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 Posted - September 21 2014 : 05:16:15 AM
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Starting off this Sunday morning with a little mischief, this mint 1/87 AMC Gremlin is my lovely accessory this week. Meaning to get on my 1:1 sized vehicles as well this week, but two days of intensive yardwork delayed that. Soon, though. Anyway, enuogh this little guy.
Jerry 
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Posted - September 21 2014 : 10:17:43 AM
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My AOTW is actually something that would work only in G scale if not a larger scale. It's a toy gasoline tank I literally dug out of the ground in the middle of a forest last year. 
-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 - September 21 2014 : 10:43:30 AM
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find anything else near that gas can?
I woulda gone back with a Metal Detector & searched
here are 2 57 Chevys
Monogram
Hot Wheels! 
2 Matchbox futuristic vans
Odd thing is I can't put these close together cause of the MAGNETS inside
& just for fun a 4X4 Monster Corvette also by Hot Wheels
Yes the HWs & MBs ARE at or close to HO scale
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Posted - September 21 2014 : 11:11:35 AM
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quote:find anything else near that gas can?
I woulda gone back with a Metal Detector & searched
Originally posted by microbusss - September 21 2014 : 10:43:30 AM
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My best guess is that it came from a Barbie or GI-Joe play set or whatever. At least, that's what I thought for a while. On the back there's a screw with some wood plank thing attached and it's supposed to be there which makes me think it's some sort of decorative thing. And at the place I found it, there is junk everywhere ranging from the 1960's through the 1990's. In fact, I found a whole bottle dump full of old Coke bottles, some with the caps still in beautiful condition.I didn't even use a metal detector to find the thing, I just put my shovel in a random spot and there it was! I don't really want to know what I would've found if I searched around the tank. *Shudders* Although it would've explained where it came from and what the heck it is. I apologize for going way off topic there.
-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 - September 21 2014 : 11:43:53 AM
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Keeping with Jerry's opening post - an AMC Pacer.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - September 21 2014 : 3:51:54 PM
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A recently opened blister of Life-Like what the package calls, "light poles"... These come in a pack of 3 early on... later sold in pairs.
Edited by - walt on September 21 2014 11:15:40 PM
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Posted - September 21 2014 : 7:49:04 PM
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quote:
yer fine I'd LOVE to go there & look for stuffs hehe
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Posted - September 21 2014 : 10:02:55 PM
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quote:Keeping with Jerry's opening post - an AMC Pacer.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â September 21 2014Â :Â 11:43:53 AM
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Those Fresh Cherries vehicles are really nice, not to mention affordable. I wonder they still make them anymore? I thought they were available at Walmart a while ago.
I have a couple, including a yellow Pacer and a few Toyotas in various colors.
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Posted - September 21 2014 : 10:23:10 PM
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quote:
Those Fresh Cherries vehicles are really nice, not to mention affordable. I wonder they still make them anymore? I thought they were available at Walmart a while ago.
Originally posted by ChessieRRÂ -Â September 21 2014Â :Â 10:02:55 PM
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It's been a LONG while, actually. I think probably back to 2007. Fresh Cherries have pretty much disappeared from the market except secondary/Ebay. I literally bought hundreds of them. Intend to do an AMC Transfer facility involving AMCs and Tri-level auto racks. They made about 4 different colors each of Gremlin and Pacer cars ( Gremlin - Blue, red, green, black. Pacer - yellow, green, teal, red?.) They also made a 1/87 Hornet hatchback, but I found few, as much as I looked, I found 3 or 4 bronze, and then found a yellow one at the Bowser train store up in Montoursville, PA. For some reason, the Hornets were rare and hard to find. I'd have bought more if I had found more. And unfortunately, they did produce the Matador Coupe in 1/64, but not in 1/87. Not sure why.
The other great 1/87 Diecast producer was Malibu International, also a staple at Wal-mart at the same time. I think they may have had a tie-in with the Fresh Cherries, but not sure. I bought hundreds of those cars, too, from 55 chevies to corvettes, to Shelby Cobras. Those were great 1/87 diecast years, 2004-8, then they all just dried up. Hotwheels also made some 1/87 at the time, but mostly hot rods, I bought a few but not many. Most were just too wild for my HO tastes. The ones I really wanted by Hotwheels was the 57 Chevy panel truck, I found more than a few of those, and the hot rod milk truck in 1/87.
Sure miss those days, I'd take a road trip on a weekend and hit double-digit Wal-marts trying to get as many AMC and panel truck vehicles as I could. I managed very well.  But there's not much (cheap) 1/87 to be found these days at Wal-mart, if any.
Jerry
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Edited by - AMC_Gremlin_GT on September 21 2014 10:24:53 PM
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Posted - September 22 2014 : 12:12:12 AM
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I ain't seen Fresh Cherries since then either, AMC
Besides Malibu International has gone extinct
With most models having gone to Model Power 
I think
Plus I bought most of the trucks & cars when Walmart discontinued them
Ain't seen 1/87 at Walmart since 2008
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Posted - September 22 2014 : 12:23:44 AM
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quote: quote:Keeping with Jerry's opening post - an AMC Pacer.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â September 21 2014Â :Â 11:43:53 AM
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Those Fresh Cherries vehicles are really nice, not to mention affordable. I wonder they still make them anymore? I thought they were available at Walmart a while ago.
I have a couple, including a yellow Pacer and a few Toyotas in various colors.
Originally posted by ChessieRRÂ -Â September 21 2014Â :Â 10:02:55 PM
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I have that pacer in red. I was actually just taking photos of it posed in strange places for my photography class at school, funny you guys should mention them. Saw these Fresh Cherries cars at Walmart ONCE while I was in NY, got one for the heck of it, and never saw any after that. Anyone know what happened?
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Posted - September 22 2014 : 02:11:48 AM
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Looks like we are back to AMC stuff. Found another shot of a sweet marlin that I took at a car show. Of course the Yugo is a perennial favorite, especially one with blown, injected, Hemi power in the hatchback. 
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Posted - September 22 2014 : 02:14:31 AM
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HEMI Powered to boot!!! OMG!
And the Marlin... Nothing nicer than the old two tone paint combos of Red & beige....
Edited by - walt on September 22 2014 02:17:23 AM
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Posted - September 22 2014 : 08:14:07 AM
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quote: Saw these Fresh Cherries cars at Walmart ONCE while I was in NY, got one for the heck of it, and never saw any after that. Anyone know what happened?
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â September 22 2014Â :Â 12:23:44 AM
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I think it was the big recession of 2008 which, like the asteroid hitting the Yucatan Penninsula and killing dinosaurs off, killed off the diecast for awhile. With gas prices at $4 a gallon, and people just not spending, many diecast companies had sales dry up. It just got too expensive to sell diecast at all to make any money, for those selling for over $1. Many companies had their sales hurt by that, people would buy the cheaper $1 diecast, but leave the 2-6 dollar range sit. Didn't affect Hotwheels or Matchbox much, but the rest were more for collectors, and they just sat and sat. Johnny Lightning was another victim, was making a comeback, had some great cars, then Tomy bought them, the sales dip might have been too much, and they killed them off. They Heyday of diecast was the mid-'90's, with Racing Champions, and many other makers putting out some fabulous diecast. There's some comeback now, Hotwheels has a Premium line again and has made some great stuff, there's the TV and Movie lines with the themed cars, and former Johnny Lightning guys formed AutoWorld ( slot car company ) and started selling premium diecast 2 years ago, and are doing well. So there is some returning of some good diecast out there, but so far, nothing in HO scale again has appeared. And with Model Power gone, not sure if those green-boxed diecast will still be made or not. Time will tell.
Jerry
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Posted - September 22 2014 : 10:53:20 AM
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Songs for the car theme this week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz2eCFoafXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enqNl7tdLR4
Also a little humor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Fpqi698Do
Sniff! All my models are packed, so this is like my car in High School!
It was bought off the showroom floor with the help of my parents. It cost $2,850. It had a 351 Cleveland engine. I looked at one with a 428 Corbra Jet. My dad opened the hood on the big block, mumbled something about me killing myself, and walked away. Broke my heart! Yes it did!
Regards John
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Edited by - JRG1951 on September 22 2014 11:02:11 AM
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Posted - September 22 2014 : 6:17:48 PM
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That must've sucked not getting one those. Especially since that car looks pretty dang cool.
-Steve
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Posted - September 22 2014 : 6:28:53 PM
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Stephen,
My dad most likely saved my life. It was amazing how smart he got when I tuned 21.
regards john
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Posted - September 22 2014 : 8:08:18 PM
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quote:Stephen,
My dad most likely saved my life. It was amazing how smart he got when I tuned 21.
regards john
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â September 22 2014Â :Â 6:28:53 PM
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Those things were really that bad? But then again, a lot of cars back when were basically death traps.
-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 - September 22 2014 : 8:33:26 PM
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quote:Stephen,
My dad most likely saved my life. It was amazing how smart he got when I tuned 21.
regards john
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â September 22 2014Â :Â 6:28:53 PM
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Yep, my dad saved my life in a similar fashion.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - September 22 2014 : 9:52:54 PM
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quote: quote:Stephen,
My dad most likely saved my life. It was amazing how smart he got when I tuned 21.
regards john
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â September 22 2014Â :Â 6:28:53 PM
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Yep, my dad saved my life in a similar fashion.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â September 22 2014Â :Â 8:33:26 PM
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My dad possibly did too. When I was 18 or 19, we had a '72 Catalina with a 400cid engine sitting in the yard. I asked him if I could have that engine to drop in an '81-'87 Buick Regal. He said "yes" and I proceeded to do just that. He later admitted that he agreed because he didn't think I'd actually do it. He provided the expertise on the project, but when I expressed an interest in souping it up, he said he knew nothing about doing that, so we built it stock. I now think he told me that to limit what the finished product would do.
Glenn
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Posted - September 23 2014 : 12:10:19 AM
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Nice car & story John...
I have a friend who went out at 17 and bought a used Nova that had a 427 big block Chevy in it. Scott's dad had been involved in racing his whole life. Scott said when he got it home his dad was looking it over. When he raised the hood and dad seen the 427, Scott said the color drained out of his dad's face and he just walked off...
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Posted - September 23 2014 : 11:34:38 AM
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quote:Songs for the car theme this week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz2eCFoafXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enqNl7tdLR4
Also a little humor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Fpqi698Do
Sniff! All my models are packed, so this is like my car in High School!
It was bought off the showroom floor with the help of my parents. It cost $2,850. It had a 351 Cleveland engine. I looked at one with a 428 Corbra Jet. My dad opened the hood on the big block, mumbled something about me killing myself, and walked away. Broke my heart! Yes it did!
Regards John
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Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â September 22 2014Â :Â 10:53:20 AM
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Here is one built by master coachbuilder Troy Trepenier (Rad Rods by Troy) at the Street Machine nationals in DuQuoin Il. in 2013.
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Posted - September 25 2014 : 08:40:13 AM
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My AOTW...
A Penn Line Crusader advertisement printing plate!
Sean
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 Posted - September 25 2014 : 09:10:20 AM
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where did you get them ad plates from??
IF I had those I'd make some ads & hang them on the wall
Edited by - microbusss on September 25 2014 09:11:41 AM
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Posted - September 25 2014 : 7:03:53 PM
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Talk about a unique piece, Sean.
-Steve
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Posted - September 26 2014 : 8:50:12 PM
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Not a car, but still an interesting vintage accessory from Life-Like...
They have the usual "blinking bulb" housed in the woodpile, and then the signal lights are illuminated via fiber-optics. One of them needs the bulb replaced, though...
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Posted - September 26 2014 : 9:06:12 PM
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quote:Not a car, but still an interesting vintage accessory from Life-Like...
They have the usual "blinking bulb" housed in the woodpile, and then the signal lights are illuminated via fiber-optics. One of them needs the bulb replaced, though...
Originally posted by wiley209Â -Â September 26 2014Â :Â 8:50:12 PM
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Nice signals Wiley!! I have this same crossing signals but if I remember correctly, both bulbs blink at the same time not being realistic at all. I think I started rewiring one of the pair several years ago and will set mine up to blink as we know them in real...
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