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Life Like Cabinet company night shot ...
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Posted - September 26 2017 : 11:31:11 AM
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| In the heat of the night...
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Posted - September 27 2017 : 11:06:48 AM
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Nice nighttime shot, walt!
Here's my BOTW offering:
Three Tyco under-construction homes, which look perfect in the construction scene on the edge of Ephrata.
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Posted - September 27 2017 : 6:52:05 PM
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Originally posted by RP model railroads - September 27 2017 : 11:06:48 AM
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the dump truck it a Zylemex
the shovel & the crane are Matchbox
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Posted - September 27 2017 : 7:02:16 PM
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You're correct that both the excavator and the crane are Matchbox, but the dump truck is actually Matchbox Lesney Superfast, from the 1960's.
Don't believe me  , here's an Ebay listing of the exact truck-- http://www.ebay.com/itm/MATCHBOX-NO-28-DUMP-TRUCK-Superfast-Lesney-VINTAGE-ORIGINAL-MADE-IN-ENGLAND-/222652646545?hash=item33d721c491:g:llQAAOSwfpVZIije
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Posted - September 27 2017 : 8:20:27 PM
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I love it RP: totally got the Tyco look. Battle of the Minds
when it comes to Matchboxes! Has Micro met his match??
Nice use of the shrubs between track and buildings to
expand the scene visually. I will try exactly that on my
layout.
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Posted - September 27 2017 : 8:24:43 PM
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quote:
neat
but I have the exact truck as a Zylemex!
Honest!
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Posted - September 27 2017 : 9:55:19 PM
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Yeah, actually, when I searched for "Vintage Matchbox dumptruck HO-Scale," it brought up a yellow dump truck manufactured by Zylemex that looked like an imitation Matchbox-Lesney. So, I can see the confusion in distinguishing between the two....
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Posted - September 28 2017 : 03:18:02 AM
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Wow, I've never been a Matchbox collector, but this is a pretty
interesting exchange of knowledge. Way back in the day, I
remember my first Matchbox really well. It was like this
mauve convertible thing, and I don't know where it came
from, and I think either doors or the hood or something
opened. As we walking down Tverskya Street, in central
Moscow, USSR, I remember rolling it along the walls of
buildings. Probably the only kid in the Soviet Union that
had one.
Yeah, it was an interesting childhood: some kids went to
Disneyland, we went to the USSR. This in 1964 of all the
times to be there.
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Posted - September 28 2017 : 07:55:46 AM
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Actually Matchbox Superfast was not from the 60s unless it was the last two years. I have not looked it up yet...
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Posted - September 28 2017 : 11:19:55 AM
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No, it sure wasn't a Superfast. It had regular black matchbox tires.
The Hotwheels things didn't come around until the mid 60's, and
they were like re-inventing the wheel for us.
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Posted - September 28 2017 : 1:08:19 PM
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quote:No, it sure wasn't a Superfast. It had regular black matchbox tires.
The Hotwheels things didn't come around until the mid 60's, and
they were like re-inventing the wheel for us.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â September 28 2017Â :Â 11:19:55 AM
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Matchbox started in 1953!
Superfast happened in 1969 as a response to the faster Hot Wheels
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Posted - September 28 2017 : 4:40:55 PM
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Ah, that's the difference. Hotwheels vs. Superfast. I think I remember
Hotwheels before '69, maybe it was 68...
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Posted - September 28 2017 : 7:08:49 PM
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quote:Ah, that's the difference. Hotwheels vs. Superfast. I think I remember
Hotwheels before '69, maybe it was 68...
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â September 28 2017Â :Â 4:40:55 PM
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1968 is when HW started
& yes I do have a few original Redlines
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Posted - September 28 2017 : 7:31:34 PM
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Actually, I believe it was that particular Ebay seller who classified it as "Superfast", but in reality, I know for a fact that it is a Matchbox Lesney.
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Posted - September 28 2017 : 9:25:04 PM
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| I have 33 Matchbox regular wheels mint in boxes... Hotwheels come along in 68 with a lot of neat body styles and colors...
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Posted - September 29 2017 : 05:12:39 AM
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Here is my train Minature elevated coal Tressel.
frank
toptrain
" It's a Heck of a Day " !!!
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Posted - September 29 2017 : 12:36:44 PM
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| That coal trestle is pretty fine Frank.
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Posted - September 29 2017 : 4:36:45 PM
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| I do like the coal trestle. Looks like a Hot Wheels ramp.
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