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@lee drennen posted:

3C25494B-4225-4EED-917C-115286F5CDAAGuys. Just seen this the other day on Atlantis web site. Now we have glass for or White 3000 trucks!

Thank you for the information. It has been a longtime since I built any models, I was disappointed that the glass was not included. Do models no loner include the glass?



Also has anyone built this White 3000 yet? I would like to see some completed, I have not started on mine.

1055FF90-F616-4C47-9E02-60A9E991FF02DF06EE2E-E170-4F40-8696-1DC03D87A28CThanks guys for the well wishes. Yes most model includes glass these days. Here’s mine when Revell The original producers of this model had it. Atlantis bought from Revell

Great to hear you guys bought the glass I was hoping I could help. It’s easy to build on your finial part of the build leave the cab off the frame and the roof. Then put your glass in.

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Paul, great looking scene and some really wonderful cars! Never heard of the beer but do like the car and story behind it!

Lee wonderful find on the windows!

I bought my first Corgi today at the goodwill that really didnt cost me anything cause I was buying a bag of cars for the grandkids to play with. It just sucks its the wrong size! LOL Maybe next time!

@lee drennen wishing you a quick a speedy recovery to full health! KNow you’ve got a great many people holding you in their thoughts!

also- nice Revell Tanker! Has me thinking of some things of my own I’d like to post but the ones below have waited too long

New additions to the on-going military presence on the layout:

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Greenlight 1/43 United Nations Jeep WillysD9980DC7-E264-43DE-80A0-CA0107DD8633

Convoy escorting the Texaco Pipeline company truck to its construction zoneCED5E92C-FD11-4945-A8BB-1E1041D29EF6

Comparrison of 4 Jeep Willy’s by 4 different manufacturers(from top to bottom: Cararama, Greenlight, Solido, K-Line), all stated to be 1/43, it’s nice to see consistency:

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I decided to take the oversized Corgi Rolla Royce off the layout and replace it with this Elicor 1/43 Bentley T

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Next, two items of the TOFC variety:

First is an Atlas Front Runner(diecast) with a Xtra Lease 45’ Pines Trailer(came as a set). from the first run by Atlas around 20016FB6C151-9ECD-4930-A064-2B23F78C1CC4

I bought the Trailer & Front Runner mainly  for the Front Runner. The Xtra Lease Trailer didn’t come with its wheelbase and my other, newer trailer’s wheelbase pops in and out of the Xtra Lease in too snug of a manner for my liking- hence it’s been relegated to sitting on these I-beams. Ordered some replacement parts176DA1D7-6B9B-4F17-BD11-36EDB0F80F94

not sure if I posted this- at least not here. The C&NW trailers were $5 a piece which I thought was a steal!(yes they’re plastic, but they’re still nice lookin’). And the flat was a decent price so I bought the lot

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@JDFonz posted:

Ok Ted, let’s see what you can do!

Looking forward to seeing it.

Joel

Thanks for keeping the faith'..Next Wednesday, I finally get my cataract removed from my left eye.(my good eye). So I'm hoping after a few days,I'll be able to get back to work.  This is the longest spell that I haven't built, restored, run trains, and no photography.  Been tough.

I write this in the largest font, then reduce it, and send it out..  🤪👺👀

Ahh! That’s right you mentioned that to me before. I know quite a few people that have had that done and they say it’s a breeze. You’ll be back at it very shortly thereafter.  On another note, my latest, a Corgi Toronado has its primer coat on. It will be going into the paint shop soon. I’m trying something new with this one, we’ll have to see if it works. Will keep you posted.

joel

@JDFonz posted:

Ahh! That’s right you mentioned that to me before. I know quite a few people that have had that done and they say it’s a breeze. You’ll be back at it very shortly thereafter.  On another note, my latest, a Corgi Toronado has its primer coat on. It will be going into the paint shop soon. I’m trying something new with this one, we’ll have to see if it works. Will keep you posted.

joel

OKAY Joel, I'll be waiting'....👍😁 I'm sure it will be fabulous'...

Just finished this fuel tanker. The trailer is from the new Atlantis release and the tractor is an older Revell release of the missile carrier found on the “e” auction site. I made my own decals to match a fuel dealer on my friend’s layout. Pretty standard build, but I did shorten the tractor by 4 scale feet; I think it looks better.

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Lee, thanks for the compliments! 

...”and will we see more trucks from you?”

Yep! I picked up a second White 3000 kit tonight from Hobby Lobby (40% off boxed model kits this week) and am going to combine two kits to make a tandem axle coal dump truck.

No doubt there is a glaring hole in O scale waiting to be filled with 1/48 scaled vehicles!

Well here is my latest restomod. A corgi Toronado. Came in a blue color, not in too bad of shape, but I still wanted to do a full restoration. There was a big blemish on the passenger door, and the pop up headlights were chrome, which I never really liked so I painted them body color. Something new I tried, painted the turbine style wheels body color as well, then followed up with silver. I think it makes the wheels really POP. Here’s the before and after.5250495F-6E71-4B6C-B7EB-ECFEBC4441F6648D177E-FCBF-43F3-A2C1-A2C8811375AA02119BE3-C1F8-4E07-BF43-4FC5920198BAD8EC5C11-D00F-456F-8DDC-6FA22325BF6739CBBF20-6CCC-40B2-819F-DE0EAB7B8B0CYou can see the wheels the best in the last photo.

Hope you like it, was not as much work as the Ambulance, but it turned out pretty sharp.

joel

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@JDFonz posted:

Well here is my latest restomod. A corgi Toronado. Came in a blue color, not in too bad of shape, but I still wanted to do a full restoration. There was a big blemish on the passenger door, and the pop up headlights were chrome, which I never really liked so I painted them body color. Something new I tried, painted the turbine style wheels body color as well, then followed up with silver. I think it makes the wheels really POP. Here’s the before and after.5250495F-6E71-4B6C-B7EB-ECFEBC4441F6648D177E-FCBF-43F3-A2C1-A2C8811375AA02119BE3-C1F8-4E07-BF43-4FC5920198BAD8EC5C11-D00F-456F-8DDC-6FA22325BF6739CBBF20-6CCC-40B2-819F-DE0EAB7B8B0CYou can see the wheels the best in the last photo.

Hope you like it, was not as much work as the Ambulance, but it turned out pretty sharp.

joel

Yes Sirree' as I predicted, another fabulous and beautiful restoration.' I really like the jewel headlights on this one.  They really make the front end stand out'..  The wheels came out perfect too, Excellent job Joel'...👍😉🚗

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Thanks to all you guys for the kudos on my restorations. Wheels were most challenging on the Toronado, not sure I’ll do that again, but wanted to see if it would work. Again thank you all. If anyone has a corgi or dinky that they would like restored, but feel like they are not up to it, let me know. I might be willing to give that a shot. Not really sure, but maybe I could help you out.

joel

Here’s an update on my 1960s coal hauler...I spliced a second rear axel/frame/spring pack to this White 3000. A pair of new fuel tanks and a scratch built coal dump bed round out the major surgery.  I’m working out how I’m going to add all the lights. I’m leaning towards an Evans Designs remote system with fiber optics under the coal load; we’ll see!

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Rick. Looks good I noticed that top doesn’t fit quite as good as the older Revells do because the molds are wore. And on the right side of the roof is a very bad mold Mark that is from the tab.  To make this a fit better remove the tabs and fill in the bad mold line I noticed this right away on mine. Your bed looks really good and I like the Poseable wheels

@coach joe posted:

Gene I never get enough of your Northport sweet shop.  Didn't know anything about Dugan's, guess they didn't cover my neighborhood in the Bronx, so I looked it up on google and your OGR post about your delivery trucks and bakery came up so I've finally seen that post too.

Coach Joe...I'm glad you like my Northport sweet shop, we used to visit it often. As for Dugan's I'm surprised you didn't see it in the Bronx. I grew up in Bellerose, Queens and Dugan's Bakery was in Queens Village. They also had a distribution center  in East Northport LI and New Jersey. My Mother worked for Dugan's in the late 1920's and early 1930's. Their competition  was Krug's Bakery with home delivery too. They had comic books they gave to the kids and sometimes we got a cookie from a broken box. Maybe home delivery was not possible in the high rise apartment buildings in the Bronx????? Their Bakery Goods were like Entermann's.

Gene

@gene maag posted:

Coach Joe...I'm glad you like my Northport sweet shop, we used to visit it often. As for Dugan's I'm surprised you didn't see it in the Bronx. I grew up in Bellerose, Queens and Dugan's Bakery was in Queens Village. They also had a distribution center  in East Northport LI and New Jersey. My Mother worked for Dugan's in the late 1920's and early 1930's. Their competition  was Krug's Bakery with home delivery too. They had comic books they gave to the kids and sometimes we got a cookie from a broken box. Maybe home delivery was not possible in the high rise apartment buildings in the Bronx????? Their Bakery Goods were like Entermann's.

Gene

Gene, you are correct'.. Many delivery services were not available in the city due to parking and the time involved trying to deliver in a high rise... We had Dugans in  Patchogue, Sayville, and Oakdale'... And very similar to todays Enterman's'.. My Dad loved the coconut custard pies'....🥧😉

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Paul.  Thanks for the complement yeah Dad always called them pups when he was trucking too. I’ll have some more in the making

Gene. I like that Baby Ruth truck thanks for sharing

fl9turbo2. I like that Barber Green Asphalt paver and the bridge pic.Been in front of many of those pavers I was a dump trucker in my younger days waiting to turn 21 so I could drive over the road. Been driving now for 30yrs.

Great stuff guys! I had 2 posts complimenting @fl9turbo2 on his police sub and construction vehicles and @lee drennen on his piggybacks(about which I have some questions!) but I wanna get this post in quick.

  I’ve been wanting to post these for almost 2 weeks- starting with some big rigs!

Actually, funny one first. Was digging thru storage one night and found this undersized Lionel Dunkin Doughnuts tractor trailer. Apparently got it as a kid

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K-line UP trailer with APL tractor and chassis. Very nice piece, imo. Love the logo and chassis and can look great too 0BDD8411-FBF5-4317-AF21-6C9DA97A60E7

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I’ve been wanting a chassis for my 40’ k-line containers so I got this guy too mainly for the tractor and chassis.

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Posted the Scania 143m can awhile ago- here’s the tanker it goes withfrom the “esso collection”. Unfortunately, haven’t been able to find what scale these were99A456D7-958C-44FD-AF2D-C3546AAFB17D

Thought i’d add some comparison shots of different tractors /cabs for people’s reference. From left to right: Scania 143m, K-line Reading Transport Heavy Hauler, K-line NYC cab, APL cab, and a tootsietoy kenworth that I use with the silver chassis. All cabs compatible with all trailers in the next picture 211D4BB8-C9B9-445C-BBCE-FA9763292CE1

Comparinf different trailers: L to R- Esso tanker, K-line Heavy Hauler(about 38’ in scale), K-line worldwide intermodal 40’ trailer/containers, atlas 45’ pines trailer.

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Was able to move the Sealand trailer off the flat it was on and put it on the K-line silver chassis.

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More to come(hopefully tonight) if some new cars I got this weekend. Got some great deals on all of them. Here’s a teaser picture- 1/43 Scale 1958 Buick convertible by Vitesse!

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@Rick Bacon posted:

Here’s an update on my 1960s coal hauler...I spliced a second rear axel/frame/spring pack to this White 3000. A pair of new fuel tanks and a scratch built coal dump bed round out the major surgery.  I’m working out how I’m going to add all the lights. I’m leaning towards an Evans Designs remote system with fiber optics under the coal load; we’ll see!

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Rick,  That is the cleanest coal/coke truck I have seen.  Looks good. John

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@JDFonz posted:

Well here is my latest restomod. A corgi Toronado. Came in a blue color, not in too bad of shape, but I still wanted to do a full restoration. There was a big blemish on the passenger door, and the pop up headlights were chrome, which I never really liked so I painted them body color. Something new I tried, painted the turbine style wheels body color as well, then followed up with silver. I think it makes the wheels really POP. Here’s the before and after.5250495F-6E71-4B6C-B7EB-ECFEBC4441F6648D177E-FCBF-43F3-A2C1-A2C8811375AA02119BE3-C1F8-4E07-BF43-4FC5920198BAD8EC5C11-D00F-456F-8DDC-6FA22325BF6739CBBF20-6CCC-40B2-819F-DE0EAB7B8B0CYou can see the wheels the best in the last photo.

Hope you like it, was not as much work as the Ambulance, but it turned out pretty sharp.

joel

Very nice color choice. I definitely remember new Toronados in that color.

I had a left over trailer from the Revell missle carrier kit. Since I’m on a truck building kick, I decided to see if I could kitbash the flatbed into a decent Freuhauf stainless steel ribbed box trailer for a piggyback load. Since this trailer is actually re-tooled from a box trailer following damage to the molds, I think this will be pretty straightforward!

The sides are Evergreen styrene “metal siding”. The door end is a bunch of styrene shapes. 6DDFDB23-EBDB-444E-B5B5-A108788C5D74 I’m still working on the nose. It is a little tricky as I have to bend the siding against the ribs...carefully using a little heat and a bunch of clamps. The jury is still out on this!

Here is an in progress mock up shot.

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I finally have a contribution for this thread.IMG_0011I picked this Corgi Heavy Hauler up from Trainz for a song, $45.  It's the second one I have and third I've bought overal.  I bought one for my Dad when they first came out and just had to have one for myself.  I paid like $175 for each at that time so I couldn't leave this one for such a great price.  For those unfamiliar with the livery, the red, white and green of Gerosa was all over NYC through the 90s.  They were THE heavy haul, crane and rigging company in NYC for some time, even hauling transformers to Con Edison's nuclear power plant at Indian Point.  My dad worked for another branch of the Gerosa family over at Metropolitan Roofing Supply.  He was a truck driver and warhouseman.  On a number of occasions Dad was pressed into service over at "The Haulage" to wrangle some of the trucks around the narrow streets even their Mack M-75.  Even though Gerosa's fleet of heavy haul trucks was Autocar and Mack, and Whites hauled the support trailers and flatbeds, this Diamond T will fit the bill for me. 

There is a photo on the internet of two Gerosa Autocars moving LIRR 4-6-0 35 and tender to Salisbury (now Eisenhower) Park after the railroad donated 35 to the county at the end of steam ops.  Now that I have twon of these beasts I may try to recreate that photo on my layout. If I ever get it built.

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Wow Coach Joe, what a rig!  Today, I have something far less extensive, but I thought you all might like to check it out anyway.  This guy is a survivor from the 1960's -1970 ish time period, and I picked him up for $3 at a local garage sale.  He is all steel except the cab "glass", the wheel rims, and headlight lenses plus rubber tires.  Everything else is solid steel including the tailgate embossed (correctly) with "JEEP".  He is a Gladiator / J-10 pick up which in real life stayed in production from 1963-1987 however in about 1970-71 it was updated and it lost the "jeep" like front end and the cab got a lot more rounded off.  This vehicle gave up its historical name "Gladiator" to the modern version in about 2005.  I would date this prototype from about 1963-1970 and that is likely the same period for the toy.  Tonka, despite the foreign sounding name is a US company, founded in Minnesota in 1945 and the word is actually derived from a native American word meaning "big".

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Here is the classic "Jeep" vertical grill type front end that the actual J-10 lost in about 1971.

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The classic "JEEP" embossed tailgate.

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Like most "Tonka Trucks" this guy is a classic, all steel, tough push toy.  No fancy friction motors or gimmicks.  His longevity attests to the fact that these toys were built to withstand heavy play.  

Anyway, not particularly scale or valuable but what "boy" (even at 77 years old) can resist a $3 truck to play with !

Don

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Earlier I said: “I’m still working on the nose. It is a little tricky as I have to bend the siding against the ribs...carefully using a little heat and a bunch of clamps. The jury is still out on this!”

Well, here is my 3rd attempt to form the compound curve for the nose of my Freuhauf. A dip in boiling water seems to have worked. The piece is now being glued to a series or forms so it will be solid in shape.C9848CA7-E603-4081-96D4-1DBCD61079AD

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  Wow Joe, nice find', and nice back story'..

Rick, great project you have going'.  That's nice modeling'

Paul, it is a lot simpler than it looks.  Give it a shot', let your imagine be your guide...

Don, The only thing close to those classics today is the big Tonkas.  Not even sure if they are still metal'...

Lee, you are still the master at customizing scale trucks'...😬

Great finds and wonderful work everyone! I had planned on having something for this thread, but once again I get taken. I bought some Fedex vans, UPS van and a Fedex smi with trailer.  I was told everything was 1/48 and I was very happy with the price. Well I got them and someone will really like them for there HO layout! LOL Maybe next time!

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