Buy anything cool lately?

I bought my second illuminated billboard from Miller Engineering it arrived yesterday. It will find a place in my layout as soon as I get to a point where I can place buildings in our city scene again.

@Randy Harrison posted:

I bought my second illuminated billboard from Miller Engineering it arrived yesterday. It will find a place in my layout as soon as I get to a point where I can place buildings in our city scene again.

I could use one of those!

@Trainbros89 posted:

Not O scale, but this thing is awesome. I can't wait to build it.

Post photos once its assemblied.  That would be awesome on a siding in the distance.

I recently purchased a MTH Rail King PA 40' high cube and after some kitbashing, created my first "Blue and Gray" boxcar. This is the first in a series I am planning.

@das boot posted:

I recently purchased a MTH Rail King PA 40' high cube and after some kitbashing, created my first "Blue and Gray" boxcar. This is the first in a series I am planning.

I am somewhat of a Civil War buff. Any possibility of you selling these? If so, I'd be interested.

I already have quite a few Civil War period pieces of rolling stock.

@paulp575 posted:

I am somewhat of a Civil War buff. Any possibility of you selling these? If so, I'd be interested.

I already have quite a few Civil War period pieces of rolling stock.

paulp575

Thanks for your interest and being a "somewhat Civil War buff," kindly give me a bit of time to determine incoming inventory and cost.

@das boot posted:

paulp575

Thanks for your interest and being a "somewhat Civil War buff," kindly give me a bit of time to determine incoming inventory and cost.

Take all the time you need. Please keep me informed whatever you decide.

@John Hon posted:

Post photos once its assemblied.  That would be awesome on a siding in the distance.

Will do! It's 1000+ pieces, and I have already gone through 5 bottles of paint so far (only 50% painted). Wish me luck!

Went a bit crazy adding to my rolling stock - all K-Line - most are die cast. Found several Milwaukee Road cars and CB&Q, Pennsy, Clinchfield cars for a future coal drag. The Milwaukee Road caboose is nicely detailed and smokes well - good thing there is an off switch. The NW J is something I've had for a while but had not run.

Nice score Jeff! They look really nice!

Nice haul Jeff.

Bob

Those K-Line cars look great, Jeff!

I just ordered a Lionel Virginian Trainmaster and Legacy N&W Y3! Should both be here in a few days 😁

@ScoutingDad posted:

Went a bit crazy adding to my rolling stock - all K-Line - most are die cast. Found several Milwaukee Road cars and CB&Q, Pennsy, Clinchfield cars for a future coal drag. The Milwaukee Road caboose is nicely detailed and smokes well - good thing there is an off switch. The NW J is something I've had for a while but had not run.

Who's the maker of that J? Looks nice.

I picked up this Premier Southern SD35 last week. Beautiful model.

An addition to my Pennsy Power, the MTH DD-1.  This one needed a little work to beat it into shape, but it's running now.  New speaker, new supercap battery, and some lube and TLC.

breezinup  -  The " J "  is an MTH RailKing 30-1286-1.  I bought it "new" a couple of years ago - being new to this hobby - I had no idea it was from 2003. I never considered someone would sell something 16 years old as new (lesson learned) - it had never been run so I suppose it really was new. It is a PS2 and runs great. Very nice looking engine and tender. First time out of the box and run since I bought it. Of course I had torn apart my layout several times in that short time when I decided I "needed" 072 curves instead of 042. 

Picked up two pairs of the Atlas Trinity Covered Hoppers from @Beth Marshall-The Public Delivery Track.

Like all the Atlas rolling stock I’ve purchased, these are really beautiful. The graphics are crisp, and the applied detail is amazing.

@Apples55 posted:

Picked up two pairs of the Atlas Trinity Covered Hoppers from @Beth Marshall-The Public Delivery Track.

Like all the Atlas rolling stock I’ve purchased, these are really beautiful. The graphics are crisp, and the applied detail is amazing.

Very nice Paul. At least you matched the D&H color scheme with those.

Bob

Thx for the mention.      The whole idea with the Public Delivery Track, is to have nice stuff.  All the MTH special runs i do, i try to do with their best detailed cars.  The detail varies considerably, depending on the car.  Even the Atlas varies a bit in detail,

beth