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Super User 749 posts jmt99atsf Super User 749 posts
jmt99atsf

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This is a still picture of the UFO scene on my N-Scale ATSF Paradigm Division that was posted on my YouTube channel as part of a subscriber contest video a couple of months ago.  The UFO and the beam were both 3D printed.  The light was created using a LED glued into the top of the beam and controlled by wires leading to a LED tester off camera.  Every few months I like to have a funny incident, such as UFOs and/or a Bigfoot (an actual N-Scale figure) sighting.

Modeling the ATSF Paradigm Division in N-Scale 

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johnsong53 Regular poster 162 posts
johnsong53

Roswell

Since it is on the ATSF is the city's name Roswell? 

Greg

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barr_ceo Super User 3,278 posts
barr_ceo

Well, his might not b, but mine was....

...these shots are from an N-Trak corner module I used to have...

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It's a typical tourist trap, taking advantage of the gullible and credulous.

 

The saucer is from a key chain light... I opened it up and put a large RGB LED cluster inside, setting up each color to flash independantly

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jmt99atsf Super User 749 posts
jmt99atsf

Great Fun

Great idea to use the saucer from the key chain light.  It is always a lot of fun to add humor to our layouts.

John

 
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jmt99atsf Super User 749 posts
jmt99atsf

Not Roswell

Greg,

Sorry but it is not Roswell (I freelance model the ATSF from KC, MO into part of KS).  The UFO was actually beaming down crates of toilet paper and hand sanitizer for my N-Scale people to help with the current crisis. The layout has had a previous UFO incident where the Army had to get involved so it might be getting a bit of a Roswell atmosphere.

John
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sd40-2fan Regular poster 207 posts
sd40-2fan

Moonbeam, ON

Ah but there is the prototype which frequents Moonbeam, ON dailyb78b9d_h.jpg 

Ken Stroebel

Kawartha Lakes Railway

Editor - Ontario Northland Railway Historical & Technical Society

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jimfitch Prolific poster 5,282 posts
jimfitch

What, no Star Ship Enterprise

What, no Star Ship Enterprise anywhere?  It would qualify as a UFO if on a 20th century layout.  Remember the episode "Tomorrow is Yesterday"

There is a layout at the Timonium show that features a UFO on one of the modules.

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Jim Fitch
northern VA
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barr_ceo Super User 3,278 posts
barr_ceo

Well, in the re-boot...

The Enterprise (Kelvin timeline) was built in a shipyard in Iowa. Didn't see any rail facility in the movie, , but it certainly isn't beyond the realm of possibility parts would be delivered by rail.

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The Prime Timeline Constitution-class Enterprise is 288.6 meters in length, while the Galaxy-class Enterprise-D is 641 meters in length, but both are topped by the Kelvin Timeline Constitution-class Enterprise that has a length of 1,200 meters, according to the 2009 reference book Star Trek – The Art of The Film.Jul 21, 2017
It's.... big. Really big... the Kelvin timeline Enterprise (from the J. J. Abrams reboot, the only one built ON Earth, rather than ABOVE it, Chris Pine as Kirk...) would be 13.77 Meters long in HO (!!)  and 7.5 m in N...
 
Yeah.... It's big...
 
The TOS (The Original Series) Enterprise (William Shatner's Kirk) was "only" 288.6 m, which is 3.313 m in HO, 1.803 m in N (5.92 feet, which just barely fits on a six foot module. 
 
The ST:TNG (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Picard) Enterprise D  works out to be 7.35 m in HO, and 4.006 m in N. 
 
Both of these were assembled in orbit, in the San Francisco yards. No indication in the lore on where the parts were manufactured. 
 
By way of contrast, the USS Gerald Ford (CVN-78) is 337 m long, ( HO: 3.869 m, N: 2.106 m)
 
Yeah, I'm a Trekker....

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mopac jack Active Member 62 posts
mopac jack

Roswell

Yes, It should be called...Roswell!   All The Best!       MoPac Jack
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jmt99atsf Super User 749 posts
jmt99atsf

Nice

I wonder if it has been investigated by the Ancient Aliens show on the History Channel.
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jmt99atsf Super User 749 posts
jmt99atsf

Sorry but no Enterprise

We watch the Ancient Aliens show and I sort of used their UFO descriptions as my inspiration.....
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