I added some Weaver rolling stock.
Tinplate Tom posted:I know a lot of British and European model railroaders who would challenge the notion that the SP Daylight is the most beautiful train.
They would say "real steam locomotives don't wear skirts"
Kerrigan posted:Tinplate Tom posted:I know a lot of British and European model railroaders who would challenge the notion that the SP Daylight is the most beautiful train.
They would say "real steam locomotives don't wear skirts"
All the pretty ones do!!!
Kerrigan posted:Tinplate Tom posted:I know a lot of British and European model railroaders who would challenge the notion that the SP Daylight is the most beautiful train.
They would say "real steam locomotives don't wear skirts"
The Devil, you say!
That would be one of them with a string of Gresley teak, articulated coaches. The Australians would put their Victorian Railways Spirit of Progress in that category. Others in the running would include South Africa's Blue Train, Germany's Rheingold Express, the British Southern Railway Golden Arrow hauled by a Bullied Pacific and of course the famous Orient Express from Paris to Istanbul, none of which are painted in garish colors like red, orange and black.
Doesn't everything tinplate come in garish colors like red orange and black?
No some come in blue, green, yellow, etc.
Went down to Menards to pick up my city block along with a tank car for a friend. Really nice looking buildings. Pics..........Paul
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paul 2 posted:Went down to Menards to pick up my city block along with a tank car for a friend. Really nice looking buildings. Pics..........Paul
Very nice Paul!! It will look great on your layout ! Mine is supposed to be delivered to home today!
Got in my dream car, but it is 1/43rd the desired size, worse luck. It is a NEO 1937 LaSalle coupe. Didn't think Brooklin or anybody would make the right year. Been on my bucket list since childhood rides in my great aunt's sedan. Came within a hair of owning a 1:1 twin for my g.aunt's but ran into a storage problem. The owner of my RR will drive this, parked outside the two story station main offices.
colorado hirailer posted:Got in my dream car, but it is 1/43rd the desired size, worse luck. It is a NEO 1937 LaSalle coupe. Didn't think Brooklin or anybody would make the right year. Been on my bucket list since childhood rides in my great aunt's sedan. Came within a hair of owning a 1:1 twin for my g.aunt's but ran into a storage problem. The owner of my RR will drive this, parked outside the two story station main offices.
I hear you about a dream car, but those older cars are total maintenance hogs.
Mine was always a WW2 Jeep, which I have in both 1:1 and 1:43. The funny thing is I almost didn’t even get any Jeeps for the layout at first, even though I model the WW2 years! Note the model Jeeps in the left of the layout shot, I have three of them scattered around.
My 1:1 one is a unrestored (but maintained since sold to the public in 1947) Willys MB, a 1944 model. I had a nasty cough that lasted almost the entire winter, so I did almost nothing with it as I didn’t want to be out in the cold and rain (this was the rainiest winter in decades, they say) with it, so I really need to get the battery charged, fire her up and change the oil and do the pre-good-weather checks…
p51 posted:colorado hirailer posted:Got in my dream car, but it is 1/43rd the desired size, worse luck. It is a NEO 1937 LaSalle coupe. Didn't think Brooklin or anybody would make the right year. Been on my bucket list since childhood rides in my great aunt's sedan. Came within a hair of owning a 1:1 twin for my g.aunt's but ran into a storage problem. The owner of my RR will drive this, parked outside the two story station main offices.
I hear you about a dream car, but those older cars are total maintenance hogs.
Mine was always a WW2 Jeep, which I have in both 1:1 and 1:43. The funny thing is I almost didn’t even get any Jeeps for the layout at first, even though I model the WW2 years! Note the model Jeeps in the left of the layout shot, I have three of them scattered around.
My 1:1 one is a unrestored (but maintained since sold to the public in 1947) Willys MB, a 1944 model. I had a nasty cough that lasted almost the entire winter, so I did almost nothing with it as I didn’t want to be out in the cold and rain (this was the rainiest winter in decades, they say) with it, so I really need to get the battery charged, fire her up and change the oil and do the pre-good-weather checks…
I need one of those Lee! Except it needs to say U.S.M.C. on the hood!
mike g. posted:p51 posted:
I need one of those Lee! Except it needs to say U.S.M.C. on the hood!
Here you go! Just know it's more like 1/50 scale...
p51 posted:mike g. posted:p51 posted:
I need one of those Lee! Except it needs to say U.S.M.C. on the hood!
Here you go! Just know it's more like 1/50 scale...
LOL thanks Lee, I mean a 1:1 scale!
Jim R and Tinplate Tom
Thank you for clearing up my confusion/ lack of dedicated reading regarding the MR Rib Sided passenger cars.
Since I have Lionel's version of the Rib Sidded cars ( used to have Weavers version with the green film in the windows) I no longer need to feel that I have to have the F7 to feel prototypically correct while running them behind the Atlantic (saved me a fair amount of $$$).
The information of the other manufactures making the Atlantic was also useful.
Here are two version of SuperStreets vehicles, the NASA van by K-line, Angelo's Pizza K-line by Lionel. Hub caps aren't the only difference, NASA is significantly heaver, beefier pick-ups and from the underframe possibly even a bigger motor.
Next two separate e-bay purchases garnered a K-line die-cast Alaska RR hopper that I've wanted since K-line introduced them and finally got the bargain price I was looking for and a K-line ARR extended vision caboose.
Even though I already had a 1087 I think K-line did I great job with this style caboose and always keep an eye out for the ARR and several other road names. Always limit my bids to about $40 depending on shipping because I don't really need any more cabeese but will gladly rotate out a square window or northeast style caboose for one of these at the right price.
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