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 Posted - March 23 2014 : 10:17:26 AM
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Hello everyone! Post your COTW here! Mine happens to be an old Triang mail coach that needs some wheel replacement which I will post in another thread.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - March 23 2014 : 1:02:03 PM
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One that I bought from Brianstyco!
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Posted - March 23 2014 : 4:54:30 PM
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Keeping to the theme I started with my LOTW, here is a caboose I cobbled from a pile of parts to see if I could.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - March 23 2014 : 8:27:19 PM
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| Awesome job on that caboose Jnxt, it looks superb!
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Posted - March 23 2014 : 8:36:39 PM
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yes I agree & THIS the reason I want you to do my CB&Q caboose someday 
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Posted - March 23 2014 : 10:32:56 PM
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| That caboose is fine Jerry, as well as the scenery and photography. The deer look quite natural the way they're placed.
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Posted - March 23 2014 : 11:04:47 PM
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Jerry,
Your paint Jobs are so sharp and crisp. I like your kit bashing too.
Regards. John *************************
A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success! <> Doug Larson
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Posted - March 24 2014 : 01:43:41 AM
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Betcha never seen one of these 
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Posted - March 24 2014 : 09:46:51 AM
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Hey Jerry, nice transfer hack. Would you do a little write-up someplace on how you did it please? I was trying to figure out what body shell you had used. It appears that you cut the roof overhangs off maybe?
Randy
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Posted - March 24 2014 : 4:33:13 PM
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quote:Hey Jerry, nice transfer hack. Would you do a little write-up someplace on how you did it please? I was trying to figure out what body shell you had used. It appears that you cut the roof overhangs off maybe?
Originally posted by rbturner - March 24 2014 : 09:46:51 AM
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Thanks Randy - I'll do that and stick it under the kitbash forum. Was literally a result of stuff I had on hand. A real enjoyable project though, because the railroads in many cases built them the same way, so it's hard to go wrong.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - March 24 2014 : 4:49:49 PM
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now you needs the Doritos car from Life-Like, Metalsmith1
I DO want the set it goes with too hehe
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Posted - March 24 2014 : 10:09:16 PM
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Nice 'boose there JNXT...
Athearn pig flat that I just swapped for......
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Posted - March 24 2014 : 10:47:48 PM
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quote:
Real nice. I don't think I see the orange tractors very often. Nice score.
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Posted - March 24 2014 : 10:58:04 PM
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quote:Nice 'boose there JNXT...
Athearn pig flat that I just swapped for......
Originally posted by shaygetz - March 24 2014 : 10:09:16 PM
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Love the new home! It's a nice old piece, and am delighted for the three Amtrak cars. The PC box was a very kind gesture- thank you!
Promise to run the heck out of all of them. I love the Tyco, but am afraid to run locomotives for more than a few minutes at a time- even that is enough to crack the little drive gear, but for the Amtrak, I have a fairly sturdy E60CP by Bachmann to haul the consist.
Also have a sweet, old, emphasis on OLD, Tyco Amtrak GG1, but fear exercising her too much!!
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Posted - March 25 2014 : 10:12:32 AM
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Here it is, the ever elusive white Dairymen’s League box car, FINALLY!!
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Posted - March 25 2014 : 10:19:44 AM
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Promise to run the heck out of all of them. I love the Tyco, but am afraid to run locomotives for more than a few minutes at a time- even that is enough to crack the little drive gear, but for the Amtrak, I have a fairly sturdy E60CP by Bachmann to haul the consist.
Also have a sweet, old, emphasis on OLD, Tyco Amtrak GG1, but fear exercising her too much!!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 24 2014Â :Â 10:58:04 PM
[/quote]I feel the same way about some of my really old engines like this one.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
Edited by - kovacste000 on March 25 2014 10:20:17 AM
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Posted - March 25 2014 : 3:07:55 PM
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GG-1 Guy
You can also find the rare version of the (T311-H) Great Northern red box car with the black roof in the same type box.
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Posted - March 25 2014 : 10:33:43 PM
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You ever loose your sentimentalism over that set, let me know...I'm still kicking myself for letting the one I had go for next to nothing.
quote:I feel the same way about some of my really old engines like this one.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â March 25 2014Â :Â 10:19:44 AM
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Posted - March 26 2014 : 11:30:16 AM
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nice cars and memories this week my car is a graffiti car by revell,ken
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Posted - March 26 2014 : 5:33:33 PM
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Ken Why are the trucks upside down on your car?
Andy
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Posted - March 26 2014 : 5:46:40 PM
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| its australian,thanks i never looked??????
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Posted - March 26 2014 : 5:58:22 PM
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They're not upside down.
Carl T.
President of the Cape James Terminal RR.
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Posted - March 26 2014 : 6:37:40 PM
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quote:Ken Why are the trucks upside down on your car?
Andy
Originally posted by GPA_Andy - March 26 2014 : 5:33:33 PM
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The trucks are correct 
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - March 26 2014 : 8:46:12 PM
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| I have never seen any like that what type are they? Andy
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Posted - March 26 2014 : 9:09:18 PM
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Andy I can't identify the particular type by name, but I have seen them before on early steam era cars like this.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - March 31 2014 : 6:37:50 PM
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Diamond-type arch bar trucks.
http://www.nmra.org/member/sites/default/files/datasheets/Rolling/d5a.PDF
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Posted - March 31 2014 : 6:51:29 PM
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quote:
Great link! Will have to save that one.
Those trucks were more modern than I thought.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - March 31 2014 : 8:12:51 PM
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Well, they were used on freight cars in revenue service from the 1870's to the 1890's at the latest. The diamond design wasn't very strong (tended to collapse inward on an overloaded car) so they didn't last as long as other archbars.
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