Buy anything cool lately?

suzukovich posted:

Dennis Holler posted:

Got these real nice Athearn O scale  box cars in one Ebay auction and then the three below  in another.  The caboose is a 1930's Walthers Crestline kit that needs some rehab.  The last four boxcars, I think, are all Walthers kit build as well.

I think you and I were watching the same listing/auction.  I also think there is another on E bay now referencing the top CB&Q reefer.  Nice haul!!!!!

I see the the one you are referencing on ebay now, he has a low starting bid.  I've been trying to limit myself to picking these old cars up in lots instead of singles.  A lot of these cars needed trucks or trucks fixed, but over time I've managed to pick up quite a bit of parts for these old scale kit cars.  I find them pretty neat and 10 time cheaper than a new Atlas car.  That said, I still like a good Atlas billboard reefer   Either way, these are fun and are definitely something different.  Instead of tinplate, how about Woodplate

I picked up a couple of Weaver Alaska RR 4 bay cylindrical hoppers with the die-cast trucks.

Found these in the Blue Hall at York. After a very good clean up and lube they run as nice as they look. The 6466WX tender also received new pick up roller wiring.

I found the 2426W tender at the Seaford Fire Company train show a couple months back. A really good clean up, lube and new pick up roller wiring it whistled like a champ. {I am considering restoring it given how faded Lionel Lines is on each side}.

The best part is, I didn't spend much be cause they are runners!

I got this 1915 Model T at the Hooksett NH train Show along with a few other cars.  The bed was broken off the body w/o a floor.  I used some strip balsa to replace the floor and stained it oak b4 poly.  I then attached the bed back to the body.  Sorry that the photo is so dark.  It's now part of today's Antique Car Show.

thanks to member Jim O'c, I learned about a Hornby Pullman named after our oldest daughter, and he sent me an auction link for one. made an offer and got it. Missing the roof, I had an idea a Lionel 1682 caboose roof would fit. I had a rusted junker,cut the roof off, and had to shorten it. Fits perfect, but my roof is rusted too bad, so off to find a less junk junker.

I was just going outside to cut grass and Mr. Brown pulled up and dropped off a nice package I had been waiting for. My 8 door high cube box cars and my Heinz Vinegar cars. Pics................Paul

This metal sign arrived yesterday. Kinda wanna put it centered on the front facing board go the Std. Gauge layout table, but Tom is saying no. He hates to see it cover up even part of the nice mahogany wood. He's right of course. We'll talk about other ideas of a place where it could possibly go.

Carey,

Very nice sign!  My daughter and son-in-law gave me one like it for Christmas a year ago.  I had it on the front of my temporary and Christmas layout like you suggested.  It is awaiting a spot on the new layout.

Mark Boyce posted:

Carey,

Very nice sign!  My daughter and son-in-law gave me one like it for Christmas a year ago.  I had it on the front of my temporary and Christmas layout like you suggested.  It is awaiting a spot on the new layout.

just wish their was an MTH Std Gauge tinplate traditions ones and an Ives trains one too.

Carey TeaRose posted:

This metal sign arrived yesterday. Kinda wanna put it centered on the front facing board go the Std. Gauge layout table, but Tom is saying no. He hates to see it cover up even part of the nice mahogany wood. He's right of course. We'll talk about other ideas of a place where it could possibly go.

and the negotiations begin!!

Carey TeaRose posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

Carey,

Very nice sign!  My daughter and son-in-law gave me one like it for Christmas a year ago.  I had it on the front of my temporary and Christmas layout like you suggested.  It is awaiting a spot on the new layout.

 

just wish their was an MTH Std Gauge tinplate traditions ones and an Ives trains one too.

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Carey TeaRose posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

Carey,

Very nice sign!  My daughter and son-in-law gave me one like it for Christmas a year ago.  I had it on the front of my temporary and Christmas layout like you suggested.  It is awaiting a spot on the new layout.

 

just wish their was an MTH Std Gauge tinplate traditions ones and an Ives trains one too.

Papa, very COOL- where can one find this one??

Carey TeaRose posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Carey TeaRose posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

Carey,

Very nice sign!  My daughter and son-in-law gave me one like it for Christmas a year ago.  I had it on the front of my temporary and Christmas layout like you suggested.  It is awaiting a spot on the new layout.

 

just wish their was an MTH Std Gauge tinplate traditions ones and an Ives trains one too.

Papa, very COOL- where can one find this one??

It came from Ande Rooney, but I no longer see it on their site.

Steve

will look for it.

Picked up an Igra freight set from the Czech Republic on the cheap.  Loco, tender, tank car and gondola. Two pass coaches too, however, they are missing roofs. The cab roof on the loco is yellow, which doesn't come up too often and it was flaking but I found a 1954 Caterpillar tractor spray can that match almost exactly, and it has been repainted since the photos. So I too will be making a couple of roofs, probably from a plain automotive sheet metal panel and add some gray paint to match the original appearance.

here is what the boxed passenger set looks like.

Prices are usually ridiculous and shipping from Eastern Europe equally challenging, so I got a really good deal from someone who didn't know what they had.

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Carey TeaRose posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

Carey,

Very nice sign!  My daughter and son-in-law gave me one like it for Christmas a year ago.  I had it on the front of my temporary and Christmas layout like you suggested.  It is awaiting a spot on the new layout.

 

just wish their was an MTH Std Gauge tinplate traditions ones and an Ives trains one too.

Had to get this one: we dance, I sing, and we both swear!

Enablers here, cheer for your "success" with me!! ... Papa told me it won't fit for Std. Gauge... but I wouldn't listen... it kept calling me... tantalizing me with its bright and shiny colors...

Plus its so darn cute, and this one is in great condition. I'll have Tom add metal pieces to it and I can paint them to build it up if need be, I'll find a way to have this work for me on the layout!!

I stumbled across this for very little coin. It has a real deco look to it, and it looks like pressed stainless:

Lee, I like it. Ash trays are taboo these days

Matt Makens posted:

Lee, I like it. Ash trays are taboo these days

I also scored a Clinchfield one a while back, with the early steam locomotive logo.

But I don't know what I'll do with them as I have no place to display them really and I don't smoke anyway (and never have).