Buy anything cool lately?

Nice seeing a bit of newly acquired prewar on here.  I have a few Lionel engines 96 years old and with a drop of oil and a spot of new synthetic grease,  they run as smoothly as can be.  

Picked up this cool Fleischmann switcher

Good looking engine !!!)) Colors look great.

You’re right Dennis, that is cool

Hi guys, I know its not much, but I sure needed a new one and I found this Weller W100P at the good will for $5.99. I brought it home and did a test piece of track to solder together. Man is this thing great! I bet if I get the replacement tips I will be really happy!

That’s a great deal, Mike!  My wife’s second favorite store.  Her favorite is St Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, which is probably her favorite because it is closer!  LOL

Mark Boyce posted:

That’s a great deal, Mike!  My wife’s second favorite store.  Her favorite is St Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, which is probably her favorite because it is closer!  LOL

Hey Mark, your wife has great taste! I love St. Vincent's also, just don't have one near us anymore!

No photos yet as they haven’t arrived, but I picked up a Bowser PRR caboose and some Kadees for my Atlas O C630. The caboose will be matched with my PRR J1a

Ordered this a long time ago.  A surprise delivery from Pat's Trains.  I left the crayons in the box for now

Got in another Matchbox 1937 lH truck . Finished one, but second lengthened for logging truck has been a pain to overpaint the factory lettering.  (multiple coats and redos) . Probably do an REA one and a sugar beet hauler.  These were hard to find, but the n a few surfaced.

Yes, finally received my CXS Theater Car, and my dealer added the people to ride along.....It matches the CSX StationSounds car which arrived a few months ago...They will be pulled in a mixed passenger train with other famous named railroads like UP, Sante Fe, etc, just for Fun....Happy Railroading 

jhz563 posted:

Ordered this a long time ago.  A surprise delivery from Pat's Trains.  I left the crayons in the box for now

Don’t lie to us, we know you couldn’t wait to bust out the crayons and start coloring in your coloring book......cough it up!......Pat

I got my new Lionel UP1943 the day after Christmas, but I just now got around to opening it up. It is so beautiful and the graphics are terrific. The horn is so loud but I like it! I ordered the caboose to go with it but it has not come in yet.

That UP1943 is truly a beauty !!!!  Enjoy  !!!!!!!!

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NS1975 posted:

I got my new Lionel UP1943 the day after Christmas, but I just now got around to opening it up. It is so beautiful and the graphics are terrific. The horn is so loud but I like it! I ordered the caboose to go with it but it has not come in yet.

I can see why it's so loud, one of the chimes of the horn is bent down.

Shame that it came that way, but at least it's not the shell that is cracked.

Mine will be here Friday along with a bunch of HO and N scale goodies, I can’t wait. I already have the MTH Spirit of UP but the Lionel will run with my excursion stuff

I have an HO UP 1943 with a messed up truck and messed up contacts.

NS6770, who’s is it? Atheran has great customer service from my experience. If it’s an MTH, send it back and get another one

I posted about buying this product, MOLOTOW liquid chrome, a couple of weeks ago.  Finally got around to spraying it and it is GREAT!!!  My ability to spray it will determine how well it works in my application, but if you want simulated chrome on plastic, this is it:

There are a ton of YouTube videos on the product; check them out if you are looking for a great product:

https://www.youtube.com/result...+to+airbrush+molotow

I'm going to experiment with PSI and generally how heavy/light I apply it.