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  • Big all i love your work and cant wait to see more of it to come. the haters watch to see that there acnoliged and thats what they feed off of. i wouldnt even replay to there coments or say anything in the video about them.

  • Hey Al, love your models/vids, inspirational, keep it goin. Ignore the haters/cowards, they are a sad-azz minority who beef from behind a keyboard.

    Peace from Australia

  • that smurf car the real one in the photo, was that graffiti or was that custom by the owner?

  • I also want to thank you for all of your educational videos on weathering and layout stuff (notice I didn't say "Train set"? Haha!) Your work is amazing and from all I can see, you're a good guy with a nice family. Even if you had a record, I wouldn't care! Nobody is perfect and anyone who blasts hate on the internet is not worthy of our time and energy. Just let it go & they'll get tired of trying to upset you if they see it doesn't get to you. Oh & I can't get over how big the baby is already!

  • Big Al! Just wanted to say thanks again for all of your videos. I still don't have all the dope on this 'Tr*inL*fe" BS, but it sounds like you got a raw deal. I appreciate all of the effort, and the MASSIVE amount of time that you put into your YouTube videos. Most people would be charging big money for what you share for free. You are EPIC man. I hope that as time unfolds, your name will be remembered for the contributions you are making to the model railroading community at large. ~DpC

  • Al, Like the hoppers, can't wait to see the Nscale. Tell the haters that high school is over.

  • i need one of those smurftastic hoppercar 

  • Update on the boys condition: He was FINALLY released from the hospital this week and is now in the healing process with MULTIPLE broken bones. I made my statement to the police on Sunday. The thing is I usually NEVER make statements to cops but this is a crime against a child and I do not take that lightly. So I was more than happy to make a statement this time around.

  • is the kid ok? thats so sad and all because of a dickhead in a fancy car trying to race someone

  • The guy who ran over that kid can say hello to my ar-15

  • are you still weathering ho scale trains because on April 29 2011 i will be geting a csx athearn c44-9w and i was wondering if you big Al mayo could weaather it?

  • Who is this Badnews97 dude??? Badnews97 is a JEALOUS man. Don't be jealous Badnews, lets see YOUR website... lets see YOUR model railroad, lets see YOUR videos helping us modelers who are trying to get better and perfect our craft. I've started to spend my money and time on model railroading because of Big Al Mayo. I don't care what he might have done in his past (or present). Badnews, get a life (or don't). We don't care. I thank Big Al for his help!

  • yup.. you were the reason i joined train life........... this makes me want to quit....

  • Go Al Go! Give them Hell!

  • to:@BadNews97 Are You F'n Kiding Me !!!

    We Have Some Web site sugestions For You. 1st)Im A hater.com 2nd)Im A Dumb ass .com .

    and now my personal favorite 3rd) I cant Frick'n Spell.com. Come on its criminals Dumb ass

    Me I thank I can Speak For must If not All of Big Al's Frinds And fans we dont give A rats ass what he or any one in his famly ever did in the past we love big Al

    Thanx For your time sincerely 6ftwoody -akaSadbastard3839

  • Hey Al those Sharpie Pens are they any good for fine lining on Passenger Coaches? And if so do they come in a Straw/Yellow Color?

    As for your haters mate well I wouldnt be giving them any attention as thats what they want. A chance to say they had you doing a "shout out" to them or whatever there small minds come up with.

    Anyway mate love your work!

    Feel like doing an Australian Wagon?

  • Thanks, Al. I have ben an HO fanatic since I was a kid. My dad bought himself, my little bro and me pairs of Athearn F7 Baltimore & Ohio Diesels with atlas track and I have been hooked ever since. We built a spare 4 X 8 layout with cork roadbed and you have put me back into my childhood. I think the GG-1 other than the UP Big Boy is the greatest locomotive EVER built. You are a GREAT MODELER and I super enjoy watching your videos. Stay warm and safe. Keep up the sterling workPeace Out! Thanks!

  • Yo Al why did you log off train life for good? :'(

  • Hey Big Al! I've got some great sugestions for your new website that are off the chain! Any of these would work and are a lot more truthful too! 1)Im a hack con artist.com 2) My whole family are ciminals.com and now my personal favorite 3) IM A CONVICTED FELON.COM! Oh you didnt tell them "Big Al" ? Well, Its public record! Alfred Parker Mayo II was tried and found guilty By the State of Conneticut of FELONY LARCENY 53A-124 I'll be posting his family's other charges daily
  • I wanted to leave this here and I wanted to address it because there are some dumb ass people who hate. First off I am certainly NOT a felon and never was. Second, my little misdemeanor conviction was back when I was 19 years old. Lastly I tell people I am a BAD BOY & I don't hide it. I never said 'Welcome to Big Als site where I am an Angel.' People know that I am a retired Bad Boy with a imperfect past. So what is your point? Also I was ONLY in a trial as a Juror in 06' dumb ass.

  • Here is another fact you were NOT aware of too. Convicted Felons are NOT allowed to be on a Jury Panel so if I was a Felon i would not have been on the Jury in 06'. So try again dip shit. I love how some idiots think that I am supposed to feel ashame or feel like less of a man because I have a misdemeanor on my record from more than 10 years ago. So make a new account, re-read your "source" and post it correctly dipshit. No one with real shit.....

  • to:@BadNews97 Are You F'n Kiding Me !!!

    We Have Some Web site sugestions For You. 1st)Im A hater.com 2nd)Im A Dumb ass .com .

    and now my personal favorite 3rd) I cant Frick'n Spell.com. Come on its criminals Dumb ass

    Me I thank I can Speak For must If not All of Big Al's Frinds And fans we dont give A rats ass what he or any one in his famly ever did in the past we love big Al

    Thanx For your time sincerely 6ftwoody -akaSadbastard3839

  • @BadNews97 you have no life do you?

  • @BadNews97 lololol...someones mad!

  • @BadNews97 hey BadNews97, if you have to atack someone on youtube you have no life. you are lower then the low from high school. i have more respect for people in jail then i have for you. i dont see why you cant seem to grow the #@&% up and go your own way. is Big Al doing any harm to you? are you losing sleep at night? i dont think so. so grow the %#&$ up and move on in your life.

  • Dude I just had an epiphany! Since you now have your own website, Then create a forum type website similar to T***nl**fe and then we can all join that site.

  • Great job man, you're published now!

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  • Love your Update Al.. Great Job !! Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing..

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  • great vid m8.. lot of websites go thru the same shit..

    check my profile.. great crew

  • Lookin hot as always big Al! Peace

  • Im pretty sure the loosers at the weathering shop couldnt come close to the quality and work of that Smurftastic hopper you built.

  • Big Al, sorry to hear about the incident with that total ass clown. What goes around bro. Keep it real, BTW I love the smurf hoppers

  • Cool Al there looking so sweet mate ,,as for trainlife never been there and after what they did to you bro dont even wont to look there it places like that that give our hobby a bad name ,guess that why l like my own little forum becouse we keep it real and fun ,,any way looking forward to seeing them when finished Al top work you are doing as allways peaces out bro.....

  • Sweet man, great work! I'm not with Trainlife, but from what I heard happened over there kept me from it. There isn't a "correct" way to do this hobby, and whoever critiques you unjustly is just jealous about your work. Haters are only gonna hate. And about that kid, I hope he's alright. God bless you for what you did.

  • Al, keep up the great work!! Theirs ""NOBODY"" in the hobby that puts more into it than you, they try.... but it just ain't happen'en, keep it Rockin!! always fun to watch. (from the sign guy Erie, PA)

  • Keep up the awesome work!!!

  • Furk trainlife. Al maybe u should start a similar website and show them who is boss!

  • last time I checked, when "street artists" duplicate their work, there's always going to be slight deviations.

    So if the 2 cars your doing aren't "Perfect" thats actually more prototypical, no?

    gonna read your letter on your site. I'm still hoping this whole issue can be resolved.

    J.....

  • Al, are you going back to trainlife? If not, let me know and I'll remove my account. I'm only there because you were there. Take care and keep doing what you're doing!!!!

  • Props on the newspaper article, and I know what you mean with people calling it a "Train Set" drives me bonkers but I let it slide. So we've seen all the professional videos from you, let's see the blooper reel.

  • Big Al! the Smurftastic hoppers are sick!! Screw Trainlife!!!!

  • Great newspaper article -- and your kids are adorable, they are all that is important. You turned me on to Trainlife -- and you just turned me off to them! Forget about those that hate, they can't measure up to what you have and those that stand with you. I enjoy all that you do, you really have a great talent.

  • Keep up the good work bruh!

  • Man Al hate to hear that about that kid. I hope that guy gets whats coming to him, but if he's well to do like you say he'll probably just get a slap on the wrist and some probation. F up world we live in sometime. And just for the record YOU are the reason I joined Trainlife, been thinking about leaving because of the way you got treated. Haven't posted on your vids in sometime but that doesn't mean I ain't watched them all. Keep doin what your doin I'm with you all the way. VA

  • Top job on the hopper cars!, sorry to hear about the trainlife drama. Shit if it wasn't for you i wouldn't have even known about Trainlife!!

    Keep cool

    Steve

    New Zealand

  • THANK YOU GUYS!

    I posted an update on my website about the Trainlife Saga. It is my email response to Tasha about the situation. It is kind of long but well worth reading to see where I stand on the whole situation and small, VERY SMALL possibility of me returning to Trainlife. So check it out and see if my request are proper for what I do for Trainlife. Let me know!

  • @MonsterRailroad

    Where did you get those generals colored pencils? When you do the graffiti, are you doing it on a flat finished car or glossy? I use those fine tip sharpies, but they wont write on a dull surface. The pens are brand new but they go dry. I wondered if maybe I sprayed gloss on the car, or even semi gloss, they would write better.

  • @Laidoffsick I KNOW EXACTLY what you describe trust me!! I do!! The way you use Sharpies as they dry up while doing graffiti is to have a few pieces of paper when you start to draw and then it dries you write on the paper to make it come back wet. Then do more and so on so on. OR you can write then put the cap on and shake the pen towards the tip to get it wet from forced gravity. I run into this all the time. I rotate using 5 or 6 different sharpies for a project.

  • What's up with Trainlife? I just discovered it a couple of weeks ago and signed up. They were all very friendly and welcomed me in. There's some drama here I don't know about, I guess. Sorry to hear that something bad went down with you and them. There's too much trouble in life to create more. All I know is this is only train modelling, and it's impossible to do it wrong. There's as many ways to do it as there are folks in the hobby. My way is right for me, yours for you, etc. etc.

  • I really envy what you do Al! Great job!

  • The background music in the first 7 minutes of the video is "Ready or Not" by the Fugees. The second one is Jay Z & Notorious BIG "Brooklyns Finest"

  • NICE,NICE,NICE they are more of us who like your videos than they are of the HATERS!!

  • Love the Smurftastic hoppers, as you would say "mad skills " you have it. Just glad that I can still watch your vids. Keep up the great work that you are doing and congrats on the spread in the paper.

  • well AL your the reason i joined trainlife bro.....and your a cool dude..i personally like you myself as a person ....and keep sharing your models ...

  • congrats al on the newspaper .... u got me started on trainlife and i know alot of others

  • nice video

  • Stay keeping it REAL.You bring much flavor to the hobby.

  • no offense, but the background looks like chris-chan's room

  • @Univer3eTwist3ers  I have NO CLUE who Chris-Chan is.

  • @MonsterRailroad a redneck hoarder from virginia. u can find him on cwciki

  • Cool Beans on the article in rag, man--keep it comin' og--love the stuff. one quick request. Tunes are cool, but if you could ramp the volume back a skosh we could hear you better--the content is the best!

  • @CrewChange  YES SIR!!!!

  • What would it take to get a smurf engine like that?

  • @arkahm Hmmm All done by hand? It would take many hours of labor is what it would take.

  • Very awesome man! Congrats on getting the word out on the newspaper! :3

  • Love those Smurf cars! Keep up the good work!

  • Congrats on the newspaper article! You're a true artist. Those smurf paintjobs look great!

  • @flightsimtim Thank you for that nice comment dawg!

  • Congrats on the paper al those hoppers are awesome

  • those hoppers look awsome

  • IS THAT ENYA?? Whichever

  • Big AL! thats so cool to make the paper! and i really want that smurftastic hopper! keep up the work!

  • SELLING?? I am hooking these hoppers up and I want them to be so so hot. IF I sold my model I wonder what the BEST offer price would be. ENTERTAIN me with offers guys!

  • Hey Al that is great being reconized by the newspaper. And showing what you do for the hobby and others interested in the hobby

  • Great video as always Al, my prayers go out to the that little boy and his family. I hope their doing ok. The smufttastic hoppers also look great!

  • Keep the videos coming AL. How many of your haters get in the paper for what they do? You do fantastic work and it's nice seeing you get some recognition for it. Peace out!

  • mad love for ya man from ur supporter in edmonton canada!!!! whats the name of the first song in the back ground? plz answer

  • when will you be doing a give away

  • Don't give in to hate(rs)

    that leads to the dark side...

  • Al I thought u worked for a fire department??

  • Yoooooooo Al thats dirty that you got in the newspaper! Hoppers are looking nice too. You get the two dash 9s i sent you in the mail yet? Haha and for the trainlife shit, man there are so many weirdos on there.....And Tashas a straight up bitch, she deletes posts constantly that would create controversey.

  • Hey Bro.. Great vid. I hear ya 100%, so true.

  • lol great vid matey, well done!!!!

  • Great video as always Big Al! Did the boy survive his injuries? That dude needs to be in jail definately! I posted the latest YouTube vid I did on TrainLife. Give it a look!

  • Hey All I opened another account on TrainLife to show my support to you but, every time I would set the profile pic as you it would revert to my original pic I don't know. But you have my support 100%. Hey you got beautiful family bro. Nice job on getting on the news paper. Take care and great job on them hoppers.

  • Thanks Al ! Don't let the haters get you down. It is very unjust world. I 'm with you ! Keep up the great work. JimK

  • I went to trainlife because you mentioned it, I'm over it. Done with trainlife. Keep up the good work and stay true as always.

  • Well sad al i now know about trianlife because of you , well great job with the hoppers keep it coming.

  • GREAT video AL!!! You are the man, in the hobby and in the real world. Props to you for helping that poor kid out, hope and pray that he turns out OK. I hope that the a__hole who hit him loses his a** and does some jail time. Love your thoughts on TL, I think you got them just right. They are deffinately in bed with the a__holes mentioned, I don't even want to give their names but OU know who they are. Stay REAL my friend!

  • the smurfhoppers are awesome!!!!!!

  • Hey Al Love the work you are always doing. Your stuff is looking great. I gotta get my hands on some Ebay Sales of yours lol

  • Also very sorry to hear about that kid that got hit...the guy better have charges pressed against him - easily could have been avoided.

  • NIce appearance in the paper man. Its a good thing your doin trying to get people into the hobby - we need people lol..also it appears those MTW guys on trainlife are getting pissed when i leave comments on their stuff and my dp is of you lol ...

  • great video! jay z says that in jigga that n***a right?

  • omg those cars are awsome

  • hay al you are the best

  • the Cars are looking great! and beautiful family !! keep on posting!!

  • Sorry about the kid and having your family see that, Love your work.

  • That is horrible about that 15 year old in the car wreck.

    Those Smurftastic cars look amazing...

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