TMCC Controlled Oscar Mayer Wienermobile

If Oscar Mayer would give you permission to use their wienermobile and logos I'll bet you could sell a ton of these.

very cool.  I have two of the smaller ones mounted on a flat car get lots of comments.

It would have to be a lot easier to make them if I wanted to sell them, but at the end it turned out to be pretty cool.

I got a lot of comments on the simple little TMCC NYC Fire Car at the last show we did, the kids loved it.  Since that was a hit, I figured to have a couple of neat novelty items for this show to run.  I love seeing the smiles on the kids faces when they see some of this stuff.

OK why would anyone want a TMCC wiener mobile?  LOL!  John that's too much!

John,

What's the story on the Oscar Meyer song - did the sound file come on a board with the Weiner Mobile, did you use a reprogrammed train sound card, how did you do that, ITS GREAT !?!?!

Best,

Dave

Hi John

 great pics.

I put the BIG bridge pic on to night.

John

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.   LOL!

Think I'll go make a snack...maybe a hot dog!

Is this what someone would regard as a train meat?!? Great creative project

That's brilliant. I absolutely love it. 

Thanks folks. 

As for the audio, I used the same board as Steve.  I've since found a source for self-recordable ones for about $12/ea, so in any future projects, I'll have a cheaper source.  The three boards illustrated are the sound board, the ERR MiniCommander 2 TMCC board, and the custom power supply and trigger board for the sound card from the TMCC control.

I was looking for a novelty project for shows, and when I saw Steve's creation, I thought it was really cool, so I set about making one.  Since our displays are all command, it required command capability.  I did get a bit carried away with the lighting, but what the heck.   And, you can't have a hot dog running around on your tracks without a driver, so I had to put a couple people in the cab.

The original Wienermobile was $6 on eBay, so that part of the raw materials was cheap.  The whole project cost a bit more than $100 for the parts, and with my new cheaper audio card source, it would be closer to $70.  Of course, I don't count the parts box and all the labor actually getting it to work.

John, that's outstanding.  Very cool.  The extra work on the lights was worth it.  

I'm a sucker for cool lighting effects, what can I say.

Me, too.  

Well done John!

Do the bank's original left-right and front-back wheel spacings allow it to sit on an O-gauge flatcar?  A less ambitious sound-only version dragged around on a powered flatcar might be something I'd try.  I downloaded the karaoke MP3 file and have a spare MP3 player so all I need is wienermobile which as you say seem readily available on eBay.

I can't say it'll fit, it's a little late for a "trial fit" now.   I believe it probably could be made to work, when you rip the wheels off, the bottom is pretty flat.

Here's one setting at $7 with no bids.

Wienermobile Bank

And another.

Ok, sorry, but it has to be said,

------  It's a Weiner!------

Did you score one of these?

It's not only a wiener, but it's also a BIG hot-dog.