired jets of 1967: ![]() The next big part is the Peoplemover: ![]() |
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Thanks for a very enjoyable history lesson. I guess that I never visited that area of the park, because my kids were 4 and under and we were looking for more "grounded" entertainment.
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