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 Posted - March 22 2015 : 10:39:19 AM
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This week, my AOTW is a ton of parts bins (and yes most of them have a lot of H0 scale parts) that I got with a ton of stuff that my grandparents gave our family yesterday. 
-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 22 2015 : 11:38:40 AM
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Some cars & trucks I got yesterday at a local toy show
Paid $3 each for the 1/87 race trucks
$10 for the small plastic ones 
Yes Jerry the black car is a Rambler hehe
Edited by - microbusss on March 22 2015 11:39:26 AM
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 1:05:08 PM
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I always enjoy boxes of mystery parts.
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 5:49:23 PM
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quote:Some cars & trucks I got yesterday at a local toy show
Yes Jerry the black car is a Rambler hehe
Originally posted by microbusss - March 22 2015 : 11:38:40 AM
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GIMMEE! LOL! Nice haul, there, Ben. My AOTW is something I spotted at the local Thrifty mart around the corner, and it made me go Hmmmm....There are 3 pieces like this, and I looked at them and said Tunnel! Dual tunnel at that.  Can work for slot cars or trains. OR both.  Dont' often see these holders with open sides, especially rounded openings. For 2.49, plus they were 50 percent off,I got the 3 for 1.32 with tax.
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 6:35:59 PM
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Now that's model railroading the old fashioned way, Jerry! Repurposing an everyday object instead of buying a purpose-made accessory for mucho denero. Resourcefulness and creativity!
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I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 8:52:36 PM
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Opened and assembled these old Life's-Like lighted Exxon poles...
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 9:18:40 PM
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Congrats on the stash, Kovacste. Sorting through all that stuff will be fun.
Love those wheeless cars, Microbusssss. Do they come from a game
board? I have a few myself and love that retro-cheese look. Do they
maybe come from the Game of Life board game?
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 9:23:44 PM
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no
The only car that do is the mini van that resembles the Lumina Van
I think it goes to The Game of Life
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 9:26:51 PM
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quote:no
The only car that do is the mini van that resembles the Lumina Van
I think it goes to The Game of Life
Originally posted by microbusss - March 22 2015 : 9:23:44 PM
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I notice the NASCAR truck with KYLE Petty on it. Who's Kyle Petty ????!
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 9:41:44 PM
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quote:Some cars & trucks I got yesterday at a local toy show
Paid $3 each for the 1/87 race trucks
$10 for the small plastic ones
Yes Jerry the black car is a Rambler hehe
Originally posted by microbusss - March 22 2015 : 11:38:40 AM
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Wow - I used to have a ton of those one-piece plastic cars when I was a kid. Cool 
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - March 23 2015 : 7:36:08 PM
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quote:
I notice the NASCAR truck with KYLE Petty on it. Who's Kyle Petty ????!
Originally posted by walt - March 22 2015 : 9:26:51 PM
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son of Richard Petty
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Posted - March 23 2015 : 8:13:25 PM
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quote:Congrats on the stash, Kovacste. Sorting through all that stuff will be fun.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 22 2015Â :Â 9:18:40 PM
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 It is, actually. And it still has a ton of accessories and stuff in them that are usable.
-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 2015 : 8:51:52 PM
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quote: quote:
I notice the NASCAR truck with KYLE Petty on it. Who's Kyle Petty ????!
Originally posted by walt - March 22 2015 : 9:26:51 PM
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son of Richard Petty
Originally posted by microbusss - March 23 2015 : 7:36:08 PM
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LOL, I know who he is, it just that he had such a weak career compared to his Dad...
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Posted - March 24 2015 : 11:37:30 AM
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quote:
Wow - I used to have a ton of those one-piece plastic cars when I was a kid. Cool
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â March 22 2015Â :Â 9:41:44 PM
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I has 3-4 more of those
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Posted - March 25 2015 : 2:14:34 PM
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Over pass at the El Paso Model Train Club. Woody's Train Shop was an El Paso
landmark for decades, until his passing at a very old age. Woody and his wife,
Hazel, supplied El Paso model train heads from N to O. This is in his memory.
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