My Hobby Room

[Claus]

Still Growing.
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[A32Limited]

Your collection is awesome...you should convert a couple of those tractors to radio control.

[Claus]

Thanks, forgot this one.http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/C-Claus/HPIM1975.jpg
I have two loops of O Gauge trains running around the top of the room.

[Claus]

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[Romelio]

Man I hope all of that is insured. Would be tragic if your ever caught on fire. :(. Beautiful collection none the less.

[SmallHaul]

Now THAT is a hobby room! very nice!

[Espeefan]

Holy smokes, Claus! A little bit of everything inside that hobby room! :D Nice collection! I could hang out in a room like that for hours!

[Claus]

Thanks guys! I guess I have a problem.

[Bullitt]

I don't think I would ever leave that room!

Harry

[tracksntreadslou]

Great collection ..now you will have to start on the r/c stuff...lol then youll have a problem ..How much of your collection is 1/16?

[rappy]

I dont know what to say its the best do want to swap houses lol:D

[Pipeliner_970]

Now that is a fantastic collection! The only problem that I see is that you may eventually run out of room. :D

[ihbuilder]

WOW !! And I thought I was bad . I got 1 loop around my living room with a 10' truss bridge and 4' truss bridge and still have to finish a 8' arch truss . I didn't get to the second rail yet .

IHSteve

[sparkycuda]

A wonderful collection. Anyone that runs "The Texas Special" is very all-right with this Frisco nut! I model Frisco in HO scale during the orange & white diesel-era. All of your collection is first-class and I enjoy the combination of trains, trucks, or tractors.

Ken

[DieselKid]

Wow!, awesome accumulation of models Craig! I wish our tractor room still had that many pieces in it but seeing yours brings back some memories. And trains!!....looks like you've got all the bases covered when it comes to the different gauges.

Neat stuff! :)

-Alex

[Claus]

Thanks Alex!, most of the trains are O Gauge, four of the locomotives and a few cars are G Gauge.

Do you have any farm toys left Alex?

[fhhhstix]

Wow! Well maby we need to start a help group for those of us with a modeling problem. LOL

[Claus]

Wow! Well maby we need to start a help group for those of us with a modeling problem. LOL

Sign me up! Can I bring some toys?

[DieselKid]

Thanks Alex!, most of the trains are O Gauge, four of the locomotives and a few cars are G Gauge.

Do you have any farm toys left Alex?

Yeah we've still got quite a few between Dad and I. I don't really have many of the older pieces like he does, just a couple that I picked up at auctions here and there. He sold the bulk of his Deere stuff to a guy in Kansas City a few years back, all except most of the Precision Series pieces... he likes to use those as bargaining chips when he sees something rare at a show that's worth trading for. Although most of the implements we had are still stored away in the attic.

Now he's working on collecting most all of the Deere industrial yellow pieces like the skidder, loaders, grader, etc.


-Alex

[Mrfish55]

Very nice collection, and the way you have it displayed makes it even better.

[AZLIGHTNING]

I am in speechless, fabulous Collection I too could spend hours in their, what a Great Collection you have thank you for sharing.

[skidder]

model shop owners must lov you :) NICE ONE!!

[Claus]

Thanks for all the compliments guys! When people I work with ask me what my hobbies are I tell them I don't have any, never figured anybody would understand.

[FreddyGearDrive]

Beautiful,just beautiful!Hobby room?? Looks more like hobby museum.
Now,that's some thing to be very proud of! Thanks for givin us a look.
FGD

[rcguyfarms]

I see a lawn of red with some green and orange weeds. nice collection of trains and diecast trucks.

[FabOne]

Pretty impressive collection Claus!

Terry
(DieselKid's Dad)

[Claus]

Thanks Terry!

[ddc333]

I'm jealous what a great collection any green in the tractor collection ??

[cummingsman29]

Very nice toy room!!

[CorbettTrailers]

Thanks for all the compliments guys! When people I work with ask me what my hobbies are I tell them I don't have any, never figured anybody would understand.

Yea, I've gotten some weird looks when I tell people I'm into R/C cars. Only because alot of people think first of the Cheap ones. Not knowing that there are very expensive ones out there.

[Claus]

I'm jealous what a great collection any green in the tractor collection ??

Yes look again you will see 70,720,4020 NF,4000 WF, 5010,5020,4620,4630,4440,4640,8560 and a 9400.

I forgot the 45 combine.

[Brian in PA]

Nice collection man!! A nice variety of cheap (yeah right) hobbies:D:D Nice collection of AC tractors too. I got a 190xt a 190 landhandler and a 7045, very cool!!

Brian

[Claus]

Thanks Brian,

I love AC.http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/C-Claus/002-1.jpg
But I'm also guilty of going green.
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[rc_farmer]

W:eek:W Craig, that is an awsome layout you have there. That yellow Cat in the case seems to be trying to get out.......it wants a motor in it...:D

[Claus]

Rob I have a Tonka Cat Challenger that someday I will get around to finishing.

Thanks!

[Claus]

My wife bought me this new Kinze grain cart for my b-day last week, I love it.
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[Espeefan]

That's a nice cart you have there. Who makes those?

[Claus]

Spec-Cast. They made three variations, 66" tires, row crop duals and tracks.

[tc1cat]

Very nice!! Your choice of how to display the collection really does makes it even better!

[DieselKid]

Perfect timing for that grain cart Craig.....a buddy of mine in IL said they already started taking off corn early this week!

Looks great behind the Steiger!:)

-Alex

[Bodyman]

nice collection. how do you keep the dust off them. do you dust often
thats the problem i have
thanks
steve

[Ace Trucker]

really nice collection ya got there

[Snowman]

I like the shelves you have for displaying your locomotives and rolling stock, very very neat solution. Love the sword peterbilts, I cracked when I saw one, got myself a grey triaxle pete with the nelson ramp trailer, difficult to come by over the pond.

[justinart24]

Killer collection!

[jffhrvstr]

Nice collection of models!!

[Stuff]

very nice collection! I have always wanted to do the "around the room" track like that!

[Claus]

Thanks everybody! I was able to add three more red ones to the cabinet today, the 1066 white stripe, 1456 with rops and the 6588 2+2.
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[Claus]

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[Brian in PA]

Cool Dude! Lovin those V8 '68"s!

Brian

[9W Monighan]

Nice IH collection. I have a couple red and green tractors but mainly my shelves are stuffed with yellow ones--Caterpillar. Haven't counted lately but somewhere around 350pcs.

[ihbuilder]

Cool Dude! Lovin those V8 '68"s!

Brian

yes brian that motor is the DV550 , ancestor to my 9 litter . from the looks of it ,they got it scaled out well .

thats quite a collection :eek:

IHSteve

[Espeefan]

Great collection of red Precisions, Craig. I never thought I'd get into collecting the 1/16 scale models that much. When I was growing up, I stuck to the 1/64 scale machines, because they took up less space, but when I saw the 3688 2+2, I was hooked and now I have 7 of these Precision models. An 8th soon.

Thanks for sharing the photos. By the way, judging from the rain cap on the 1466, it looks like you forgot to shut her down, after making room for the new IHs! :D

[Claus]

Can't beat the IH 5488!
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[Claus]

I wanted a white stripe 1066 with a rops and canopy and Ertl has not built us one so I built my own.

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Had to trade some green tractors to get the extra 1066 and the 1456 rops and fenders but is was well worth it to me.

[Stuff]

kinda reminds me of my dad's old Cockshutt tractor when i was growing up. more so the fenders and lights.

also i have a 8588 rc from back in the early 80's. not sure where the remote is though. it goes forward all the time and you hit the one button on the remote to make it stop and reverse/turn.

[mazdaparts]

They say there is a fine line between hobby and obsession. I say they are just jealous. That is a very fine collection. I have been to some farm toy shows and the models aren't that nice or displayed that well. Well done sir, well done.

[Claus]

They say there is a fine line between hobby and obsession. I say they are just jealous. That is a very fine collection. I have been to some farm toy shows and the models aren't that nice or displayed that well. Well done sir, well done.


Thank you, I really appreciate that! A couple weeks ago I added a couple of shelves, the Magnums now have their own home. At the time of these photos I had made room for the 5488 but it had not made it here yet.
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Also got my Steiger off of the floor and my Allis Chalmers Precisions more in view.
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[Snochaser]

Claus, are your NS Dash9's O or G scale?

Ben

[Stuff]

very nice shots there! love the trains to!

[Claus]

Claus, are your NS Dash9's O or G scale?

Ben

Ben I do not own a GE locomotive in the whole collection. I have two Norfolk Southern GP60 and two Norfolk Southern SD70M-2 in O gauge and two Norfolk Southern SD70 MAC in G gauge. The two SD70MAC in G gauge are from USA Trains but are not really correct, first off Norfolk Southern never owned any SD70MAC locomotives, secondly they have the white above the windshield but no horse head logos in the NS on the side of the locomotive.

O gauge SD70M-2
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[Snochaser]

Oh, I thought they were, the pictures are great and make that much more apparent. I would love to have a NS Dash9 from Aristo-Craft.

[vmilnik]

love all the trains very nice

[Claus]

Oh, I thought they were, the pictures are great and make that much more apparent. I would love to have a NS Dash9 from Aristo-Craft.

I have two of the Aristo-Craft SD45 locos in Santa Fe paint, I have had Phoenix Sound added to one of them. They make a nice smooth running locomotive. You will be happy with them.

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[Rpp Hobby]

I really like the train running around the top walls I want to do something like that. But my man cave is like a barn shape

[Claus]

Thanks! I wish I would have run the G gauge up there instead of the O stuff. I like O gauge but the G would have showed off really well going around a room like that.

[vmilnik]

do you have a g scale layout?

[Claus]

do you have a g scale layout?

No, I don't. I either should have never bought the G gauge or had them on my shelve layout. A friend of mine had gotten into G gauge and I got sucked in. G gauge has good details and a lot of nice, heavy, modern freight but to do it right you need to build a garden railroad. Taken trains outside when I want to run them for an hour or so does not interest me and I have plenty of yard work as it is without adding a garden railroad to maintain. Some folks have beautiful garden layouts and enjoy them very much, it's just not my cup of tea. Occasionally I have set up a large loop running through the living room, dinning room and entry way but that's about it.