|
|
 Posted - August 23 2014 : 11:47:09 PM
|
This week, my COTW is something I may or may not have posted before as my COTW on this forum. It's a 1950's H0 scale Varney caboose I got in a lot at my local train show a year ago. Enough about that stuff, let's get to the photo of the thing.
-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."
|
Country:  USA ~
Posts: 3533 ~
Member Since: February 17 2014 ~
Last Visit: January 11 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 12:32:22 AM
|
Stampeding over to COTW fresh from my LOTW post, here's one of my freshly converted Tyco Piggyback flats, I grabbed the livestock trailers out of my display case to add to it. Still missing a truck, but I'll find another soon enough.  I've got 7 of these flats done now, will have to find some loads for them soon.
Jerry
" When life throws you bananas...it's easy to slip up"
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 3974 ~
Member Since: January 04 2009 ~
Last Visit: January 11 2019
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 09:09:17 AM
|
My COTW is a D&GV 50' box car.
http://tycodepot.com/
|
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 6:56:57 PM
|
Got shaken awake this morning by the Napa earthquake, so my COTW is this wine reefer.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 1085 ~
Member Since: July 07 2011 ~
Last Visit: December 17 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 9:26:30 PM
|
I hate to tell you Jerry, but...I think your cows are dead.
On a serious note, Thomas, I trust you and yours are safe and sound!
Glenn
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
Edited by - gmoney on August 24 2014 9:28:16 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 1644 ~
Member Since: December 13 2008 ~
Last Visit: December 17 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 9:34:07 PM
|
My COTW:
A RedBal? New Haven depressed center flat:
Sean
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 1729 ~
Member Since: June 15 2011 ~
Last Visit: June 26 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 9:45:28 PM
|
quote:My COTW:
A RedBal? New Haven depressed center flat:
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - August 24 2014 : 9:34:07 PM
|
Sean, Since this one is depressed, maybe you should get it some Prozac... 
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 6279 ~
Member Since: February 18 2009 ~
Last Visit: March 04 2022
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 9:56:44 PM
|
quote: quote:My COTW:
A RedBal? New Haven depressed center flat:
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - August 24 2014 : 9:34:07 PM
|
Sean, Since this one is depressed, maybe you should get it some Prozac...
Originally posted by walt - August 24 2014 : 9:45:28 PM
|
It's none too happy about becoming part of PC!
Glenn
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 1644 ~
Member Since: December 13 2008 ~
Last Visit: December 17 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
 Posted - August 24 2014 : 9:57:39 PM
|
Roco Motorola boxcar
doesn't this go to a set of these?
AHM NYC helium carrier Missing roofwalk 
in August issue of MR there was a story of these cars & how to modify them 
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 14977 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: December 17 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 10:09:57 PM
|
I got that issue Ben!
" Heck with counting 'em rivets, TRAINS ARE FOR FUN! Not called the Mad Scientist for nothing either!"
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 3147 ~
Member Since: May 07 2007 ~
Last Visit: December 13 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 10:22:23 PM
|
quote:Stampeding over to COTW fresh from my LOTW post, here's one of my freshly converted Tyco Piggyback flats, I grabbed the livestock trailers out of my display case to add to it. Still missing a truck, but I'll find another soon enough. I've got 7 of these flats done now, will have to find some loads for them soon.
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â August 24 2014Â :Â 12:32:22 AM
|
Most unique bit of Tyco we have seen in a while. Are you sure this is not the rare
Tyco Deadstock Car, or are those horsies going to the Alpo Cannery?
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 11579 ~
Member Since: December 09 2013 ~
Last Visit: December 14 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 10:24:34 PM
|
quote:My COTW:
A RedBal? New Haven depressed center flat:
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - August 24 2014 : 9:34:07 PM
|
Send over here, I'll put her to work. By the way, is that a tombstone for the dead
horsies?
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 11579 ~
Member Since: December 09 2013 ~
Last Visit: December 14 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 10:29:16 PM
|
As AMC-Jerry did, I'm listing the yellow version which come with the horse set. The orange trailers come in the cattle sets. I have quite a few of each trailer...don't know which box has my animals in it...
Edited by - walt on August 24 2014 10:32:35 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 6279 ~
Member Since: February 18 2009 ~
Last Visit: March 04 2022
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 10:31:14 PM
|
Wrenched this LL hottie off Ebay for like $7 plus $15 shipping. Slippery
slope blues. Got into a fire and brimstone bidding war. $40 for a Wonderbread
Car (I don't even like Wonderbread) and still lost. I think Walt posted the
WB car and I can't get it out of my head, at any price.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 11579 ~
Member Since: December 09 2013 ~
Last Visit: December 14 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 10:33:38 PM
|
My car this week is on Old Time Combine
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 338 ~
Member Since: February 08 2013 ~
Last Visit: January 27 2019
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 11:01:23 PM
|
quote:My car this week is on Old Time Combine
Originally posted by thetramp - August 24 2014 : 10:33:38 PM
|
I could of got a set of those at $5 each at a train show
But I picked a different set instead
V&T I think idr
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 14977 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: December 17 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 24 2014 : 11:21:16 PM
|
quote: quote:My car this week is on Old Time Combine
Originally posted by thetramp - August 24 2014 : 10:33:38 PM
|
I could of got a set of those at $5 each at a train show
But I picked a different set instead
V&T I think idr
Originally posted by microbusss - August 24 2014 : 11:01:23 PM
|
Microbusss, I totally think you should've gone for those coaches at that price because it's not everyday you find a good deal like that.
-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."
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 3533 ~
Member Since: February 17 2014 ~
Last Visit: January 11 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 25 2014 : 12:14:06 AM
|
[
Wrenched this LL hottie off Ebay for like $7 plus $15 shipping. Slippery
slope blues. Got into a fire and brimstone bidding war. $40 for a Wonderbread
Car (I don't even like Wonderbread) and still lost. I think Walt posted the
WB car and I can't get it out of my head, at any price.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â August 24 2014Â :Â 10:31:14 PM
[/quote]
Yes, Jeff... I put the Wonder bread car on. I believe it is fairly easy to find and not too expensive...
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 6279 ~
Member Since: February 18 2009 ~
Last Visit: March 04 2022
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 25 2014 : 06:38:23 AM
|
Some great cars this week! Hard to pick out a favorite
http://tycodepot.com/
|
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 25 2014 : 08:54:02 AM
|
quote: quote:My COTW:
A RedBal? New Haven depressed center flat:
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - August 24 2014 : 9:34:07 PM
|
Sean, Since this one is depressed, maybe you should get it some Prozac...
Originally posted by walt - August 24 2014 : 9:45:28 PM
|
LOL! Walt! Now that is too funny!
I dated a girl for 6 months in the late 90's who was on Prozac... I swore I would never do that again!
Sean
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 1729 ~
Member Since: June 15 2011 ~
Last Visit: June 26 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 25 2014 : 12:01:06 PM
|
quote:\]Microbusss, I totally think you should've gone for those coaches at that price because it's not everyday you find a good deal like that.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 24 2014Â :Â 11:21:16 PM
|
True & they was AHMs too!
Also I think the Campbell's Soup was part of a full train set
I got the Tyco car too
Edited by - microbusss on August 25 2014 12:02:49 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 14977 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: December 17 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 26 2014 : 4:04:23 PM
|
My COTW is a custom painted T&RGRR caboose
Regards John *****************
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.<> Aristotle
Edited by - JRG1951 on August 26 2014 5:50:24 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 886 ~
Member Since: January 11 2012 ~
Last Visit: December 16 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 26 2014 : 7:31:15 PM
|
quote:My COTW:
A RedBal? New Haven depressed center flat:
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - August 24 2014 : 9:34:07 PM
|
Very nice find! Certainly a bit worse for the wear but nothing that can't quickly be fixed up. Looks like a Red Ball to me, but what the heck kind of trucks are those? Never seen them in HO before...
--CRC
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 930 ~
Member Since: January 25 2012 ~
Last Visit: August 23 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 26 2014 : 9:58:27 PM
|
A car I got at last weekend train show is this beat up Gilbert three dome Gulf tank car #33511. One I didn't have. So having a damaged one is better then none at all.
frank
toptrain
" It's a Heck of a Day " !!!
Edited by - toptrain on August 26 2014 10:14:16 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 7538 ~
Member Since: August 07 2008 ~
Last Visit: December 06 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
 Posted - August 26 2014 : 10:04:28 PM
|
that is beat up??
looks great to me
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 14977 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: December 17 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 26 2014 : 10:24:08 PM
|
Hey Buss. look at the top of the tank on the right side. Someone put something very hot on it and the plastic became soft and is bent down. also the tank top was missing there. I have to cut one from a spare HObbyline car and file it down to make it the same size. Also replaced the trucks, they were missing.
* Buss- This is how I got it. in this pick the car is reversed . the damage is on the left side.
frank
toptrain
" It's a Heck of a Day " !!!
Edited by - toptrain on August 26 2014 10:31:05 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 7538 ~
Member Since: August 07 2008 ~
Last Visit: December 06 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 27 2014 : 11:36:04 AM
|
quote: quote:My COTW:
A RedBal? New Haven depressed center flat:
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - August 24 2014 : 9:34:07 PM
|
Very nice find! Certainly a bit worse for the wear but nothing that can't quickly be fixed up. Looks like a Red Ball to me, but what the heck kind of trucks are those? Never seen them in HO before...
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â August 26 2014Â :Â 7:31:15 PM
|
Hi PRR. I think the car itself looks great. Needs a little attention to the decals/lettering/ Maybe some weathering can be added. The plaster cast (wrapped) "machinery" load leeds to be cleaned-up, painted and re-secured with some new more realistic/true-to-scale strapping/chains. But that is pretty easy to do.
The trucks I think are original solid die cast & brass red ball. Either that or Varney.
I like depressed flat cars. I have quite a few.
Sean
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 1729 ~
Member Since: June 15 2011 ~
Last Visit: June 26 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 27 2014 : 12:31:28 PM
|
quote:
Originally posted by toptrain - August 26 2014 : 10:24:08 PM
|
just pretend something fell on it
I see what you mean tho
Still a good looking car
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 14977 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: December 17 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 27 2014 : 11:50:48 PM
|
quote:I hate to tell you Jerry, but...I think your cows are dead.
On a serious note, Thomas, I trust you and yours are safe and sound!
Originally posted by gmoney - August 24 2014 : 9:26:30 PM
|
Here in SF all is good Glenn, thank you for checking in. We just got a bit of noisy rattling and wiggling when the earth shook, but the folks in Napa really got hit hard. Here are some photos of the local Napa model railroad club. Lot's of clean up ahead for them.
http://www.pbase.com/rxr/earthquake_nvn_2014&page=all
-Thomas
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 1085 ~
Member Since: July 07 2011 ~
Last Visit: December 17 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 28 2014 : 12:18:21 AM
|
quote: quote:I hate to tell you Jerry, but...I think your cows are dead.
On a serious note, Thomas, I trust you and yours are safe and sound!
Originally posted by gmoney - August 24 2014 : 9:26:30 PM
|
Here in SF all is good Glenn, thank you for checking in. We just got a bit of noisy rattling and wiggling when the earth shook, but the folks in Napa really got hit hard. Here are some photos of the local Napa model railroad club. Lot's of clean up ahead for them.
http://www.pbase.com/rxr/earthquake_nvn_2014&page=all
-Thomas
Originally posted by Redwoods - August 27 2014 : 11:50:48 PM
|
Gee, I sure hope everything on that layout is okay.
-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."
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 3533 ~
Member Since: February 17 2014 ~
Last Visit: January 11 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 28 2014 : 03:47:40 AM
|
quote: Gee, I sure hope everything on that layout is okay.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 28 2014Â :Â 12:18:21 AM
[/quote]
yeah Tho this would be a good time to stage some heavy lifting cranes, bulldozers, payloaders & have them pick up the cars & debris 
Also hope nothing to serious was damaged
Edited by - microbusss on August 28 2014 03:50:30 AM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 14977 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: December 17 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 29 2014 : 01:12:18 AM
|
quote:My car this week is on Old Time Combine
Originally posted by thetramp - August 24 2014 : 10:33:38 PM
|
Nice car.
I have a coach.
Ray
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 1285 ~
Member Since: December 14 2005 ~
Last Visit: May 16 2019
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 29 2014 : 01:37:51 AM
|
Thomas, I'm glad to hear all is well with you, and I hope the Napa club sustained little actual damage.
Glenn
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 1644 ~
Member Since: December 13 2008 ~
Last Visit: December 17 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 29 2014 : 01:57:21 AM
|
Yikes, that looks like a little more than a little damage.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 11579 ~
Member Since: December 09 2013 ~
Last Visit: December 14 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 29 2014 : 12:54:28 PM
|
my car this week,walthers wood and metal kit (some bits missing,but was free)ken
|
Country:  United Kingdom ~
Posts: 8294 ~
Member Since: September 28 2006 ~
Last Visit: October 20 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - August 29 2014 : 12:56:02 PM
|
I think that's the first time I've ever seen a layout with every single car in the whole place tipped on its side. And the poor guys used live loads... THOSE are going to be a pain in the a$$ to recover! My best wishes to the folks at that Napa Valley club
--CRC
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 930 ~
Member Since: January 25 2012 ~
Last Visit: August 23 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
Home
Forums
Events Calendar
Forum Admins & Mods
Register
