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 Posted - October 13 2013 : 8:37:45 PM
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Well, didn't see a new topic so....I'll start the COTW.
My addition:
A Trade item, from over the "big" pond, from a local TYCO Forums member......
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Posted - October 13 2013 : 9:22:36 PM
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Is that the same car in both pictures, John?
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Posted - October 14 2013 : 11:53:13 AM
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My COTW is this wood gondola:
It's under frame, trucks, couplers, etc. are from an old MDC tie-rod box car, and is die-cast metal for weight. The body is made of individual boards cut from a sheet of 1/32" sheet balsa wood. The brake wheel is by MDC. Bolt heads are little drops of glue.
The car is built as an empty and loaded with loose coal, which can be removed for the empty trip back to the mine. It and two others serve a factory with a coal pile. Said factory is partially visible in the picture.
The bodies from the donor box car were later put on home made under frames made to look like the steel under frame with which tie rod box cars were sometimes rebuilt.
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Posted - October 14 2013 : 12:15:33 PM
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Tyco Oscar Mayer
I think this car is more detailed than the ones that others made
Doritos by Life-Like!
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Posted - October 14 2013 : 1:31:19 PM
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quote:My COTW is this wood gondola:
It's under frame, trucks, couplers, etc. are from an old MDC tie-rod box car, and is die-cast metal for weight. The body is made of individual boards cut from a sheet of 1/32" sheet balsa wood. The brake wheel is by MDC. Bolt heads are little drops of glue.
The car is built as an empty and loaded with loose coal, which can be removed for the empty trip back to the mine. It and two others serve a factory with a coal pile. Said factory is partially visible in the picture.
The bodies from the donor box car were later put on home made under frames made to look like the steel under frame with which tie rod box cars were sometimes rebuilt.
Originally posted by scsshaggy - October 14 2013 : 11:53:13 AM
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That's a great model, Shaggy! Right down to the hand-lettered reporting marks! And that's a creative way to make bolt heads; I'll have to remember that. I feel for the poor souls who have to unload that coal...one shovelful at a time!
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Posted - October 14 2013 : 2:31:45 PM
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quote:Is that the same car in both pictures, John?
Originally posted by gmoney - October 13 2013 : 9:22:36 PM
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Glenn it sure is the same car!!!!!! Good eye! I was wondering who would catch on to that!
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Posted - October 14 2013 : 2:33:55 PM
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Shaggy, I love the looks of the old time cars, this gondola is no exception! GREAT work!
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Posted - October 14 2013 : 9:20:18 PM
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| Nice work on that gondola Shaggy. How about more photos of your layout?
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Posted - October 18 2013 : 12:01:12 PM
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My cars of the week, their not so much rare as they are expensive on eBay, but I got mine from the train show a few weeks ago for $8 a piece. Coffee anyone?
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Posted - October 18 2013 : 12:45:57 PM
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oh darn it! I NEEDS the boxcar! I already have the hopper 
Now you just need the Whistling Billboard to match
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Posted - October 18 2013 : 1:28:04 PM
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quote:oh darn it! I NEEDS the boxcar! I already have the hopper
Now you just need the Whistling Billboard to match
Originally posted by microbusss - October 18 2013 : 12:45:57 PM
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What you really needs is a Coca Cola car, instead to go with your Oscar Mayer and Doritos cars. Who drinks coffee with hotdogs and chips, anyway?
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Posted - October 18 2013 : 3:11:11 PM
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quote: quote:oh darn it! I NEEDS the boxcar! I already have the hopper
Now you just need the Whistling Billboard to match
Originally posted by microbusss - October 18 2013 : 12:45:57 PM
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What you really needs is a Coca Cola car, instead to go with your Oscar Mayer and Doritos cars. Who drinks coffee with hotdogs and chips, anyway?
Originally posted by scsshaggy - October 18 2013 : 1:28:04 PM
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True I has the Coke tank car & the Perpsi boxcar by Tyco already
Tho I do want the 7up boxcar that Life-Like made & the 7up Bottling Plant from Tyco
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Posted - October 18 2013 : 3:46:03 PM
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Ben,
Whats the 7Up bottling plant look like?
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Posted - October 18 2013 : 6:12:52 PM
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http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/tycokitsandbuildings/id48.html
Like that
I do need ALL the buildings too & 2 or 3 of the B-R building
Have seen the 7up plant as a Prison in N scale
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Posted - October 18 2013 : 6:43:47 PM
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quote:My cars of the week, their not so much rare as they are expensive on eBay, but I got mine from the train show a few weeks ago for $8 a piece. Coffee anyone?
Originally posted by GG-1 Guy - October 18 2013 : 12:01:12 PM
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Love the Maxwell cars ESP the hopper. Not excited over the whistling billboard though. I have these two cars and will be getting all of my train stuff out of storage , starting in a few days...
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Posted - October 19 2013 : 02:28:26 AM
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Thanks Ben.... I'll keep my eyes from a 7Up Plant for my layout....
And Walt, I second that notion, I too DRINK Maxwell House Coffee and would LOVE to have a covered hopper to add to the fleet of "edible item cars within my kitchen!
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