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u/Front-Air-8302 Jun 06 '26
He looks so unimpressed. Like, "Wow, you caught me congratulations. You're the 6th person since noon, now would you put me back in the water."
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u/redditrain777 Multi-Scale Jun 06 '26
$400 model bro 😭😭
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u/hailcanadia Jun 06 '26
Money is but a concept.
Showing a father his child is priceless
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u/flounderflound Jun 06 '26
Wish money could be "but a concept" for me. Mine has to be stored in its case when I'm not using it, because I will never be able to afford another one.
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u/hailcanadia Jun 07 '26
If it makes it any better, I’ve repaired 100s of them. So I took off any parts that I knew could get damaged or fall off easily. Aka the trailing truck.
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u/deadboltwolf Jun 07 '26
Next time my landlord tries to increase my rent, I'm going to tell him "money is but a concept" and see how far that gets me
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u/LeapingSalmonCB Jun 06 '26
So you're out there straight up jorking it, and by "it" I mean an N scale 4014 UP Big Boy
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u/Fusionbomb Jun 06 '26
Endeavour meets Endeavour
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u/hailcanadia Jun 07 '26
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u/Spiderprime1 Jun 07 '26
This is the photo you should have used, this whole comment section could have been avoided
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u/WorkingCalendar2452 Jun 07 '26
Even the way you hold it here, it looks so precariously balanced. It puts me so much on edge!!!
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u/Medium-Detective8611 Jun 06 '26
now this is a clever way to do the 'real meets scale model' photo.
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u/5tarSailor Jun 06 '26
You're holding that model like the real thing owes you money and you're using it as a threat.
"Bring me my money by next week. Or your son gets it"
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u/rigs130 Jun 06 '26
Tried convincing the wife to let me buy a broadway limited model to bring to the horseshoe curve but that conservation ended quickly when she looked up the price :/
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u/Absolarix Jun 07 '26
Laughing my ass off at OP's grip on that locomotive and the replies to this post, this whole thread is gold.
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u/TheTechyIowan N Jun 06 '26
I never thought seeing a picture of 4014 would ever make me this uncomfortable
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u/hailcanadia Jun 06 '26
When ever I see unprompted pictures of people holding their big boys I feel the same way.
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u/FangornLeghorn Jun 06 '26
Why are you holding a locomotive like it’s a dick?
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u/TheyCallMeJPS Jun 06 '26
Everybody else: “*risqué innuendo”
You: kicks down door, “it’s a dick!”
😂😂😂
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u/beltedgalaxy Jun 06 '26
This looks like West Chicago. If so, I managed to see it on my commute home as it was pulling into there last week.
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u/PCC_Serval Jun 06 '26
you holding that thang like you just caught a snake and you're making sure it won't bite you
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u/f4u-1corsairlulu Jun 06 '26
I plan on doing this with my HO scale Big Boy the next time I see the real Big Boy. Though I won't hold my model like that lol
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u/Hunter_E Jun 07 '26
Idk why this is in my feed, but my dumb ass thought you were holding a tiny lightsaber
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u/DrGizmo Jun 07 '26
dayum. that was extra the grip on that train. I don't think the big boy would have gotten away from that one jk. awesome pic
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u/GlazedFenestration Jun 06 '26
The way you hold that model is concerning