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 Posted - June 21 2013 : 8:57:02 PM
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A buddy picked up an estate collection that has stuff dating to just after WWII.
In there was this piece I can't identify. It has no makers markings. It's clearly derived from a slot car, but appears to have been made as a hirail truck of some sort (until US-1 trucks came out, not many slot cars had all wheel drive). I believe the cab has been moved/modified or replaced, I can't quite get it loose to see what's going on under it. The rear shell comes off, though.
The cab reminds me of one 70s-80s Matchbox car, a small tractor trailer gas truck which the cab looked like this. The rest of it to me says late 60s early 70s.
Sorry some of the pictures stink, my camera has it's own brain and doesn't always focus on what it's supposed to.
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Posted - June 21 2013 : 9:03:15 PM
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You mean like this truck?
To get close up pics use the Flower icon on your camera
The Flower icon can focus pix in better
It looks like a track cleaner of some kind
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Posted - June 21 2013 : 9:18:09 PM
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Yes, like that truck.
It doesn't seem to matter how I set it, either it can't focus or the shutter speed is so slow the picture is blurry. Why I can't buy an all-manually set cheap digital camera instead of one that has to try to think for me, is beyond me.
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Posted - June 21 2013 : 10:00:22 PM
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It's based on the HO slot car track cleaner called Oscar. If you Google track cleaner oscar, you will see pictures of it with rubber tires. I bought one of these Yard Kat's a year ago, with the package, for $3, just by chance at a model train show. They resell very high on Ebay, the HO train version is very hard to find. That's the one I have, too, like yours. Nice score!  
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Posted - June 21 2013 : 10:17:30 PM
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I can find the slot car Oscar, but this thing no matter what I throw at Google nothing comes up.
I did see one version of Oscar with this cab at the same funny angle.
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Posted - June 22 2013 : 12:09:18 AM
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Regarding your camera, is it a Samsung? Because mine is the same with a mind all it's own...
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG...
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Posted - June 22 2013 : 05:22:58 AM
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I had a Fuji for a long time that still works, but was getting pretty beat and tired. So I got another, better one at a store closing sale for like 70% off.
I can set an HO car on a plain cardboard backing and take a picture from two feet away with a flash in fairly bright lighting and it still runs the shutter too slow. If I could tell it what to do I'd tell it to up the ISO or open the F-stop and keep the shutter speed to 1/125th at about the slowest.
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Posted - June 22 2013 : 09:23:14 AM
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http://afxslotcarstickers.net/html/AFX/ajs/htmls/ajsyardcat.html
Found this on google...
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Posted - June 22 2013 : 8:38:43 PM
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Ok, found my Cat and the case, so here's the pictures. It's an AJ's product, made by Twinn-K Inc. in Indianapolis, IN 46231 , P.O. Box 31228 . I doubt they're still in business, but anyway...
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Posted - June 23 2013 : 09:02:54 AM
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Jerry, you are the man!!!
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Posted - June 23 2013 : 09:03:27 AM
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Jerry, you are the man!!!
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Posted - June 23 2013 : 09:56:37 AM
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quote:Regarding your camera, is it a Samsung? Because mine is the same with a mind all it's own...
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Originally posted by Mike - June 22 2013 : 12:09:18 AM
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My wife just bought a digital camera, made by GE of all companies, it is x15 magnification, and x10 Megapixels ( double my old Kodak EasyShare Z740 ), for only $150. Takes excellent photos, but hers actually has a slightly smaller lens than mine, I was taking pictures at 300 yards and getting good closeup views, hers were more blurry. But mine cost $400 new. Haven't tried close-ups with hers yet, etiher.
That has always been my gripe with digi's, you can't manually focus the lens. Well, if I bought a $1,000 digital camera, I could, one of my train club members was showing off his yesterday, it would do either, and he could get consistently better photos using his eyes with manual function than with the auto-focus. But that's a huge outlay for a camera. I guess you get what you pay for. But for the price, might want to look into the GE brand of cameras if you are looking for a replacement. I use Flower or Head shot setting on my Kodak for close-ups and clear focus. Even then, I get some out of focus. Try taking 2 or 3 of the same shot, and use the best, delete the rest. :)
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Posted - June 23 2013 : 4:38:42 PM
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First of all, that's a cool little track cleaner
Secondly, it looks like your camera is focusing on the 1:1 scale auto behind your track cleaner. Digi cams tend to focus on whatever is in the center of the frame. Most have a feature where if you press the shutter button halfway down it freezes the focus. Before taking a picture, press the button halfway to focus on your subject, then all the way to take the picture. You can use this technique to cheat the auto-focus. (This doesn't always work on super close-ups of ho )
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Posted - June 23 2013 : 9:41:10 PM
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| Thanks guys.
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Posted - June 23 2013 : 9:50:27 PM
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Cool little bugger, but I bet those little pads would load up with dirt pretty fast. Seeing it in packaging surprised me... I figured it was somebody's slot car kitbash.
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Posted - June 23 2013 : 10:53:04 PM
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quote:Cool little bugger, but ... I figured it was somebody's slot car kitbash.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â June 23 2013Â :Â 9:50:27 PM
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I'll bet they made more for slot car tracks than train tracks, as I see the Oscars advertised on Ebay and they're mostly slot car types, mine and the Poster's are the only two I've seen other than the advertisements for it which run on rails. I was DARN lucky to get it for $3 from a Mom and Pop vintage HO vendor, guess they didn't know what they had.
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Posted - June 24 2013 : 11:55:24 PM
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| I did finally hit an eBay auction listing for one, not sure why it didn't come up before, adding the "AJ's" seemed to be what pulled it up. Sold for $51.
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Posted - June 25 2013 : 07:40:49 AM
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quote:I did finally hit an eBay auction listing for one, Sold for $51.
Originally posted by lvrr325Â -Â June 24 2013Â :Â 11:55:24 PM
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Was that with or without container and instructions?  Like I said, they sell high at auction. You got a great little piece. One day I will see if mine runs, I don't think I have even tried it yet, to tell the truth.
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Posted - June 26 2013 : 07:44:44 AM
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| It had the package and insert with it. Was missing the front roller I think.
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Posted - July 07 2013 : 10:26:00 AM
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Well, guess what just popped up for sale on an auction site? One of these. already at $51. Yikes. Still, if you are interested....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151074347076?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Only one day left, ends Monday July 8th.
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Posted - July 07 2013 : 11:21:27 AM
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quote:
I'll be darned! The 1st pic is the 1st one in here!!!!
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Posted - July 07 2013 : 11:33:54 AM
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quote: quote:
I'll be darned! The 1st pic is the 1st one in here!!!!
Originally posted by microbusss - July 07 2013 : 11:21:27 AM
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Huh, that's weird. Maybe lvrr is selling his
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Posted - July 07 2013 : 7:31:50 PM
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| Guy who actually owns this found out what it's worth, he said sell it. So I'm selling it. He needs the money. I may sell a few more pieces out of the collection for him. In exchange, I got that Milwaukee bay window caboose -
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