Buy anything cool lately?

Oh, forgot to add... My Mianne bench work just shipped yesterday. Thanks Tim!

 

So while its "bought" I have gotten it yet.

 

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WELL HELLO AGAIN:

 AND  THERE SHE IS----  NO  NOT  BUBBA J'S GIRLFRIEND

 

 

   T  H  I  S

Picked up a couple of items.

 

Was able to obtain an MTH UP/SP Heritage SD70ACe with scale wheels/fixed pilots from another forum member.

 

Also snagged a Santa Fe branch line station kit. Though it's wood, it has almost the exact proportions of the old Highland depot near my house.

 

On the music front, I got my Hammond B2, Rhodes 88 and Leslie 910 home from storage. Gotta pick up some new patch cables then I can get 20 years of "rust" out of my hands.

 

While it does not fit my time frame of my layout....it may be placed somewhere....maybe a time traveler vehicle!!! I own a real 1974 Matador so I had to have this 1/43 scale version!!! I think it's COOL!

 

Hey Matt, whats better than roses on a piano???

 

The 3RD Rail Trains AC-9 came yesterday and i got some 2-bay and PS-2 hoppers on that site that should be here soon

ha ha, I love this one. Afraid if I replied with the answer I would be banned.

 

Well, it's been here for almost two weeks, now, and it's a great locomotive!

 

Does the General fly any better with the wing?

Bought a nice cool glass of sweet tea yesterday. Sorry, no pictures. Does it still count? LOL

I have been after this car for maybe ten years. PRB Pecos River Brass ATSF RPO car.

 

For the last month or so, I've been buying and fixing up a PW 2343 Santa Fe F3 and a bunch of dummies. A lot of parts replacements work on the motors and now it's running really sweet. A real "growler" and as smooth as any Williams engine I have over switches. Much smoother than my Conventional Classics version, in fact. I've never gotten into the PW version because of the cosmetics and decal problems. But I discovered that Rust Oleum Aluminum paint (which I had in the basement) is almost a perfect match for the silver and Testors Red is almost dead on for the red. So, I've been able to fix up the cosmetics without leaving an obvious footprint. And now I'm working on the nose decals. I successfully removed the decal from my "beater" shell and put on a new one I got from Jeff Kane. Looks great. So, tomorrow, I'm going to do the same with my "good" shells. So, they'll end up looking good as well as running nicely. Well, at least that's the plan.

 

Roger

 

Roger

Actually I did buy a really "cool" item yesterday. I'm waiting for the UPS guy to deliver it today.

 

The item is a 2nd A/C unit for the train room because the single unit is not enough to cool the room adequately.

 

You can't get more "cool" than that!

Well a couple of thing that are cool for me, 1st is a NYC gondola dated 1949(£5 $8.50) so older than me and the other is my 1st WBB trolley picked up for a good price here in the UK £57/$96 inc post list RPR is a eye watering £156.56/$266.

       
       

How do you like your AC9 so far?

I havent taken it out yet because then Ill have to put it back in the box and everybody knows that 3RD Rail Steam Engines go back in the box like maps refold

I kinda went on a spending spree.

DCS tiu and aiu

6 072 remote fastrack switches

2 072 Y's

2 left hand 036 switches

3 right hand 036 switches

5 prr passenger cars

3 grain hoppers

5 3 aspect signals

5 signal controllers

railsounds upgrade board

santa fe vista dome single strip passenger car.

dual engine shed

water tower

2 trestle sets for fastrack.

a bunch of new tunnel portals.

 

ouch now that I see it on paper. all in the past 3 weeks.

 

VERY NICE!!! I love head end cars, ATSF and heavy weights......so that's PERFECT!!

THE LCCA 3 CAR ADD ON TEXAS SPECIAL GREW TO A "5 " CAR ADD ON

THE 2ND BIRD IS COMPLIMENTS ( OR BLAME -HA HA) TO ELIOT SCHER,

THEN THE ROTORS WILL NOT FIT THRU A MARX BRIDGE OPENING,  SO

# 3 CAME ALONG VIA MR.SAL GAMBINO , OF LCCA ,  SO AND I FORGOT

I BLAME MY SON FOR THE WHOLE HELICOPTER IDEA ANYWAY, HEY DAD WE NEED THIS!!!