Thanks guys- good advice on the cleaning aspect. I am healing as fast as I can but stuck right now( because of my back surgery November 22) can't sit for long with a back brace.. to work on my 3 Lionel F-3 Postwar projects.
I thought about buying the AF Zephyr from my nephew...so rare and unusual- but- I have a fairly good size box show up every 2 weeks from Amazon with F-3 parts (just acquired another 2343 AA plus real nice tops from MO- yesterday) and my wife gives me the look...and says "when are you going to start selling something?" (would be like selling one of the children). I am very nice about her stack of Amazon boxes...several times a week- so why can't she reciprocate about my ebay box on occasion?
So more money out for trains? Maybe. Yikes! So we'll see if I can't get my nephew to think long term-use other money for the tires.. they have a 5 year old daughter and an 18 mo. old boy so this would be a perfect start for their own annual christmas tradition.
So many have a "flip it" mentality nowadays -people have seen too many quick buck shows on TV . There is no emotional connection to the item-just money. They also lack "the leave it better than I found it" gene and miss out on the fun of "fix up, cleanup"- one of the best parts of life IMHO. Items from the past are worth preserving .. I cringe at the plastic "ricky ticky" temporary thinking manufacturing processes running amuck in our current society.
So a couple of pictures to inspire us.
Regards,
Glenn Spencer
