@Curt Henion posted:Hey Paul, it was Forest Green with the green interior and the 396 (402) BBC with the Muncie 4speed transmission. If you like Chevelles, you would have loved my ‘66.
I don’t have either Chevelle anymore, but still have the wife. This year is our 50th.
Great cars, no doubt'... Great stories, Great wife, I'm sure, and 50 years' calls for congratulations'... Curt'... Well done'...
Awesome guys, Chevelle are the nicest muscle cars. My first car was a 1972, so naturally when I could afford it I went ahead and bought me my childhood ride. 
Back to trains...I just picked this up from DD...Dodge van from Home Alone movie..
Curt all your Chevelles look great and Happy Anniversary
@Curt Henion Happy Anniversary! That's a big one! Nice looking Chevelle's, too. I really miss the old cars. Today's imitations hurt my ears.
Thank you everyone for the congratulations on the 50th. She was the first girl I ever dated and knew it was forever on that first date.
Hey Scott, I own the old and the new, even though they are Camaros. The new one is nice and fast, but you just can’t beat the looks of the ‘67.
I hope I don’t get banned for getting off of the topic. Lets face it, cars and trains have always gone together.
Hey FECRailroaddog, that is a sweet ‘72. Bet it makes you feel younger everytime you get in it. Oh, we have to keep to the topic, very nice scene on your layout.
Hey Curt, enough about the cars and your bride, what ever happened to those pants you’re wearing in that pic? Those are groovy!!
Hey JDFonz, my college days, what can I say. The Ivy League fad back then I guess. I look at them now and cringe. Hey, even the hippies made fun of me and my short hair, but I was having fun.
Good stuff Curt, just having fun! 👍
@JDFonz posted:Hey Curt, enough about the cars and your bride, what ever happened to those pants you’re wearing in that pic? Those are groovy!!
I think he made a Layout Table skirt out of them.
Curt, many of us have cars from our past on our layouts. It personalizes things.
Richie C. Another vote for a great job on the trailer and the graphics on the cab
Rattler, nice fleet of REA trucks. Looks like that REA depot has the town covered no matter what the freight is.
John, nice haul for $8. I've got one of those Ertl woodies. If it's the same one it made think of adding a B&B to the layout. The host can pick up guests at the train station with it.
Actually, Lee, I cut them up and used them for rags to do oil changes on the Chevelle. Didn’t really even work good for rags.
Hey JDFonz, that’s what I love about this website, just a great bunch of people having fun.
The pants kind of distracted from the picture. No one has noticed the rear of the ‘69 Dodge Charger in the picture. Back then muscle cars were no big deal. Now, they would be too very valuable cars sitting next to each other.
@coach joe posted:Curt, many of us have cars from our past on our layouts. It personalizes things.
Richie C. Another vote for a great job on the trailer and the graphics on the cab
Yep. I recently found a 74 Mercury Capri Coupe. Need to change the color, but that's easy.
Looking for a 68 Datsun 1900 Fairlady roadster now. 
Thanks, Coach 
Thanks Curt, it sure does.
That's so true Coach Joe, I try to use mostly 70's and 80's cars on my layout, brings back wonderful memories.
Wonderful photos everybody! First I have never seen Tootsie Toy painted so greatly. I have a box of my Tootsie's and will rethink using them. Mine have been painted time and time again, and at one time every sedan was a NYC patrol car. I also have three crates (yep) of die-cast vehicles and trucks, some common, some not so, and one crate is 100% Solido US Army circa WWII. Be that as it may I come asking questions. How did you create lawns and grass? How did you create asphalt roads? These photos are incredible, and as I prepare to redo my three tier layout I'd like to, hope to, replicate some of what I see here. Most important question today is ballast...I never used any because I am concerned about the engines picking it up.
@Chuck242 posted:Wonderful photos everybody! First I have never seen Tootsie Toy painted so greatly. I have a box of my Tootsie's and will rethink using them. Mine have been painted time and time again, and at one time every sedan was a NYC patrol car. I also have three crates (yep) of die-cast vehicles and trucks, some common, some not so, and one crate is 100% Solido US Army circa WWII. Be that as it may I come asking questions. How did you create lawns and grass? How did you create asphalt roads? These photos are incredible, and as I prepare to redo my three tier layout I'd like to, hope to, replicate some of what I see here. Most important question today is ballast...I never used any because I am concerned about the engines picking it up.
You have a real nice layout going on there'...Don't look like you need much assistance'... Today there is a host of instructional videos on 'You Tube'. Some are very good and cover the subjects you are looking for. Seeing how to accomplish these techniques is easier than trying to explain sometimes'...
Take a look, and check back, and we'll go from there'...😉
Custom flat load project from a while back:
Lledo ambulance (Packard) on a refurbed Lionel prewar flat.
PD
@Curt Henion posted:Hey Scott, I own the old and the new, even though they are Camaros. The new one is nice and fast, but you just can’t beat the looks of the ‘67.
I hope I don’t get banned for getting off of the topic. Lets face it, cars and trains have always gone together.
Curt...some great units in your garage...I wish i had more garage space! Oh man, the styles of the 'late 60's and 70's were something else...saved a couple of pairs of my plaid slacks from the era for old times sake...I'll say one thing for myself though, I never owned a "leisure suit"...
The "hot dog" guy is creating quite a jam in front of the train station...
Hey Paul, I will admit I had a leisure suit. Never did like it. Then Arnold Palmer came out with his line of clothes and I got one of his blazers. Now, I really felt important wearing something with his name on it.
@Capetrainman posted:The "hot dog" guy is creating quite a jam in front of the train station...
Paul, everyone loves a good 'Dog'..🌭 now and then... BTW, everytie I see this blue Charger'.. of yours, My mind takes me back to my 1970 in red'.. Crossed country two times in that baby, and three years in Germany'.. It was a real blast on the Autobahn'.. doing 120 KMs ...
And Gentlemen, in the 70's I had the leisure suite and the Plaid (golf) pants they were calling them... I kinda liked the leisure suite'....😎..
Was tooling around town today and spotted this 1960 Chevy, C-10 Custom'...Check out the chrome strip on the rear of the door jam...
This baby is MOON Equipped'.. .👀
That was part of the trim package on the top of the line Custom. The Fleetside (wheel well in the box) had more chrome down the side. The stepside pickup is really more rare. Back then we didn’t have “mag” wheels yet, so if you had chrome wheels and Baby Moons, you were really stylin. In drag racing they had American “magnesium” 5 spoke wheels on dragsters and altereds. Sweet pick up.
You looked like a movie star, Ted.
I tried the long hair for awhile, but it was just to hot, so went back to short hair.
The track owner at Bunker Hill Raceway had pants like mine. We won Best Appearing Crew.
@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:
And Gentlemen, in the 70's I had the leisure suite and the Plaid (golf) pants they were calling them... I kinda liked the leisure suite'....😎..
Ted, great pic...and tribute to the "leisure suit!!"
Ted, another "Charger" for ya...the driver gets around to all the good parties! He takes his cue from that famous song of the era, "I Get Around"...
The "Plymouth" guys made it to the recent Saturday night rally on North Main...the attendees and the cars were impressive...
Ted, I searched the table for a guy with a "leisure suit," but no luck...lol!
@Capetrainman posted:The "Plymouth" guys made it to the recent Saturday night rally on North Main...the attendees and the cars were impressive...
The guy in the white shirt behind the gray Plymouth is close enough'... There sure are some hot' chicks at these rallys'... Wish I lived closer'...🤩
I bought some pre-wired flashing LEDs from Amazon and installed them in some of my layout's emergency vehicles. Pretty happy with the results. Not prefect, but what is.
@Dad's Train Room posted:I bought some pre-wired flashing LEDs from Amazon and installed them in some of my layout's emergency vehicles. Pretty happy with the results. Not prefect, but what is.
Looks pretty good to me'.. Takes plenty of time to install and wire the LEDs in 1/43 cars'... Now burying the wires is no picnic either'.... 😁
@Dad's Train Room posted:I bought some pre-wired flashing LEDs from Amazon and installed them in some of my layout's emergency vehicles. Pretty happy with the results. Not prefect, but what is.
Looks great! Hope you don't mind me asking where you ordered them from?
@Dad's Train Room posted:I bought some pre-wired flashing LEDs from Amazon and installed them in some of my layout's emergency vehicles. Pretty happy with the results. Not prefect, but what is.
WOW! Amazing eye catcher. You may think it's not perfect, but I was mesmerized by the lights and saw nothing else. Cool.
Thanks everybody.
mike g., I ordered the LEDs through Amazon from a store called
They have a number of different colot and size LEDs, all pre-wired with color coded wires.
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