G rated!! How many of you have a church on your layout? I will have one as the center of the town.
There’s one in the town on my layout.
And Jetrock, I am familiar with what you’re talking about. I have some old Railroad magazines from the 60’s-70’s and one issue from 1955. The ones from the early 60’s don’t have a whole lot of girl pictures in them, but in the issues from the 70’s almost half the photos are of girls. I’m sure that the whole contorversy surrunding this cost them a lot of readers and lead to the magazne’s demise.
Yep, right there between the bordello and the saloon.[:D][;)][}:)][:p][alien][X-)][%-)][D)][(-D][:-,]
Speaking of saloon’s I need a name for my saloon. Any Ideas?
I was going to go with “Borracho Bar and Grill” but have been thinking of using one of the 3 famous bars mentioned in the THHGTTG.
Here are my choices from the Guide:
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Slit’s Throat Emporium
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The Bistro Illegal
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The Evildrome Booze-a-rama.
I kinda like the way #3 rolls of the tongue, BTW Milliway’s is already taken, its going to be the only restaraunt in town ( has a great view ).
Any other ideas, they should be clever and/or funny. All are welcome to contribute though.
Vsmith, any of the HHGTTG options would be an excellent choice. [:p] Don’t forget to have a sign out front advertising specials for Ol’ Janx and Gargle Blasters.
I mean really, who cares!!!
My layout’s gonna be G. I don’t have kids, I’m 13. My layout is just going to Western RR’s in the 40’s and 50’s and It’ll be a a pleasant atmosphere. NO sexual conduct for me , thanks
Dear Snake,
I will have a cathedral just as soon as I can find 1:48 marble and granite, and just as soon as the model railroad club on my model railroad sells their land. Until then, somenthing plasticville-esque will have to do.
Dear jetrock,
You must be a teacher. “Pulchritude,” “prurient,” “ardent lecher;” if it weren’t for my habbit of reading the dictionary, I would have been increscently befuddled as your soliloquoy progressed. So far my layout is at most PG.
Dear vsmith,
Ordinarily I agree with you, but here…come on… If some of us want our model railroads to be a fantasy and escape, well, we have a word for that: freelanced. If it weren’t for that wonderful word, I would have no justification for planning on structures modeled after many different railroads. And so, if we want to create a world free of sexual content, crime, and worst of all, intercity trucking [:)], then just let us have our fun with book stores that sell no less than 57 different railway periodicals and movie theaters that are always showing Dougleheaded Freight on the Cumbres and Toltec, Rotary Snowplows on the Cumbres and Toltec, Pentrex’s Big Boys, and slide shows of Uncle Ed’s most recent trip to Tehachapi Loop. Besides, just think of what my wholesome 1940’s-50’s era model people would think if I created some prurient establishment between the respectable institutions of the UP ticket office and the model train store [:)]. But, given the contrasts between your layout and my planned layout, I think I have just come up with a new slogan: “We’ll get you to Kneading or the Chicken L’Orange is free [:)].”
Keep in mind that I am currently listening to Christmas music–even though it’s Lent.
No hard feelings,
Daniel
P.S.
You forgot to include the option “I have no scenery” in the poll.
I never though about it, but when I get around to the scenery, I might use a few double entendres. I find that kind of thing amusing, and I don’t have to worry about kids (I’m 17) except my sister, and she is only two years younger.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by trainjunky29
Well go for it, I never said it was a bad thing, just that i found the realism of certain era’s (warts and all), more interesting than an “Ozzie and Harriet” version of it. To be sure i dont intend on glorifying an era from the past, there are many aspects of the past I detest and refuse to even consider as part of the history of my layout (Racism, McCarthyism, J Edgar Hoover in a dress, well, maybe that one…)
Afterall, its your layout, do with it what you will. i want to have fun and that includes being a little off center with my sense of humor… and addrerssing the more interesting historical features of a small desert town in the 50’s would have. So as the layout progresses the hidden jokes and surprises will be included, and woe to the poor schuck who gets too close to Madame Orr’s House or to the Bisto Illegal where Ol’ Janx is half off at happy hour…
(Dont worry too much about the NC-17 rating, like most movies that recieve it very few actually deserve it, so it will be more the Pirates of the Caribean version of a Shady Ladies establishment[;)])
I know I roaming a bit, had dinner and had the nearest Earth equivelent to a Pan Galactic GargleBlaster IOW a Georges Special at Mijares Mexican Restaraunt here in Pasadena, time to go kick back and watch the groove tube…BTW how else do you expect me to survive watching “Joan of Arcadia” [xx(] Later Vic
BTW #2 our Christmas Tree is still up, it doesnt come down until Easter.
[:D]
Okay, here’s a question–if you use mashed-up nudie magazines in the papier-mache’ for your scenery, what is the rating of your layout? I guess it depends on how thick a layer of plaster you put over them…
If you want a list of real bars, vsmith, here’s a list of real bars that existed in Sacramento in 1961 and 1967, rudely lifted from my friend Dave Smith’s “Sacramento: City of a Beer” webpage (www.nokilli.com/sacto/)–I’m going to model the King of Clubs. Not all are winners, but there might be some food for thought here…
The 1961 List:
- Achilles Heel (Piano bar nightly)
- Branding Iron
- Can-Can Club
- The Chukker
- King of Clubs
- Club 4
- Club 16
- Club 21
- Club 26
- Club 65
- Club Delta
- The Corker
- Day and Night Bar
- Donner Club
- Fore ‘n’ Aft Club
- The Glacier
- Happy Time Pete’s
- Hawaiian Hut
- Hinkey Dinkey Cafe
- Howdy Club
- The Loading Chute
- The Coral Reef
- Mark Twain Club
- Mel-o-dee Club
- Mister Patches
- Moderne Club
- Movie Club
- Pall Mall
- Panther Room
- The Playroom
- Red Fox
- Restless Guns
- Shangri-La Club
- Square Deal Cafe
- Star Cafe
- Stardust Room
- Stark Club (yes, Stark, not Stork)
- Surf Room
- Tan-Tan Cafe
- Top Hat
- Trophy Room
- Tropicana
- Velvet Hammer
- Velvet Slipper
- Western Cafe
- White House
- Zombie Hut
The 1967 List:
- A Go-Go Club
- Antonina’s
- The Berry Patch
- The Blue Bird
- The Body Shop
- Circus Tent
- Cleopatra
- Club Mai Tai
- Club Maverick
Mine is basically G to PG rated but I do have some scenes depicting intoxicated men by a saloon, a hobo camp, and a “lady of the evening.” I never thought of putting adult scenes on my layout but I have nothing against people that do.
I always thought my layout would be like an R Rated comedy. With Bizzare and wild, sometimes insane but almost always humorous scenes scattered around the layout.
A few examples.
Red Lights in all the sleeping cars
“Honest Carr’s Used Johns”- Great Deals on Reliable Family Toilets. (Picture a lot with neatly lined up toilets being examined by Value seaking couples)
The movie “American Pie” playing at the drive in movie. (Not quite in sink with my late 60s time frame. But a movie that would be X-rated given the time frame.)
The "High-Flyer’s Night club. Where all the patrons are presumably stoned as everyone is Naked and standing on the cealing. (Just picture an entire room turned upside down)
A red light district. I am still out if I want to sugar coat it or get vivid imagry.
And this Idea I am stealing off of a layout I saw on a video. (Title escapes me at the moment) Prophylactic-Pyrotecnics. “Fireworks for that special someone”
Just some of my zaney ideas.
James.
the closest thing i have to anything naughty n my layou tout is a WW2 B-24 bomber modeled in a model mueseum after “The Dragon and Its Tail” i’ve even seen a real B-24 from teh Collins foundation with one side painted as the plane i mentioned. since it was buzzing my town at a low enough altude for me to see the pilot, i’m thank full the side with teh girl was facing the woods… it visted my local airport. it seems parents either didn’t know or didn’t care, but the Dragon and its tail is a famous b-24 so i guess it escapes this one. after all, its educational. she wasn’t drawn that great anyway, lol
also, never bring your kids to the USAF mueseum in ohio. that was interesting.
Based on Jetrocks 1950’s -60’s nightclub list…
Looking at this list I surprised at just how different the take on the name is today vs yesteryear. Today some of these names would be right at home in L.A.'s vibrant Club scene and I would NOT want to go into anything today with some of these names…
Gay bars:
- Achilles Heel (Piano bar nightly)
- Branding Iron
- The Corker
- Day and Night Bar
- Fore ‘n’ Aft Club (holy smokes is this a red flag!)
- The Loading Chute (see above)
- Mister Patches
- The Playroom
- Restless Guns
- Velvet Hammer
- Velvet Slipper
The 1967 List:
- The Body Shop (red flag if theres a guy on the marque!)
- The Gay Lantern (oh boy need I say anything?)
- Gay Ninety’s Room
- The Gilded Cage ( La Cage la Faux? [sp] )
- The Recess Room
- The Diddly
Stripper bars:
- Branding Iron
- Can-Can Club
- Fore ‘n’ Aft Club
- Mel-o-dee Club
- Moderne Club
- Pall Mall
- Panther Room
- The Playroom
- Red Fox
- Restless Guns
- Shangri-La Club
- Trophy Room
- Tropicana
- Velvet Hammer
- Velvet Slipper
The 1967 List:
- A Go-Go Club
- The Body Shop ( there really IS one here called this)
- Circus Tent
- Cleopatra
- Doll House
- Doubleplay
- Joker Club
- Lefty’s Playboy
- The Pink Slip
- Ton’s Playgirl Club (“easy to find, hard to leave”)
- The Playmate Lounge
- The Recess Room
Western/Cowboy/Sportsmans Bars:
- Branding Iron
- The Glacier
- Howdy Club
- Mark Twain Club
- Restless Guns
- Trophy Room
- Western Cafe
The 1967 List:
- Club Maverick
- Cow Town
- The Golden Horse
- Outpost
Dance Hall clubs:
- Can-Can Club
- Moderne Club
- Panther Room
Unless you can find something above G-rated in a vast expanse of styrofoam, no, my layout is fine [:p]
Same here. I am thinking about modeling either the 1950s or the modern era, but there certainly won’t be anything explicit or vulgar on the layout. Me and one of my friends were just talking today about how you can’t even watch a good movie without something of that nature in it.[V]
none of the above. no scenery! no skin either. i’m bashful.[:o)][;)][angel][angel][:-^]
[:D][angel][angel][:-^]
In my former club we had a big layout. In a forrest was a clearance with a couple…[:-^][:D] It was created as a joke from us adults.
I must stand on tiptoe to see the scene and im 6ft 2 in tall. And none of our youthmembers knew this scene.
My future layout will also be strickly G rated. Not because of little kids who may visit. ( Heck, they’ll see and learn enough between their friends at school and life in general). Like many have already stated, I also want to recreate the innocent atmosphere that I remember when I was a kid with my first LIONEL setup during Christmas. Can’t wait to fini***hat extra room for the trains!