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 Posted - May 31 2008 : 11:54:26 PM
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Was going to make this a Loose End but what the hey (hay?).
Finally took it upon myself to make what Tyco SHOULD have:
I masked & painted the door, then scanned the car and created a custom color decal for the "X-Arrow" logo, stuck right on top of the factory black one (you can just barely make out traces of it).
I've always loved the railbox in real life and always wished Tyco had run their earlier, superior full-color artwork on the later modernized (correct) boxcar tooling. At least now I know what it would have looked like...
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 Posted - June 01 2008 : 7:56:39 PM
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Nice job on the logo, the color was always so much better.
My car for this week is a red box era Tyco Rutland 40' box car. I love the colors.
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Posted - June 01 2008 : 9:19:48 PM
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A tin bodied Fleichmann Reefer. It never had stirrups.
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Posted - June 01 2008 : 9:53:29 PM
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MDC/Roundhouse "Three-in-one" Rotary Plow kit. From the boxlot that kickstarted me back into the hobby after a 4 year self imposed hiatus, it had been started but not finished by its previous owner. I carved off all the molded on railings and finished it as best I could from pictures I could find. My beloved was pleased with the results and I've been back in the hobby ever since. The roadname comes from our initials and the number comes from her age when I finished it 15 years ago.
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 Posted - June 02 2008 : 12:51:16 AM
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Hey All,
Nice stuff! I have a Lima pass. car that was given to me by a friend yesterday. It's a one of a kind for me. I know nothing about it other than it's made in Italy.
Mike
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Posted - June 02 2008 : 01:26:35 AM
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Hello,
this Lima coach is a so called "Corbellini"-Coach, whoever Mr. Corbellini was. Italian State Ry. used these until the 1980´s for local trains. The model itself it quite rare, it was made from 1965 until 1971.
My car for this week is the same in gray, never catalogued, and a unusual version of the one before.
Martin
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 Posted - June 02 2008 : 03:07:18 AM
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Hi Martin,
Thanks for the info. I like the gray paint on your car.
Mike
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Posted - June 02 2008 : 03:41:24 AM
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Here ist the babelfish translation of what wikipedia says about these coaches:
quote:| The Corbellini cars are railway cars that were constructed between il1951 and 1953 and that they remained in service on the FS till the years ' 80. The name derives from that one of the minister of the Transports in the period of the post-war reconstruction, Guides Corbellini, than of it ordered 516 exemplary. Initially conceived like cars of third class, were riclassificate like cars of second (or mixed/before second) to continuation dell' abolition of the third class in all Europe happened in 1956. They were planned for local trains with strong crowding, and characterized from a double door of access to a vestibolo centers them. The inner seats, in wood like on the " centoporte" , successively covered from a padding on the head rest and the plan of sitting, they offered 68 places. The heating was to vapor or electrical worker. The cars had, in various ages, the three classic colorations brown-isabella (age III a), brown (age III b) and gray slate (age IV). They were catalogued with the number 5083 (Bz 5083 for the second class, AB 5083 for the mixed cars and before second). Currently some exemplary on hand of the historical trains survive. |
Still this is babelfish.....
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Posted - June 02 2008 : 09:01:32 AM
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the 4 items belonging to mantua gp20 listed in lotw car carrier awaiting new truck ken
  
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Posted - June 02 2008 : 4:40:49 PM
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| Nice set--I believe those were referred to as Mantua "Heavies." Good, solid cars, body-mounted couplers. I could be mistaken, but I believe early (80's) versions may have been made in USA, but I know later versions were China. Nice cross-over appeal with Matchbox.
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Posted - June 02 2008 : 4:45:53 PM
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according to brochure set was released in usa 95/96
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Posted - June 02 2008 : 6:31:20 PM
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| i like that Ken!! Nice set. I have all of my Matchbox cars from my chiildhood--England made--the original matchbox cars! I wouldn't mind finding a set like that. You buy from a U.S seller or U.K??
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Posted - June 02 2008 : 6:34:26 PM
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uk 28 dollars plus postage of 7 dollars well pleased apart from truck damage as per trade section posting ken
hi bryan you might like this link
http://www.tbirduk.com/mb-RailRoad.asp
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Posted - June 02 2008 : 10:40:56 PM
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| Thanks Ken[:D]
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Posted - June 03 2008 : 2:38:04 PM
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| Those Lima coaches are pretty cool. They remind me of smaller versions of the CNW/Rock Island/Metra (Chicago) double-deck commuter cars.
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Posted - June 04 2008 : 12:03:56 PM
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this is my second car of the week ,only need to sort oxidised ladder,ken
 
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Posted - June 05 2008 : 11:36:25 AM
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quote:
according to brochure set was released in usa 95/96
Originally posted by catfordken - June 02 2008 : 4:45:53 PM
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Hey Ken,
Love the Mantua Matchbox Set...Very Cool! If you get a chance, please provide me with a bigger scan of the advertisement for this set. I'd like to include it and your pics of the loco and cars on the Mantua site in the near future.
Thanks,
Tony
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Posted - June 05 2008 : 11:45:41 AM
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hi tony got the brochure off this site,but set is mine,ken
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Posted - June 05 2008 : 11:58:54 AM
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hi tony and all have put the completed car carrier on ken
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Posted - June 10 2008 : 12:23:14 PM
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Ken...where did you find that matchbox train at, It is very nice...have to keep a eye out for one, looks like a nice addition to any collection..like it and enjoy...Garret
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Posted - June 10 2008 : 12:40:35 PM
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hi garret it was ebay uk,i just typed in mantua and it came up,but as you have so mant mantua in us,i would suggest you just go to ho listings then type in matchbox ken
this one was on last week
http://cgi.ebay.com/MANTUA-HO-SCALE-MATCHBOX-RAILROAD-CABOOSE_W0QQitemZ380030421424QQihZ025QQcategoryZ19137QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Posted - June 11 2008 : 12:21:02 PM
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Thanks Ken, will look out for one...have a great day...Garret
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