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Platte Canyon Christmas

A Rio Grande freight waits on snowy rails for a clear signal as a backyard Christmas party deteriorates into a snowball fight.

Uh Santa, has Mrs Claus met the two "new hires" yet?

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Date: Sun December 10, 2006
Views: 3,263
Filesize: 72.6kb
Dimensions: 736 x 600
Keywords: platte canyon christmas
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grande man

Bonafied Grande Nut
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enjineerbill

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Eric,

Oustanding photo!! That should be your Christmas Card this year. Nicely done.

Johnny

May All Your Days, Be CIRCUS Days.

See you down the road,

Johnny

#1 Sun December 10, 2006 8:24pm

grande man

Bonafied Grande Nut

Thanks Johnny. I had fun making the diorama and taking the pic and am glad you enjoyed viewing it. Merry Christmas!

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Wishing you all green boards, Eric

#2 Sun December 10, 2006 9:17pm

jbaakko

Diesel Detail Freak

I love those Preiser Figures, they're on my list for buying, so I have them next Christmas.

Josh

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#3 Sun December 10, 2006 9:48pm

grande man

Bonafied Grande Nut

Hey Josh. The Preiser Santa has been at our LHS since last Christmas. They got the "helpers" in recently and I had to have the set. The kids/snowman are Woodland Scenics.

#4 Sun December 10, 2006 10:34pm

grove den

grove den

I like the Helpers too..
Josh, don't place them on a mirror!!!( to immitate a small pond?)=))

#5 Mon December 11, 2006 3:05pm

kevnbety

Still learning this hobby

Great pic, GM. The snow scene is awsome!

Kevin Beeler
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#6 Mon December 11, 2006 9:51pm

grande man

Bonafied Grande Nut

Jos, So far everyone seems to like the helpers, lol.

Kevin, Thanks for the kind comments.

Merry Christmas everyone!

#7 Tue December 12, 2006 11:38am

Trucula

Drum Driver

Very natural looking!!....great footprint work and the wisp of snow on the rear window of the 55 chevy (?)....Looks very real! Thats about how much snow we had here in Pa last Friday!....

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#8 Tue December 12, 2006 3:56pm

grande man

Bonafied Grande Nut

Thanks Trucula. The footprints were a requirement. When I got the figures placed, I noticed right away that they were needed and added them with an Atlas unpainted figure I had nearby.

The whole diarama, including backdrop, hardshell and track weathering only took about 1 1/2 hours to complete. The pics were made before the plaster was dry, lol. It was a fun project.

#9 Wed December 13, 2006 10:34am

tcwright973

Brakeman

I think I was shortchanged growing up. I never saw any Santa helpers that looked like that. A really nice scene.
Tom

#10 Mon December 25, 2006 2:50pm

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