Buy anything cool lately?

Decided to watch a few more paint videos so I ran back to Micheals and got a few more things. Pis.........Paul

Vincent Massi posted:

sigh   After following every false lead I could find, I had to accept the official statements from both Disney and Hot Wheels that this magnificent vehicle is not based on a real car.

It's the car driven by Cruella De Vil in "101 Dalmatians."  

Walmart    $1.10     What can I say?

Say from above it resembles the Bugatti Type 57 ? 

Adriatic posted:

Vincent Massi posted:

sigh   After following every false lead I could find, I had to accept the official statements from both Disney and Hot Wheels that this magnificent vehicle is not based on a real car.

It's the car driven by Cruella De Vil in "101 Dalmatians."  

Walmart    $1.10     What can I say?

Say from above it resembles the Bugatti Type 57 ? 

Not bad. But from the rear, you can clearly see that they are not the same car.

I want to explain something. I researched "M&M collectibles," and over the last twenty years, they are all variations of the same silly designs. You do not need to spend hundreds of dollars buying a twenty-year-old figure to add to your collection--wait until Christmas and they will produce a bunch of new ones that look the same.

This left-over from 2018 was reduced from $9 to $3.50. When you pull down the left arm, it fills the open box with M&M's. It will be a gaudy addition to my Christmas 2019 lay-out. Christmas collectibles? Yes.  Hundreds of dollars for M&M collectibles? No. 

Vincent Massi posted:

Adriatic posted:

Vincent Massi posted:

sigh   After following every false lead I could find, I had to accept the official statements from both Disney and Hot Wheels that this magnificent vehicle is not based on a real car.

It's the car driven by Cruella De Vil in "101 Dalmatians."  

Walmart    $1.10     What can I say?

Say from above it resembles the Bugatti Type 57 ? 

Not bad. But from the rear, you can clearly see that they are not the same car.

Our friends at Wikipedia.org say:

'It is also believed that the inspiration for the name [Cruella de Vil] began in 1939 when Dodie Smith purchased a new Rolls-Royce 25/30 "Sedanca de Ville" motorcar in which she and her pet Dalmatian "Pongo" frequently travelled, which also formed the basis of the cartoon imagery of Cruella's own motorcar.'

But, as I've argued elsewhere, it is likely a typical Disney composite -- a little bit of this, a little bit of that, all to create the best "vehicle" to tell the story.

TRRR

I've always liked the Railgon livery and had a chance to pick this one up on eBay (for the soon-to-be scrap business). I bashed it a bit by installing MTH trucks which lowers the car for a more prototypic look.

In this pic you can see that the OEM car to the left rides too high especially when compared with the bashed car to the right.

Lew

Stumbled across this one on "the Bay" last week. It's from the 2011 OGR Tour of MTH. I'm going to have to do some actual work converting this car as it doesn't have Kadee mounts. I think I'm going to use the MTH scale-wheeled trucks as the car will ride lower.

TomlinsonRunRR posted:

Vincent Massi posted:

Adriatic posted:

Vincent Massi posted:

sigh   After following every false lead I could find, I had to accept the official statements from both Disney and Hot Wheels that this magnificent vehicle is not based on a real car.

It's the car driven by Cruella De Vil in "101 Dalmatians."  

Walmart    $1.10     What can I say?

Say from above it resembles the Bugatti Type 57 ? 

Not bad. But from the rear, you can clearly see that they are not the same car.

Our friends at Wikipedia.org say:

'It is also believed that the inspiration for the name [Cruella de Vil] began in 1939 when Dodie Smith purchased a new Rolls-Royce 25/30 "Sedanca de Ville" motorcar in which she and her pet Dalmatian "Pongo" frequently travelled, which also formed the basis of the cartoon imagery of Cruella's own motorcar.'

But, as I've argued elsewhere, it is likely a typical Disney composite -- a little bit of this, a little bit of that, all to create the best "vehicle" to tell the story.

TRRR

Valid points, TRRR. I did research the Rolls-Royce 25/30, but it is clearly not the same car.

Pingman posted:

My first order from the new owner of North Lima Train Works arrived today:

Big box, plenty of bubble wrap, and everything arrived safe and sound.

There was more stuff, but the UP "Plainfield" vista dome and the upper and lower level interiors for the full vista dome were the important items.

The "Plainfield" will be used in a Norther Pacific North Coast Limited train--the train lacked a vista dome because I didn't want the typical LIONEL centered vista dome and that was what was available all those years ago when I painted it.  So this offset dome will fill the void.

The interior for the full dome will go into a Great Northern Empire Builder project.  The aluminum, full dome car is a LIONEL TCA convention car using interior parts from other LIONEL domes that came with interiors--hence the parts order from NLTW.

Bottom line:  My experience with NLTW could not have gone better--everything I ordered was carefully packed; promptly shipped; and, arrived complete and undamaged.

 

That is really cool!

geysergazer posted:

I've always liked the Railgon livery and had a chance to pick this one up on eBay (for the soon-to-be scrap business). I bashed it a bit by installing MTH trucks which lowers the car for a more prototypic look.

                 

 

         

Lew

Lew, nice looking gondola.

I'm pretty sure when I worked at BFF (Berwick Forge and Fabricating) in Berwick Pa. in early 80's, they made the original Railgon gondola's.

I just purchased an Acela set with the 3 car add on.  I know, I figured you all might need a good laugh.  I'm actually pretty excited about the new adventure.

Bryant, I’ve always like that set and I wish you the best with it. A few pics or a video of it once you get it set up would be great!!

I’ve been picking up quite a few things lately. Going to have to take it easy.

I got this Coaling Tower on EBAY to add to my layout

I stopped  by Brady’s Train Outlet in Greensburg PA last week and picked up this bus.

I got this Weaver 50ft Flat Car with a 40ft trailer and a Lionel 50ft Flat Car with two pup trailers on eBay. 

Dave, I'm glad you got to stop at Brady's and they had a bu for you!  I think it is really cool!  The two flat cars with trailers look great!!

N&W 611's Auxiliary Tender for my LEGACY J Class. I just got it this past weekend.

always wanted a set of b&le coaches,they had very few and were green,i got some also ran cars and with the help of my friend lynn,he painted them ,per my request orange and black,,,stunning set,even if do say so myself

The Bessemer coaches look great Terry!  

Very nice Terry.  Lynn did a good job.

Fedex dropped off this PW 282 Gantry Crane today:

From a bay-of-e merchant. To be affordable it was purchased as-is untested and without a controller. Motor&transmission are very clean including clutch and it functions fine! It does have the several-teeth-missing-from-the-swing-gear syndrome one sees from rough handing but I can get along with that because I don't need 360deg rotation.

Trussman posted:

geysergazer posted:

I've always liked the Railgon livery and had a chance to pick this one up on eBay (for the soon-to-be scrap business). I bashed it a bit by installing MTH trucks which lowers the car for a more prototypic look.

                 

 

         

Lew

Lew, nice looking gondola.

I'm pretty sure when I worked at BFF (Berwick Forge and Fabricating) in Berwick Pa. in early 80's, they made the original Railgon gondola's.

My Dad was born in Berwick and grew up in Milton. My Uncle and cousin worked at ACF in Milton. 

franktrain posted:

franktrain posted:

Picked up at a estate sale Lionel postwar Santa Fe freight Alcos 204 with boxes. Nice shape except motor was locked up from old lubricant. Cleaned and oiled, now runs like new.

Went back to the estate sale the second day and picked up the passenger cars for half price. Now have a original 1957 set #1586. Oddball set, Lionel finally makes SF freight locos but added passenger cars.

That’s beautiful!

Sinclair- That DDA40X is HUGE!! Wow! I thought for a moment that was a G scale model next to an HO scale! Wow! Beautiful!

Got the new Union Pacific 1943 boxcar with LED lights and the UP 1943 caboose. The colors match well with the engine but my only complaint is the LED lights in the boxcar are not bright like I had anticipated. I am still overall happy with them both.

Carl Peduzzi posted:

This this isn’t a new locomotive for some, but it is for me.  I had it on layaway at my local hobby shop in Manassas, VA, and I picked it up this past weekend.  It is the third Premier locomotive being added to my carpet central.  It is a great locomotive.

Good looking Engine!

Added some more Western Maryland to the fleet

MTH Railking with Loco-sounds system.

     very nice Bob !!   see,  now you can get the matching G scale one too...

                       no one would even notice...

Excellent addition, Bob!!!!

Great looking stuff guys. Well I got my first steam today. It’s a MTH Rail King I think #1104 UP 4-6-4 sorry but the “Uncle Pete” has to go going to re-do it in New York Central I got a good buy on it even though it was UP

I got a job 2 weeks ago and got my first paycheck yesterday, so I decided to treat myself for working my butt off for those 2 weeks. I bought this off Mario's Trains today. It should be here next week, most likely on Wednesday. Can't wait to try this out on my Legacy engine! I will post a video when I get around to that.

Congratulations Michael!!

Mark Boyce posted:

Congratulations Michael!!

Thanks Mark.

MichaelB posted:

I got a job 2 weeks ago and got my first paycheck yesterday, so I decided to treat myself for working my butt off for those 2 weeks. I bought this off Mario's Trains today. It should be here next week, most likely on Wednesday. Can't wait to try this out on my Legacy engine! I will post a video when I get around to that.

Awesome!

do you mind me asking where you work?

im hoping to get my first job this summer at bill Miller’s so I was just wondering.

i need a job to pay for my Es44ac I am hoping to purchase

LoganUP1982 posted:

Awesome!

do you mind me asking where you work?

im hoping to get my first job this summer at bill Miller’s so I was just wondering.

i need a job to pay for my Es44ac I am hoping to purchase

Uhhhhhhhh... I personally don't like mentioning where I work in a public online area, since I work for a small company. But I'm working as an Electrical technician/assembler.

Keep in mind that I spent the course of 6 months applying to any job that fit my experience, before I got accepted to work with the company I am currently working with. So your experience with finding a job might be different from mine. Just do what I did and you will eventually get one.

NS1975 posted:

Got the new Union Pacific 1943 boxcar with LED lights and the UP 1943 caboose. The colors match well with the engine but my only complaint is the LED lights in the boxcar are not bright like I had anticipated. I am still overall happy with them both.

Beautiful cars, but LED lights in the boxcar?

Vincent Massi posted:

NS1975 posted:

Got the new Union Pacific 1943 boxcar with LED lights and the UP 1943 caboose. The colors match well with the engine but my only complaint is the LED lights in the boxcar are not bright like I had anticipated. I am still overall happy with them both.

Beautiful cars, but LED lights in the boxcar?

The stars in the American flag have LED lights that glow. The car gets power from the track.

Just bought a Lionel NYC Hotbox Reefer set for a great deal on the for sale forum! Unopened with no signs of wear and tear before I tested these on the layout! 

I just took delivery of this from da bay!

made from cardboard, balsa wood, and 3d paper. Only the Monitor windows are from plastic Korber castings.

NS1975 posted:

Vincent Massi posted:

NS1975 posted:

Got the new Union Pacific 1943 boxcar with LED lights and the UP 1943 caboose. The colors match well with the engine but my only complaint is the LED lights in the boxcar are not bright like I had anticipated. I am still overall happy with them both.

Beautiful cars, but LED lights in the boxcar?

The stars in the American flag have LED lights that glow. The car gets power from the track.

NS1975, I'm impressed!

Quiver me liver!

I saw a yard sale while walking my dog, and I found this for $2!

On the way home, I realized that it has two secret compartments, each with treasure inside.

When I got home, I discovered that it takes two AA batteries... For what?..

..I installed the batteries, and it played a jaunty pirate's tune.

Needs clean-up and some touch-up paint, as well as some more action figures.

Now I can almost run some trains!

my cw 80 won’t work with my new tiu, but this will work for my track power up. Now I need to find a z500 for my tiu power up.