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Title: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: Skywalker on January 28, 2011, 21:24:11
This came today - I`m so happy. The Set is 99% complete and it looks like new.  :love:
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Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: Wolf Knight on January 28, 2011, 21:44:41
 :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: I envy you Skywalker!!! What an amazing set!!! Congratulations!!!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: skypurr on January 28, 2011, 22:14:52
Lucky You, well done  :clap:  This is a fantastic set :inlove: :inlove: :inlove:
I'd love this, but everytime I see one they're too expensive for me  :'(

Elaine (http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/mgqueen.gif)
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: bonniebeth on January 28, 2011, 22:19:44
FANTASTIC!!  :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: This is such a great set! Someday... :cloud9:
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on January 28, 2011, 23:46:05
A great set to have :)9! I had one long ago & the African/American baby in itself was quite a gem :high5:! Thank you for showing us this beautiful set! :thanks: Flatcat's on the porch roof :0!
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: Playmoholics on January 29, 2011, 02:06:12
Congratulations on obtaining such a wonderful set and wonderful pictures, as always  ;D  :**:
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: Tiermann on January 29, 2011, 03:25:57
Congratulations, it's a wonderful set.
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: tonguello on January 29, 2011, 11:17:59
That set is soooooo cool!!! I envy you too!! Congratz!!
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: kaethe on January 29, 2011, 13:42:10
congratulations, it is a beautiful set.  i love the double hung windows and the stationmaster's watch.
kaethe
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: Wesley Myers on January 29, 2011, 16:00:44
I think you needed this for your train.

However, it will be an addiction to wanting to get more Western sets.  I got that train station, no box, the other summer and I have been been fighting the urge to get more and more western.  The only thing that has stopped me is it is not readily available AND there are so many more sets to get in the mean time that I want.
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: Skywalker on January 29, 2011, 19:03:32

Wesley: Same with me...But the hole western / train thing is too good. The funny thing is that i started also again to watch western classics like rio bravo , the good the bad the ugly etc. and i was totaly into the whole western thing again. i do like the western dioramas from the 80´s / early 90´s ( catalogues / packshots ) the most - after medieval. so when working on the other dioramas i had so much ideas for the western world that i had to expand the collection - there will be a big western diorama !
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: Skywalker on January 29, 2011, 19:11:03
ps  : i started working on some costum western houses ( hotel / bank / saloon etc ) i made out of wood and the results are really good. this was also a argument the expand the western world. the train station will be a highlight and i was just lucky to get it in this condition ( like new ! ) the price was more than reasonable as it was the 8th bidding i did with a lower budget and was the lucky winner of the ebay auction.

Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: bonniebeth on January 29, 2011, 19:47:35
I love Rio Bravo!  :love: One of my all time favorites. I grew up on westerns.

You definitely have to have this set if you want to reproduce The Last Train From Gun Hill.  :yup:
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: Skywalker on January 29, 2011, 21:29:34
after i saw "once upon a time in the west " ( for the first time !!! ) 8 weeks ago - there was no stopping for the whole wild west / train thing for me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgXFA_yP3jw
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: WarriorOfToys on January 29, 2011, 22:34:26
Nice! :)9
This is an excellent set!
Very cool! :wow:
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: Justindo on January 30, 2011, 06:35:54
That's a great set, Skywalker!   :cowboy: I really wish I had bought more Western buildings like this one, the church/school, the ranch, the drug-store, the water tower, the windmill, etc.  My Western town is pretty pitiful with only a few buildings.  I wish Playmobil would start up their Western theme again.
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: Wesley Myers on January 30, 2011, 21:41:55
That's a great set, Skywalker!   :cowboy: I really wish I had bought more Western buildings like this one, the church/school, the ranch, the drug-store, the water tower, the windmill, etc.  My Western town is pretty pitiful with only a few buildings.  I wish Playmobil would start up their Western theme again.

There is the Antex company in South America (Argentina, to be exact) that still makes the olde western buildings.  You could really fill out a town with them!  They sell on ebay and if you search on this site you can find some discussions about them.
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: playmojager on January 30, 2011, 21:52:17
Fantastic set, I am sure you will enjoy it.  :wave:
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: tonguello on January 31, 2011, 01:50:42
There is the Antex company in South America (Argentina, to be exact) that still makes the olde western buildings.  You could really fill out a town with them!  They sell on ebay and if you search on this site you can find some discussions about them.

yes but only the buildings are good, clickies and accesories are just %&#%$".
and IMO overpriced.
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: Skywalker on January 31, 2011, 22:17:09
thx for the nice feedback  :wave:

i must say that the best western houses i saw were customs build out of several houses with selfmade stickers etc. but like i said i will build them out of wood .makes more fun and safes a lot of money
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: Wesley Myers on February 01, 2011, 02:38:26
I think that's a great idea!  You can make it look how you want, then. 

Any idea of what you wanted them to look like?
Title: Re: Skywalker Addition to the Western World - 3770 Colorado Springs Train Station
Post by: Skywalker on February 01, 2011, 21:23:03
Wesley: the front will look like the originals but with a second floor. i am planning some new stores like a gun shop etc. there are a lot of ideas for a saloon - i have some custom playmos ready for that. still looking for a piano for a decent price :(...

the landscape will also be a big part of the project and i am really looking forward to a quiet weekend to start...