Got this at the recent model train show. 1941 Plymouth pickup. I don't need it but the price was right. I like cycling civilian vehicles through the layout every now and then.
I'll need to dull the finish down and give it some weathering and a 1943 Tennesssee license plate...
For my PW military consist.....
p51 posted:Got this at the recent model train show. 1941 Plymouth pickup. I don't need it but the price was right. I like cycling civilian vehicles through the layout every now and then.
I'll need to dull the finish down and give it some weathering and a 1943 Tennesssee license plate...
Lee, It is perfect for your layout! Really nice!!
You got some nice stuff there Lee! I just got rock molds! LOL 
The truck looks great on the layout, but then again I think you could almost put anything on it and it would look great with that layout! LOL
Bought some "raw materials" for a future paint project: decals for UP streamliner passenger cars and a pair of diesel locomotives.
Mark Boyce posted:p51 posted:Got this at the recent model train show. 1941 Plymouth pickup. I don't need it but the price was right. I like cycling civilian vehicles through the layout every now and then.
I'll need to dull the finish down and give it some weathering and a 1943 Tennesssee license plate...Lee, It is perfect for your layout! Really nice!!
Thanks, Mark!
I wish it should have been just a little bit older, though, as a 1941 civilian vehicles would have been really rare in that part of Tennessee in 1943. This will get a TN plate, some dullcoat and some very light washes of grime from underneath as it wouldn't be too badly beat up after 2 years (especially since it'd be a company vehicle as no farmer could have afforded this). Heck, maybe I'll make decals for a fictional business for the doors!
Mike, this was really the only thing I bought at the show. I found a stack of "Great Model Railroad" annuals I didn't have, but over at the shop on South Tacoma Way after the show. I thought about some On30 AMS boxcars but like I told you that day, shows can get depressing for me as I just don't need anything now.
Lee, Yes I agree with your scenario that a '41 would be kind of new for a farmer in '43. Yes a business could have bought a '41. Great thinking. Maybe I like it because it reminds me of a '48 Dodge Powerwagon a high school friend on the farm across the road had when we were in our early 20s. Anyway, I know you will make it look good.
RSJB18 posted:Just received this D&H RS-3. Gotta get it on the rails tonight.
Bob
Out of the box and on the rails- now its official
I really wanted to hold Bob (@RSJB18) and Brian (@briansilvermustang) responsible for this purchase, but the reality is I picked up this pair of D&H U33c’s from Grzyboski’s yesterday... gotta’ stop going there… NOT!!! Haven’t had too much time to test them out yet, but they are really good lookers and run nicely as a “lashup” as Lionel calls it.
Love the D&H.
No amazing purchases like the rest of you but I did get a box of Super O track in great shape. I'm gradually building up the number of my pieces.
Paul, Those D&H U33Cs look great!
My NYC SW7 arrived from @MrMuffin'sTrains today. Here it is, on Steve's tracks https://www.youtube.com/watch?...mp;mc_eid=4ca1c18876 . It arrived this afternoon and I will run it either tomorrow night or sometime on Sunday. VERY excited, great price $450 including shipping and he checked it out before sending it to me due to concerns I had expressed.
John
John, Look at all that smoke!! It looks and sounds great! I would be excited too!!!
The decals for a UP "City of Los Angeles" train arrived today. These will be used for the locomotives:
And these will be used for the passenger cars:
Theres a copycat thread out there of this one
Posted this on the other "BACL" thread, but then realized that's a duplicate thread, so I moved it here. 
My first Chinese-built Atlas car:
Slightly finer details then what's on my K-Line die cast hopper, although the "coal" load is, I think, a little nicer on the K-Line.
In any case, there you have it.
Mark in Oregon
Matt, thank you for directing us back to the de facto "Cool" topic!!
Atlas cars look great, Mark!
I just bought another MTH Greyhound bus, this time from a good Forum member. The last one had Greensburg on the destination board, with Brady's Trains banner on the rear. I bought it at Brady's in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. This one has Wheeling on the destination. An excellent choice to show some competition on the Western Maryland Railway in West Virginia layout. These need a driver and a very few passengers when I put many more passengers in my passenger cars. 
Mark Boyce posted:Matt, thank you for directing us back to the de facto "Cool" topic!!
Atlas cars look great, Mark!
I just bought another MTH Greyhound bus, this time from a good Forum member. The last one had Greensburg on the destination board, with Brady's Trains banner on the rear. I bought it at Brady's in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. This one has Wheeling on the destination. An excellent choice to show some competition on the Western Maryland Railway in West Virginia layout. These need a driver and a very few passengers when I put many more passengers in my passenger cars.
Mark,
The next time I’m back in Greesburg I’ll have to stop into Brady’s and get the Greensburg bus. It will look good next to my Steeler bus. Come to think of it I bought my Steeler bus there too several Christmas ago.
Dave, I do recall seeing Steelers buses on the shelf when I bought the Greyhound. Sometimes they take some buses to the Monroeville Greenberg show.
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