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 Posted - October 06 2014 : 9:52:52 PM
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One small project I've been contemplating was to take the Lima flat cars with Mercedes Benz cars on them, and remount a Willys body on the chassis. I found some time this morning, since I had gotten 5 of the cars in one place finally, and had the Bachmann Trackster Jeepster bodies handy, too, I got busy and manged to convert 4 this morning before taking a cat to the vet for some emergency surgery. This conversion will dovetail nicely with my AMC Auto rack train project, as Kaiser Jeep was bought by AMC eventually.
Anyhow, 4 turned out nicely, one chassis on the 5th is warped, so will take a bit of work to get that one finished. I have a few more around somewhere, I'll get those converted too eventually. Here's what I've got now, though.
Jerry
 
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Posted - October 06 2014 : 10:09:21 PM
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I think they look really good, Jerry! I've seen a lot of flats hauling things that doesn't look right on them. The Jeepsters look like they came on the flats....
Edited by - walt on October 07 2014 12:45:36 AM
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Posted - October 06 2014 : 11:58:23 PM
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Not bad, AMC.
-Steve
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Posted - October 07 2014 : 01:48:28 AM
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| Pretty cool Jerry. How old do you think those Jeeps are?
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Posted - October 07 2014 : 07:33:19 AM
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quote:Pretty cool Jerry. How old do you think those Jeeps are?
Originally posted by Barry - October 07 2014 : 01:48:28 AM
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You mean scale model wise, or real-world? LOL. Real world, Kaiser stopped putting on the woodgrain detailing by the early 60's, and the Jeepster production was down. These are probably representative of the late 40's, early 50's era.
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Posted - October 07 2014 : 09:57:01 AM
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yes but the FOUR door Jeepsters were only sold to the railroads
Which now makes them rare to see
Gotta find one someday!
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