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 Posted - February 19 2017 : 1:10:04 PM
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AHM Wonderbread making the rounds.
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Posted - February 19 2017 : 2:31:53 PM
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quote:
AHM Wonderbread making the rounds.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â February 19 2017Â :Â 1:10:04 PM
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Always wanted that!
Is that a tyco Westinghouse next to it?
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Posted - February 19 2017 : 4:13:47 PM
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Yes, got it from Tin Plate Henry for about $4. That Wonder Bread
was in an Ebay auction. I got a little crazy for that one.
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Posted - February 19 2017 : 5:44:49 PM
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you got one I don't has but would be good with the Twinkies boxcar I has
the bread is no longer made either 
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Posted - February 19 2017 : 7:43:45 PM
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Now for some old Varney box cars. 40' Double door outside braced automobile cars. About the oldest that Varney has made. I have 3, all lettered for 3 different roads. After taking these photos I stored them in my trash pail. I did remove the trucks.
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Posted - February 19 2017 : 8:33:38 PM
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quote:you got one I don't has but would be good with the Twinkies boxcar I has
the bread is no longer made either
Originally posted by microbusss - February 19 2017 : 5:44:49 PM
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I don't know about in Nebraska, Bus. But in Ohio they still make Wonder bread. I just bought a lough the other day.
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Posted - February 19 2017 : 9:33:11 PM
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well its not here
Anyway a caboose bought at Toy Show on Saturday & it goes to a box set
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Posted - February 19 2017 : 11:35:27 PM
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| It's a wonder they call it bread.
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Posted - February 20 2017 : 07:57:20 AM
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quote: After taking these photos I stored them in my trash pail. I did remove the trucks.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - February 19 2017 : 7:43:45 PM
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In the trash bin?! I really hope that's a codeword for the parts pile.
sim-al2
Also since they cut track maintaince the trains had huge trouble making over the railroad by the end
純那
yeah
They did a Rock Island volountarily
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Posted - February 20 2017 : 08:53:11 AM
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quote: quote: After taking these photos I stored them in my trash pail. I did remove the trucks.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - February 19 2017 : 7:43:45 PM
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In the trash bin?! I really hope that's a codeword for the parts pile.
Originally posted by Pokemonprime - February 20 2017 : 07:57:20 AM
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Yep that is the one, It went from the kitchen , and didn't go out to the big one outside. My wife dumped this morning coffee grinds on top of them already. With them are some other old Varney cars of the same .
A 60' double door Auto car, and a 60' 4 bay hopper. I almost keep the hopper. I could be fixed but most likely not cleaned as it has real bad nicotine accumulations.
 
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Posted - February 20 2017 : 08:58:08 AM
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I was thinking of the buss with this odd ball old timer kit. A Colorado Southern reefer also lettered for the Burlington. Also what appears to be a work car made by Varney but isn't. it is a early Walters that copies the embossing Varney style of car.
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Posted - February 21 2017 : 07:12:31 AM
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quote:I was thinking of the buss with this oddball old timer kit. A Colorado Southern reefer also lettered for the Burlington.
Originally posted by toptrain - February 20 2017 : 08:58:08 AM
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The Colorado & Southern only operated independently for 10 years between 1898-1908. After 1908 they functioned as a part of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy up until the BN merger in 1981.
Also, toptrain, if you ever come across some real basket case Silver Streak kits, notify me, I'd be willing to pay for some parts I need to complete my own basket cases
sim-al2
Also since they cut track maintaince the trains had huge trouble making over the railroad by the end
純那
yeah
They did a Rock Island volountarily
Edited by - Pokemonprime on February 21 2017 07:14:10 AM
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Posted - February 21 2017 : 10:40:27 AM
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Ya know, there are plenty of us here who love reworking old cardstock car bodies, and wouldn't mind paying postage for them if all you're going to do is throw them in the garbage.
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Posted - February 21 2017 : 11:15:02 AM
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I've never heard of nicotine as a weathering agent before. That
actually looks pretty good. I'd throw down a coat of clear finish
on that one.
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Posted - February 21 2017 : 2:51:47 PM
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Here is an interesting bargain bin piece I found. I built it up this weekend (finally some time to myself/trains).
If you are not having fun, you are not doing it right.
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Posted - February 21 2017 : 3:51:17 PM
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quote:Ya know, there are plenty of us here who love reworking old cardstock car bodies, and wouldn't mind paying postage for them if all you're going to do is throw them in the garbage.
Originally posted by weekendrailroader - February 21 2017 : 10:40:27 AM
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Yeah, seriously. I'm on that boat.
sim-al2
Also since they cut track maintaince the trains had huge trouble making over the railroad by the end
純那
yeah
They did a Rock Island volountarily
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Posted - February 21 2017 : 6:45:34 PM
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quote:I've never heard of nicotine as a weathering agent before. That actually looks pretty good. I'd throw down a coat of clear finish
on that one.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â February 21 2017Â :Â 11:15:02 AM
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In this post here https://www.reddit.com/r/modelmakers/comments/4sr7kk/tales_of_syrian_t62/ the author says that he used a mixture of MiG weathering powders, cigarette ash, glue, and crushed pastels.
sim-al2
Also since they cut track maintaince the trains had huge trouble making over the railroad by the end
純那
yeah
They did a Rock Island volountarily
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Posted - February 21 2017 : 8:54:55 PM
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25 ton Brownhoist crane by Tru-Scale . . .
From the Tru-Scale catalog . . .
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Posted - February 21 2017 : 9:28:34 PM
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Well maybe I look for some stuff. See what is laying around. I need to thin out my stuff.
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Posted - February 21 2017 : 11:58:57 PM
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Life-like...
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Posted - February 22 2017 : 12:06:39 AM
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Hot Dang! A Tyco Go coach. I used to take those into Toronto back in the
day! Is that a Tyco product or a DIY? I may have to repaint some
Tyco Amtrak...
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Posted - February 22 2017 : 09:34:06 AM
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quote:Hot Dang! A Tyco Go coach. I used to take those into Toronto back in the
day! Is that a Tyco product or a DIY? I may have to repaint some
Tyco Amtrak...
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â February 22 2017Â :Â 12:06:39 AM
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I believe they are Life-Like, there were 3 coaches and I got them at a show/swap meet.
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Posted - February 25 2017 : 9:07:03 PM
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Augh! Tell me they're not thrown out... those are not Varney kits! They're Comet Models auto boxcars from the late 30s! I've been trying to find the C&EI one although I have the other two! Good grief!
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Posted - February 25 2017 : 11:33:53 PM
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| I didn't even know HO existed in the 1930's other than a theoretical scale.
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Posted - February 26 2017 : 05:41:58 AM
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The cars were doing OK in the trash can till my wife dumped the coffee grinds on them. Yep, that was their final moment. Their done for. They've been picked up and sent on there way to the place where Old train car 's reside. That last freight yard somewhere beyond the rainbow. I hope they'll be happy there .
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Posted - February 27 2017 : 02:33:11 AM
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Why where they in a trash can? and why would coffee grinds ruin them?
Modeling on the cheap
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Posted - February 27 2017 : 12:12:06 PM
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quote:The cars were doing OK in the trash can till my wife dumped the coffee grinds on them. Yep, that was their final moment. Their done for. They've been picked up and sent on there way to the place where Old train car 's reside. That last freight yard somewhere beyond the rainbow. I hope they'll be happy there .
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - February 26 2017 : 05:41:58 AM
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BOOOOOO!! throwing out good trains booooo
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Posted - February 28 2017 : 9:04:37 PM
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quote: quote:The cars were doing OK in the trash can till my wife dumped the coffee grinds on them. Yep, that was their final moment. Their done for. They've been picked up and sent on there way to the place where Old train car 's reside. That last freight yard somewhere beyond the rainbow. I hope they'll be happy there .
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - February 26 2017 : 05:41:58 AM
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BOOOOOO!! throwing out good trains booooo
Originally posted by microbusss - February 27 2017 : 12:12:06 PM
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If you should ever find yourself considering tossing some really the other dark meatty old cars again, please do send them my way, I can make anything and I mean ANYTHING operable again and it's a shame for them to go to waste! 
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