Buy anything cool lately?

@pennsyfan posted:

Is there a fluke here? Note the picture of the vista dome.

I like the color images in the windows. Much better than the black silhouettes.

Bob

The voices are at it again. This time for the well detailed J-1e MTH scale Hudson w\ proto1. Got a great deal from the fine folks at Trainz. Serviced her all up, which to me was one of the easiest scale steamers I've worked on. Although that pitman motor is a monster. Put a bcr in the real coal loaded tender , and away she went! Had some rolling stock, but couldn't pass up the pennsy 3 dome tank car and NYC caboose for her. I think I have a problem and obsession with Hudsons... Thanks to the bad influences on here. 😉

My purchases have been winding down. While I’ve received a lot of ‘advice’ from the boss on new stuff, I will admit that storage has become an issue. I’ll only be buying stuff that I truly want AND the price is too good to pass up.

That being said here’s my latest acquisitions.  The first is a NIB Lionel 84857 TTX Husky Stack which I bought from an OGR sponsor. I was watching the price for this guy at multiple stores and it eventually went on a very good sale. During the online purchase a 10% discount came up if you signed up for a newsletter, so that sealed the deal.  I really like the detail on this one  

The second is a NIB Lionel 26947 Gulf Oil Die-Cast Tank Car I got from the bay. I was browsing stuff there and this caught my eye, especially since I grew up in Pittsburgh.  The price was already less than half of Greenberg’s mint price so I added it to my watchlist. The seller came back with a 16% discount offer, so it was a no-brainer.  It is well built, but the graphics aren’t very crisp.

Received some parts for my next engine project. I'm converting a MTH S2 diesel from a dummy to a powered unit with ERR boards. I ordered the electro-coupers from Lionel along with a rectangular 8 ohm speaker that fits in the fuel tank perfectly.

The screw holes even line up! Sometimes I amaze even myself......

Bob

@Donnie Kennedy posted:

The voices are at it again. This time for the well detailed J-1e MTH scale Hudson w\ proto1. Got a great deal from the fine folks at Trainz. Serviced her all up, which to me was one of the easiest scale steamers I've worked on. Although that pitman motor is a monster. Put a bcr in the real coal loaded tender , and away she went! Had some rolling stock, but couldn't pass up the pennsy 3 dome tank car and NYC caboose for her. I think I have a problem and obsession with Hudsons... Thanks to the bad influences on here. 😉

Those are really beautiful models Donnie, glad you were able to find one. I had my hobby shop when these and the Lionel 700e came out. Both were around $1000 and very similar in level of detail. Personally, I liked the appearance of the MTH better and sold my Lionel. The Lionel with it's Pulmor motor couldn't pull more than 4 or 5 of the then new K-Line 18 heavyweights. It wouldn't even spin the drivers (may have just been my example) but the MTH would pull everything I could put behind it! The smoke output was fantastic as well.

Picked up these custom lumber, concrete and fruit pallets for around the layout ....

Richie C. Wow! Those custom pallets are really nice!  Incredible detail and realism.

Very nice, where did you get them?

@Richie C.,

I just made covers for the wood loads on an I-beam I just bought, but I’ve noticed some loads, like yours, that have ‘ties’ that simulate metal bands that go around them. What are the ties on your wood loads?

@texgeekboy posted:

@Richie C.,

I just made covers for the wood loads on an I-beam I just bought, but I’ve noticed some loads, like yours, that have ‘ties’ that simulate metal bands that go around them. What are the ties on your wood loads?

Pictures??

@pennsyfan,

I recently revived a thread from 2016 with a question on how to do it.  My last post with a picture is here.

@Richie C. posted:

Picked up these custom lumber, concrete and fruit pallets for around the layout ....

Who made these custom loads and what were the costs??? Vey nice.....thanks for sharing.

Hi guys - the custom pallet loads were obtained on the E-Crater website, which I believe is like a mini E-bay. Once on the site, just do a search for "o pallets" or something similar and you should get the seller (TrainDetails) who makes these (in various scales, I believe). You can also visit his on-line store.

They have pre-printed ones and custom ones you can order. My recollection is that the pre-printed ones run from about $5 to $20 and the custom ones were around $30 (for a dozen custom lumber pallets).

The black "bands or ties" appear to be very, very thin black tape. Out of the dozen custom lumber pallets, on about three the tape was slightly misaligned, but it didn't bother me because I just turned them around to face the other way.

They also make plain pallets.

Hope this helps.

I’ve had these Marx lighted 6” cars for a few years. I finally found a clean Commodore Vanderbilt, at a good price to pull them. I’ll be adding a lighted observation tomorrow.

In a "literally how did I find this?" sort of situation I managed to get my hands on my first Brass engine in the form of a Right of Way Industries PRR T1. She has a few flaws, had to replace a screw on the trailing truck and reattach the pilot, but other than that it runs great! I'm eagerly looking forward to taking this to many a train show in the future.

@RSJB18 posted:

Received some parts for my next engine project. I'm converting a MTH S2 diesel from a dummy to a powered unit with ERR boards. I ordered the electro-coupers from Lionel along with a rectangular 8 ohm speaker that fits in the fuel tank perfectly.

The screw holes even line up! Sometimes I amaze even myself......

Bob

Truer Words are seldom spoken

@Patrick B posted:

In a "literally how did I find this?" sort of situation I managed to get my hands on my first Brass engine in the form of a Right of Way Industries PRR T1. She has a few flaws, had to replace a screw on the trailing truck and reattach the pilot, but other than that it runs great! I'm eagerly looking forward to taking this to many a train show in the future.

Being  a left coaster, not on my Radae, but great catch for you eastern cats

I picked up this new haven rail bonder from tw. It has some nice detailing, tmcc, and costs about the same as a lionel caboose these days.

@biscuitag97 posted:

I picked up this new haven rail bonder from tw. It has some nice detailing, tmcc, and costs about the same as a lionel caboose these days.

I have a Sperry Speeder. Same chassis with TMCC. Fun little critters to run around the layout. I'm debating adding sound to mine.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

I have a Sperry Speeder. Same chassis with TMCC. Fun little critters to run around the layout. I'm debating adding sound to mine.

Bob

If you add sound let us know,  For some reason, Model sound always sounds so tiny, to me, no matter what the scale