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I didn't have a pic of the Tyco car I wanted to show, so this Athearn will have to do for this week.
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Posted - February 10 2013 : 7:57:15 PM
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My COTW is a Mantua tunnel clearance car. It will be converted for use on the Getaway and Cabooze excursion train as a party car, as it has more than adequate cooler storage for beer.  And the passenger area will be Party Central.
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Posted - February 10 2013 : 8:08:54 PM
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Tyco GN cable reel flat car:
" Heck with counting 'em rivets, TRAINS ARE FOR FUN! Not called the Mad Scientist for nothing either!"
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Posted - February 10 2013 : 8:45:45 PM
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Keepin' it reel...
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Posted - February 10 2013 : 10:53:43 PM
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Here's AHM's classic Polaroid Land Film boxcar, but with decals in place of the card stock Polaroid logo and the tampo-applied text:
I always thought this was a great subject for a boxcar, but I was slightly disappointed with the glued-on paper decoration and the fact that the ladders were left off to accomodate it. The bright white sides make it a perfect candidate for ink jet decals.
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Posted - February 10 2013 : 11:24:21 PM
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quote:Here's AHM's classic Polaroid Land Film boxcar, but with decals in place of the card stock Polaroid logo and the tampo-applied text:
I always thought this was a great subject for a boxcar, but I was slightly disappointed with the glued-on paper decoration and the fact that the ladders were left off to accomodate it. The bright white sides make it a perfect candidate for ink jet decals.
Originally posted by bkoch - February 10 2013 : 10:53:43 PM
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Are you saying you created this example yourself? If so, very cool!
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Posted - February 10 2013 : 11:50:06 PM
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quote: quote:Here's AHM's classic Polaroid Land Film boxcar, but with decals in place of the card stock Polaroid logo and the tampo-applied text:
I always thought this was a great subject for a boxcar, but I was slightly disappointed with the glued-on paper decoration and the fact that the ladders were left off to accomodate it. The bright white sides make it a perfect candidate for ink jet decals.
Originally posted by bkoch - February 10 2013 : 10:53:43 PM
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Are you saying you created this example yourself? If so, very cool!
Originally posted by gmoney - February 10 2013 : 11:24:21 PM
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Thanks Glenn! Yes, I made this one myself starting with a re-paint. The decals were fairly easy to make because of the simple geometric shapes in the logo. The hardest part was color matching them to the original.
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Posted - February 11 2013 : 01:29:27 AM
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I got one of those Poloroid boxcars
I do want the Athern boxcar
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Posted - February 11 2013 : 06:12:47 AM
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* Bachmann bulkhead flat car with a pipe load. A very light car to run . I have one with metal strips inside a few pipes. It works.
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Posted - February 11 2013 : 09:41:53 AM
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Bkoch, not good wor, but GREAT work! I thought it was new and out of the package!!
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Posted - February 11 2013 : 10:28:16 AM
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| Bkoch's idea would be great say if you bought one of these Polaroid boxcars & the card stock paper was MISSING!
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Posted - February 14 2013 : 4:52:40 PM
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This was a gift from my sister-in-law. She found it in an antique mall in Albemarle, NC for $5.60, a reasonable price for it, especially from an "antique" dealer!
All the end steps are intact and it even has the brake wheel! Yes, I know the roof goes to the Monon car and not this one, but that's how I got it. The great thing is that I have a Monon car that needs a roof, so it works out perfectly! Sometimes the fates are smiling!
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Posted - February 15 2013 : 12:25:27 AM
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Waiting for this to arrive,another Santa Fe and Disneyland baggage passenger coach car. Looking for the boxcar and water car yet.
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Posted - February 15 2013 : 12:12:34 PM
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62' of Tyco Peaches...
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