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Guys the NASA cars are really neat.  I worked for NASA just before retiring but all I have so far is the white tank car.  I can see I am way behind!   Today, I have some new die cast autos that I encountered in my favorite supply places...Walgreens Drug Store and this time Ace Hardware.  They fit my era, late 50's and early 60's so I had to purchase them.

A 1957 Corvette with the (optional at that time) removable hard top - basic cars were all roadsters.  Walgreens @ $5.99

A 1957 Chevy Bel-Arie 2 door hard top  Wargreens @ $5.99

A VW multi window bus from Ace Hardware 1/40 scale at $9.99

The Chevy's didn't have a scale on the car but by comparison I would estimate about 1/43 or so.  Yes I Know, the Vette and Chevy are the same color...they didn't have any other colors so that was it.  So It was a great day at the auto supplier.

Best Wishes

Don

Don,

Great cars.  If the Bel Air is a Kinsmart, the one I got at MY favorite auto dealer (CVS) has a paper sticker that says 1:34-40. So even the mfgr couldn’t make up their mind 🙂.  Good call on that one with your 1:40.

TRRR

@TomlinsonRunRR-hey thanks for your comment on the scale. I didn’t think it was too far off but it’s good to confirm.

Best wishes

Don

I recently stumbled across this Lionel No. 18753 North Pole Express RS-3, and received it a couple days ago. Paid more than I would have liked (how often does that happen?!), but these are extremely hard to find. To me, at least, these engines are the most attractively decorated holiday diesel engines that have been made to date by any manufacturer. Equipped with dual vertical can motors, like the LionChief Plus engines.

@Don McErlean posted:

Today, I have some new die cast autos that I encountered in my favorite supply places...Walgreens Drug Store and this time Ace Hardware.

A VW multi window bus from Ace Hardware 1/40 scale at $9.99

Don

Don, I don't see that VW bus listed anywhere at the Ace Hardware site. Where did you find it?

I picked mine up and it's fantastic. Great colors, see through roof walk just amazing detail. This is as nice as the Atlas O or Lionels newer 50 footers of which I have several but much cheaper. They still have some left 2 road #s.

@breezinup. The cars were just in a floor rack to the side of the main aisle Maybe that offering was just unique to my local store?  

Don

Despite what some may have said my will power has been strong. I stuck to my all mightily list!  

2 B&O ore cars

3 b&o fish belly hoppers

1 WM fish belly hopper

1 Santa Fe post war refer repo

3 4.5 fastrack

going to get the bickles pup trailer tomorrow and on the hunt for a non bay window b&o caboose… and and b&o t1 (vandy tender only as that’s what is on the list!)  

@Don McErlean posted:

@breezinup. The cars were just in a floor rack to the side of the main aisle Maybe that offering was just unique to my local store?  

Don

Thanks, Don. I'll check it out. If my Ace doesn't have it, I see they're available from other vendors, too.

@breezinup posted:

Glad you found the engine. Those GP7s are pretty cool though, with their dual headlight clusters (one cluster with two headlights and the other cluster with a MARS light and a red emergency flashing light) and yellow roof strobe. It's a real light show. If a light board goes out, though, show's over; they've been unavailable for quite a while now, as you say. Not to mention the old Legacy boards now being gone.

Thanks breez. The early Legacy GP7 is still going strong for now. I got the later Legacy (2012) GP9 as a back-up, in case the 7 peters out and becomes a shelf queen. 😉

@Dave Ripp. posted:

I picked mine up and it's fantastic. Great colors, see through roof walk just amazing detail. This is as nice as the Atlas O or Lionels newer 50 footers of which I have several but much cheaper. They still have some left 2 road #s.

Dave,

Who manufactured this car? Thanks in advance.

Mike

@Yellowstone Special posted:

Thanks breez. The early Legacy GP7 is still going strong for now. I got the later Legacy (2012) GP9 as a back-up, in case the 7 peters out and becomes a shelf queen. 😉

That's a good idea. I liked that GP7 enough that I picked up a second one when I came across it a number of years ago, also as a backup. (I heard years ago, in a conversation with Mike Reagan, no less, about the light boards no longer being available.) If one of the 7s goes out, I may turn it into a dummy unit, depending on what goes wrong.

got the Lionel Set #2123060 Hallow's Eve Express LionChief set in the other day - she's spooktacular! :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...el=EdwardBettinaBerg

I did okay at York over the last two days. Picked up a ps 2.0 railing mikado and a couple of diecast chessie ore cars, all at decent prices. In a more boring note picked up a couple of BCRs from the nice folks who own it.

Of course there were the ones I had to let go,an old time MTH New York Central 4-4-0; and a Blue Comet set that really caught my eye. ( Maybe next time).

Williams 44 Tonner ATSF purchased from forum - love this little engine!

Horn is great and diesel sounds are good, canʻt figure out the bell yet - rings randomly.

I just bought a book on cabooses, a recent "Trains"/ Kalmbach book ,Carl Byron with Don Heimberger that, "Guide to North America Cabooses", unlike  some that just have a few recent caboose photos in color, has many period photos of a great variety, including many of the oddballs.  Text has many explanations, and anecdotes.  And told me that cabooses were used extensively later than l thought, and a few still are.  Definitely adds to my knowledge of cabooses of many roads., and this is not my first caboose book! Also means l should have hunted cabooses to photo back when l hunted stations.

@Kelunaboy posted:

Williams 44 Tonner ATSF purchased from forum - love this little engine!

Horn is great and diesel sounds are good, canʻt figure out the bell yet - rings randomly.

Nice zebra stripe paint job. These William's locos are very nice.