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 Posted - November 30 2012 : 01:52:39 AM
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At the York, PA show last weekend, I stopped at a vendor who had his home burn, he had been in rehab for extensive burns on his arms and body. He had a plat full of Mantua tanker cars, with water and smoke damage. I bought a bunch for $2 each. Not sure how I'm gonna clean them up, I really just wanted the bases for a tanker conversion project I have in mind. they're all metal, so they have some nice heft to them. Anyone cleaned up water damaged cars before? I may just salvage the frames and just dump the trucks or hold them for later repair. Whatever is easier.
Looks like the tanker bodies themselves just need minor clean-up. I'll have to disassemble them totally and see what I got to deal with then.
Jerry
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Posted - November 30 2012 : 02:22:10 AM
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Ya know, Jerry. I was doing a general cleaning on a Tyco Bubble Yum box car once and damaged the painted lettering on it, basically ruined the looks of one side. I wasn't using any strong or harsh cleaner either. I've found that stained or dirty cars are pretty tough to clean up...
Oddly enough, I put the Bubble Yum box car on ebay and included an extra photo and explaination of the damged side. I was surprised when it sold for $11 and some change...
Walt
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Edited by - walt on November 30 2012 11:22:15 AM
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Posted - November 30 2012 : 10:09:51 AM
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I've had the same thing happen. I was scrubbing the side of a Tyco streamliner and I accidentally caught some of the lettering. The result was a smear on one of the letters. Not a huge issue, but I was kind of angry with myself.
From the picture the tank cars don't look too bad. I'm sure you can figure somethe out 
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Posted - November 30 2012 : 12:41:18 PM
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| Nice haul, they'll be easy to fix...
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Posted - November 30 2012 : 1:31:25 PM
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Oh I want the STP chrome tanker!
Cities Services still exists under Citgo name now 
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