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@Lionelski posted:

Mrs. Lionelski had $20 in "Kohls Cash" expiring today and could not find anything to buy. I did though, this Hallmark Keepsakes "collectible" (at least it was until I clipped the hanger hook off it!) 1966 Chevy C10 pickup. It was $19.99, no tax with "Kohls Cash usage, so it was free to me and I have a penny left over.

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I was atHobby Lobby earlier today and they have a bunch of earth moving equipment tree ornaments that appear to be a bit large but will work.  (I'm not a scale builder, I'm a toy train player-wither.) They appear to made from sort of resin material.  I'm going back for a few back hoes, skip loaders, and track dozers...and any others I can find.  Maybe a half dozen of each.

I had quite a few more good pictures that I can’t find on my phone or email or some vehicles I recently acquired. I try to keep the majority of my layout’s structures, engines, rolling stock, and vehicles consistent with anything from the mid 80s and up

new: in the parking lot on the left

Mercedes ML(Gold)- welly 1:38

Ford Raptor(being towed)- Kinsmart 1:46

New(on the road):

Shelby Cobra- Kinsmart 1:44 scale

Mercedes GL- 1:43 by kinsmart

Land Rover Defender- 1/43 by Kinsmart

White BMW X6- 1/40- by Welly’s

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Red Ford pick-up(decals added)- 1:46 scale by kinsmart

Brown Packard(from my pop)- Solido- 1/41 Scale 67777565-475D-49F8-9ADA-AF3E2B604ADA

the Texaco station is new and was a steal 1955(I think) 1:40 Scale Chevy nomad 84DC04C7-B30B-40C5-BB52-6CFBB3749A1B

K-line 1:43 Scale police tow truck, the green Chevy nomad in the gas station

ontje road between the 2 track are two high-end cars street racing mustn’t have seen the cruiser near by. Maserati by Welly(1/40 scale) Jaguar XL Coupe by Kinsmart 1/42 scaleF3B1F871-4D51-4D3A-9D05-437AA7D43BBA

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@coach joe posted:

West Side Joe, you've got some great looking vehicles there.  Great to MABSTOA green on that Fishbowl.  Don't know how you scored the Ballantine Mack, I thought NJHRs had scooped them all up as shown in Paul Romano's picture.

It was one of only two on Ebay at the time. The other one was offered by a UK seller.

Right now there is one on offer on Ebay.

Great to see this thread up and running again!  Thanks Ted for the resurrection!  Really great posts everyone!   Here are some various pics taken over the last few months.  

MORNING TRAFFIC

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@trumpettrain I enjoy seeing your posts every week on SWSat. I know you live in the DC area. I have never seen you post an image of this green roofed building. 

The "Little Tavern Hamburger" shop. I grew up going to the one in Alexandria VA. I loved those greasy paper bags of tiny pickle covered burgers and was so sad they disappeared in the 90's when I went off to college. I remember the building was all metal panels even the embossed roof shingles. Can you share pictures of your model? Is it a kit or scratched?

I used a mat for some. My car show sits on a painted green plywood sheet. I'm not to handy and I have no room to do work on the layout, no workshop, or even area large enough to do work. I had to do it on the tables my layout is on, arranging the work in sequence. What I have is a rather toy train series of layouts, one 027 gauge, one mostly "O" gauge, a trestle oval where my trolley runs, a circle with 2 sidings where my Yankee commuter trains run. I have D&H  passenger and freight trains. I also have the car show which mimics the AACA car show in Spencer,NC which is where the NC Transportation Museum and Yards are. Then I have a section with cabooses, a representation of those in the Red Caboose Motel in Lancaster, Pa. I stayed in the Reading caboose so that's there. All in all, I'm happy with the result, and while it's not as intricate as many others it serves to bring back memories for me. Oh, and I've put hoboes on my D&H freight and people on other parts of the layout.

Hi everyone, I thought I might post for your review and enjoyment another member of my "Japanese Tinplate Trucks" club.  This one is a cement mixer and the rubber wheel friction drive actually turns the mixer tank on the back as it propels the truck along.  This one unlike the Mobile Pet Shop I showed earlier is a little closer to O-scale.  I have placed an actual 1/48 size person near the cab door to show the scale comparison.  The working end of the truck is quite realistic, the chute for the concrete swivels and moves up and down as it would on a real truck. Rear even has the registration plate.  The mixer moves at a realistic rotational speed.  The downsides are that there is  no real cab interior, not even a steering wheel and the cab doors are only hinted at and not really there.  Another acquisition from a trip to Kadena AFB on Okinawa, Japan (actually it belonged to the US when I was there).

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Have a happy weekend everyone.

Don

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Hi everyone...hey I went to "Hobby Lobby" to get one of those Atlantis White Sinclair Tanker kits (winter project) and I was successful although I got the last one they had on the shelf.  What I wanted to say to everyone, as we now approach the Christmas season, Hobby Lobby is jam packed with "stuff" you can use to "Christmasize" your layout and ALL of it is offered at 40-50 % off the marked price.  I usually add some temporary Holiday decoration to my layout for the holidays and have an "around the tree" set running as well so these bargains were of interest to me.  Anyway just FYI if you need any of this Holiday stuff.

Don

I just yesterday found a car....no pictures yet... that is / was made by Tomte Lardal (?), Stamanger (?), Norway.  It is made of semi-soft canary yellow rubber-like material with a soft transparent windshield.  It is a pretty good representation of a T-bird convertible with quad headlights, a hood scoop, flat top "eyebrows" over the headlights, long low fins, and round quad tail lights with flat "eyebrows" over them.  I can't remember the year but the quad headlights weren't seen much before 1963.  The sides are a swoop and spear thing that I recall seeing, but don't know when.

 

This car is a bit small for 1/48, but a bunch larger than 1?64.  It has a couple of people cast into the front seats and a dog laying on the back seat.

 

I'd like to 1. identify the year, 2. identify the maker, 3.see if I can find more cars like this, and 4. put some skill, luck, and work into painting it to use in one of my scenes.

 

Any help from anyone, anywhere will be appreciated.

 

JFWIW the one I'm seeing my mind's eye was pink and white, common colors for Edsels and Turnpike Cruisers.

I found a ton of them on eBay for $4.99 to over $300.00, various sizes and all made in the 60s.  Mine is a 1962 T-Bird (it really isn't, but I still can't pin it down) in what they say is 1/43....not even close, but I can use it as a background car.  Needs a new windshield unless I can figure out how to un-warp this one.  There is a bilious green one on eBay for $5.99.

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Okay, let's assume I have no idea how to send this to my e-mail (which I don't.  I've been working with computers since 1966 and still don't know diddly-squat about them) and go from there 

 

BTW, I found a book with pages of paper and it appears that this is a model of a '58 or more likely a '59 car.

 

I'd still like to send pics of things and stuff when I can, though.

Tom

Laughed at these postings, since l have used computers, as tools, since my employer sprang for Zenith!! desktops.  I am not enamored with electronics.  Directions for posting pictures remind me of asking directions on a 1920's dirt road: "go past Uncle Elbert's farm, turn left at the third white house, then two miles past the end of the fence line, and you are almost there".  I have seen that White truck, but like railroad models, l want the year that White was first offered printed on the box.   An Alco PA nosed up to a E-8 at Promontory Point is not an accurate historical model. 

@Forty Rod posted:

Okay, let's assume I have no idea how to send this to my e-mail (which I don't.  I've been working with computers since 1966 and still don't know diddly-squat about them) and go from there 

 

BTW, I found a book with pages of paper and it appears that this is a model of a '58 or more likely a '59 car.

 

I'd still like to send pics of things and stuff when I can, though.

Tom

Here's how I do it, anyways. Put your name, phone number and e-mail address in your phone book on the iPhone and close it out.

Go to your phone book on the main screen and click on your name. When the screen comes up, click on your e-mail address and a "New Message" screen will open up. Type "FYI" in the "subject line" and tap the blank screen. Then lightly tap again and you should get a black bar with an arrow on the right. Tap the black bar arrow and you should get another black bar that says "Insert Photo or Video". Tap that and your photos should show up at the bottom. Click the one(s) you want to send and tap the blue arrow on the right to send. If you get a message about size, hit "actual size" and it should go through to your e-mail box.  

Open your e-mail and save the picture to your desktop. When you write your message in the Forum, hit  "Add Attachments" on the bottom right and follow the prompts.

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This is a model I found in an antique/flea market store in a little town in Arkansas a few years back.  The road grader is by Joal, a Spanish maker. It had lost its grader blade and had only one tire.  The paint on it was still fine. I got it for $5. I made a new blade for it. The missing tires were a problem. So, I looked up Joal on line and asked about replacement tires and their cost.  After two weeks or so passed by with no word, a little package from Spain was in my mailbox. A full set of new tires for the road grader was inside, as well as information about other Joal die cast models. No charge, with a nice letter about my interest in Joal. Now my 'Cat'  wears a full set of new shoes.  Here it is on a Westbrook flat car that dates from 1949!  A train show truck-less 'junker' find that I  got for $3.  I should change those tie-down chains to something more realistic.

Someday. . . .  S. Islander  

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Hello everyone...Well since time is frozen on my layout to "sometime" in the 1950's, I discovered this 1953 Chevy Belaire Convertible at Hobby Lobby.  The box said "Scale Model" but nowhere on the box did it show the scale they were talking about.  I took a chance and took it home to compare with some known scale models and it appears to be somewhere around 1/43 -1/48 although just a little big.  However it fits in well in my McDonald's parking lot , so I'm pleased especially since the price was only $7.99

Here is a side view, I really liked the treatment of the convertible top, looks realistic with the "folds".  The characteristic Belaire side trim is neat and even the trim under the gas cap.

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Here is the rear view, the taillights are quite accurate and the trunk trim. The bumpers are a little too bright for my taste but in the rear its not too bad.

Chevy Belaire rear view

Here is the front view, with the prominent Chevy "bow tie' and the hood ornament.  The grill is OK but all that shiny chrome makes the front a little too shiny for me.  I may try to dull that up some in the future.  Note the windshield wipers however, that's a neat touch of realism.

Chevy Belaire front view

Well there you are friends, my small towns newest auto.  Man the neighbors will be jealous and whispering -where did the owner get all that money, especially with the recession (1950's) and all? ...who knows, maybe he bet on the horses!

Have a great weekend

Don

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Got my DD order in on Friday that I had placed awhile ago and, not to belabor the issue, but was very disappointed in the size of the "O Scale" orange bottle truck as seen on the '51 Kenworth Flatbed truck alongside a '51 Chevy Illinois Terminal MOW pickup truck. It is way off of anything close to "O" scale. Too much of a hassle to return it, so I'll put it in the back of the layout and rely on "forced perspective" to make it look as good as possible.

OTOH, very pleased with the MOW pick-up with chrome wheels, opening doors and tailgate and a couple of track ties. The Kenworth came with the flat bed painted a dark green, which I'm not fond of, so that will get painted black and maybe detailed a little.

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DD lists it as 1:48 scale, probably because the box from the manufacturer is marked "O Scale".

If you look at the pic I posted a few posts ago, with the 53' Chevy pick-up and the beverage truck on the flatbed next to each other for comparison, you can clearly see that it is substantially smaller than the 1:43 scale pick-up. I would guesstimate 1:55, also.

BTW, the orange pick-up is a 1953, not a 1951, as I originally posted and is an Illinois Central MOW truck, not Illinois Terminal. 

Well fellows, if you monitor this post you know I have a weakness for "Japanese Tin" and have posted a couple of my favorite trucks that I managed to collect along the way of my career.  Today is different...!!  Yesterday was my 76th Birthday and my Grandchildren gave me a really special birthday present.  Its a Japanese tin lithographed horse truck (after all we do live in Texas   )   It has no manufacturer markings, just a small lettered country of origin.  I can't precisely determine the scale but I included a ruler in the first picture.  I note that IF the trailer was 20 ft it would be almost exactly 1/48 but who knows how long the trailer was "supposed to be" .

Here is the side view, truck has some "patina" which shows it was played with and I really love that.  Note the side ramp door, very prototypical for transports like this as it allows the horses to be unloaded on the "safe" side of the trailer.  Trailer is about 5" long.

Horse truck side

Here is the opposite side, no ramp but it contains the logo "HV" .  No steering wheel in the cab so I can't tell if it would be right hand drive as would be correct for Japan, hence its likely an export toy.

Horse Truck side 2

Front view.  The cab appears very similar to that on the gas truck model we have talked about here.

Horse Truck front

Finally the rear, no doors in the rear as would be typical of transports of this type.  Too dangerous to unload horses from the rear in many circumstances.

Horse truck rear

Well there you are fellows.  A long way from your beautiful scale trucks but great fun for me and a special gift as well.

Don

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Well fellows, if you monitor this post you know I have a weakness for "Japanese Tin" and have posted a couple of my favorite trucks that I managed to collect along the way of my career.  Today is different...!!  Yesterday was my 76th Birthday and my Grandchildren gave me a really special birthday present.  Its a Japanese tin lithographed horse truck (after all we do live in Texas   )   It has no manufacturer markings, just a small lettered country of origin.  I can't precisely determine the scale but I included a ruler in the first picture.  I note that IF the trailer was 20 ft it would be almost exactly 1/48 but who knows how long the trailer was "supposed to be" .

Here is the side view, truck has some "patina" which shows it was played with and I really love that.  Note the side ramp door, very prototypical for transports like this as it allows the horses to be unloaded on the "safe" side of the trailer.  Trailer is about 5" long.

Horse truck side

Here is the opposite side, no ramp but it contains the logo "HV" .  No steering wheel in the cab so I can't tell if it would be right hand drive as would be correct for Japan, hence its likely an export toy.

Horse Truck side 2

Front view.  The cab appears very similar to that on the gas truck model we have talked about here.

Horse Truck front

Finally the rear, no doors in the rear as would be typical of transports of this type.  Too dangerous to unload horses from the rear in many circumstances.

Horse truck rear

Well there you are fellows.  A long way from your beautiful scale trucks but great fun for me and a special gift as well.

Don

That is a great truck, ANd a  Very Happy Birthday', Don...🎂🍰☕

Quarter gauger  / Lee :  Thank you both for the Birthday greetings.  As you can imagine I was thrilled with the new truck.  In regard to the Safeway Freightliner Trucks from Japan...I will check, I have several things boxed up out of site, but since Safeway was a prominent store where I grew up, I don't think so...sorry.

Best wishes to all

Don

P.S. I wish I were 52 again as well....  (LOL)  Happy Birthday Lee

Picked up Lionel's new (?) 2 pack set of 40' trailers in BAR livery on sale from one of our Forum sponsor's ("CR") York sale. They come in a variety of road names.

They have flexible mud flaps (not sure if rubber or vinyl) and come with an extra rear door assembly that allows you to display the trailer with the rear doors open. The closed door panel simply pops out and the open door assembly snaps on - very cool. If I had a gripe (and I don't) it would be that the open doors are just flat grey panels and would look better with a little detailing.

At $38 for the pair seems like a steal.

Shown on the '51 Kenworth flatbed I got a few posts back and subsequently painted the flat bed black and a little minor detailing in the rear.

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JDFonz:  Great job on the Dinky restoration...not only is it now great to look at but you have "saved" a classic toy.  Lee Drennen you asked about the Safeway Freightliner toys and I said I would look through my trucks to see what I had.  Well unfortunately I do not have a match to the toys you remember.  However, I did find one that you might like to see.  Its not Japanese its Marx (#1 toy maker in the World) and its from "Shop Rite" .  Way too big for most trains, in fact it is about the largest truck I have, but it was too colorful a lithograph and cool a toy to pass up.  So here it is, just for fun!

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Best Regards Everyone

Don

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