Picked these up Friday when I was at the tent sale at Nickalos Smith trains.
david1 posted:Picked these up Friday when I was at the tent sale at Nickalos Smith trains.
NICE, David! Are those your birthday and advanced Christmas gifts all wrapped up in one?
Well they could be but beings I had them on order since announced they will be a present to myself.
Dave
MTHRRC 2009 Canadian National 100 ton Hooper car, item 20-97687 and the Lionel S3, item 6-84067, Milwaukee Road, Hiawatha, #260, looks good against the 267 and the passenger cars
David, got the MTH as well, they are awesome, Waiting for the Lionel and METCA versions.
David, much enjoyed seeing your Patriotic train. The engine is a gorgeous and the cars excellent. Well done on that Nicholas Smith purchase.
Got all the stuff today in the mail to start my control panel for the basement layout today. Pic.....Paul
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Went to a local train swap meet Saturday and spent the rent.
Got eleven "new" Marx o27 cars, a dozen or so road vehicles, four Plasticville and three Marx buildings, and a shoe box full of odds and ends, mostly scenery stuff. That'll keep me off the streets for a few weekends.
Today I received two early birthday presents to myself.
1) MTH US ARMY 44 tonner 1663. I like this little engine. Good sound and a strong puller. My only problem is running at low speed through tubular switches. It has no problem at 15-30mph. Appart from adding 6' of length, does anyone have any other ideas?
2) Atlas Hospital Kitchen Car
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Matt
I have a WbB 44 that is ok through tubular switches. You could teather a transfer caboose to it with a set of pickups on it. Maybe one of the pick ups is not working?
Very nice car and loco. Happy early Birthday
Bob
RSJB18 posted:Matt
I have a WbB 44 that is ok through tubular switches. You could teather a transfer caboose to it with a set of pickups on it. Maybe one of the pick ups is not working?
Very nice car and loco. Happy early Birthday
Bob
Thanks Bob for the caboose idea and the good wishes.
Classic issue with many of these little guys, the extra pickup on a car or caboose is usually the best solution.
Today I got my order from the BAY. I was wondering how I was going to wire up my lift out section. I came acroos these plugs which have 6 colored wires which will work nicely for me. Pic ......Paul
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Got in a trivial item at a good price, but one because of its popularity among car nuts in all kinds of scales, including 1-1, has been hard to find...a Matchbox 1940 Ford pickup. This one new in box. With 1940 as my model year, and other Matchbox pickups such as their 1930's Reo and IH long found, this one has been elusive. There is a 1941 Chevy pickup in the same series that
Is too late for me. Brooklin has announced a 1934 Chevrolet, FINALLY, after one 1937 coupe some years ago. With all the locals driving Chevies when l was a kid, it has been annoying not to find models.
Nice autos!
I’ve long been bewildered by the shortage of 1930’s autos and trucks. Admittedly, I’m a narrow-gauger and believe that Depression-era heavy metal sets the scene for those narrow gauge lines that succumbed just before and during World War II, but I can’t help but think that those runners and modelers modeling roads that dieselized early would be interested in having cars and trucks that were on the streets while steam was running, and not only after the fires were dropped and their beloved steam locomotives were cut up for scrap.
THREE-D PRINT-MAKERS! HERE’S A NICHE THAT’S NOT BEING SERVED!
The smaller stuff is built dual purpose, model and toy. The toy sales on earlier styles likely isn't strong as anything from the 50s on just because of lack of exposure to to early autos... as you noted, we lost many candidates for restorations in recycling for wartime metal, there isnti as much exposure.
Larger scale models for collecting can be more highly detailed, and that is the attraction to those who buy road vehicles to display vs trains. Look to larger scales and the offerings seem a little more evened out by era... imo.
decoynh posted:Today I received two early birthday presents to myself.
1) MTH US ARMY 44 tonner 1663. I like this little engine. Good sound and a strong puller. My only problem is running at low speed through tubular switches. It has no problem at 15-30mph. Appart from adding 6' of length, does anyone have any other ideas?
2) Atlas Hospital Kitchen Car
UPDATE: Cleaned 14 switches and tightened the track connections, pins/etc. Lubed the new engine per MTH instructions & exercised the 44 tonner for a good hour at 20 to 45 MPH. It now goes through all the switches except 2 at 10mph. Those 2 are remote 031 switches. The 072 switches are all fine now. Maybe I'll upgrade the 2 finicky switches to 072. It's a funny coincidence that the PFA regards a sticky switch. This little engine can pull 4 heavy k line cars at 2-3mph.
PFA? A search gives too many options to have good clue what that may refer to. (I suspect a new buzz-term for something previously "mundane" 
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