Donald Duck Cartoon "Out of Scale"

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I forgot ol’ Donald Duck had a model railroad but he did. Ok, it’s just a cartoon but it is cute, and maybe this is what got me started in Model Railroading all those years ago[:-^] This cartoon came out in 1951 and Walt Disney finished his backyard railroad in 1950: Coincidence?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH7vb71oy_M

Wayne

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Those two always did give him trouble.

Yes it would be nice to have a rr that size in the back yard to take a spin on once in awhile.

Thanks for sharing.

Richard

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Thanks for reviving some old memories Wayne.

cheers

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Thanks for sharing. Been years since I saw it.

Enjoy

Paul

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I always did like Donald Duck., I like the kind of entertainment the kids watched in the 1950’s.

Thanks for sharing.

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This video made my day! Thanks for sharing!

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Entertainment in the good ol’ days of the 1950’s was sure different than what we have today. The idea of taking a phone out of your pocket, taking a photo with it, sending it halfway around the world in 3 nanoseconds, would be something in the Dick Tracy comics…today it is an everyday event.

I just thought it interesting that Donald Duck was concerned about the “scale” of a tree in his backyard railroad empire all the way back in 1951. [swg]

Wayne

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Besides Walt himself, Ward Kimball was a renowned toy train collector and had his own (full size) back yard railroad. I believe some others at Disney were model railroaders too, so they may have been involved in making this cartoon…or some of the guys may have done it to poke fun at Walt and Ward’s love of miniature trains??

[;)]

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Great! Golden Memories. [:)]

Thank you for the link.

Wolfgang

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If it were only so easy to relocate a 1:1 tree like that…

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Wasn’t John Olson a Disney employee? I remember him on an old Kalmbach video about making scenery. He was with Malcom Furlow in the video. Now that I think of it John probably wouldn’t have been employeed at Disney when this cartoon was created, he was probably too young.

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I don’t know about John Olson working for Disney but I got this link from my Nephew and just asked him about it. If he doesn’t know then no one will—he is a huge Disney Aficionado.

Wayne

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From X2011 NMRA Convention, Clinic Description - Disney Railroading

John & Katie Olson

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John Olson was recruited by Walt Disney Imagineering in 1974 when Mike O’Connell (owner of Chooch Enterprises) was working there as a show writer, and producing a film on model railroading for Kalmbach Publishing, which featured a few of John’s dioramas. John began with Disney as a model b
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DSchmitt,

Thanks, I just forwarded your reply to my nephew, you do good research. And Fast Too!

Wayne

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I remember that cartoon from when I was a kid. Now I have a 7 1/2 inch gage railroad in on the place. I wounder if that cartoon was in the back of my mind all these years. HUmmmmmm.

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That cartoon is also included on the DVD of Chip 'n Dale cartoons. I think it’s the only one Disney sells exclusively of them.

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Couldn’t understand Donald when I was 7, still can’t recognize any word (quack?) he says, great trains though.

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Furlow was also a Dizzyland employee for a number of years before getting into trains. Thats where he first saw foam being used as scenery if my memory is correct. He mentioned it in one of his rare interviews. PS Donald’s ranting temper and scale obsessed character were supposed to be modeled after the guy who signed thier paychecks LOL.

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I just can’t get over him ranting about things being out of scale! It’s almost like him shouting “that’s not prototypical”![:D] How funny.