Any online suppliers for more affordable cars and trucks for my hi rail lay out
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What do you call affordable?
Do a search for Yat Ming, they make some pretty nice cars & trucks for a reasonable price. I think these are the same as MTH sells in their catalog set.
scale slot cars cheap on eBay
get the ones with illuminated head and tail lights
remove the pickups repaint if necessary,
I'm always amazed at the number of fine Hi-Rail layouts I see in OGR and CTT that have "junk" car models. How many freight cars do you have in continual storage? A very nice car model could have been bought, for each, instead.
My three year old is constantly playing with the cars trucks on the layout. I set the cheap ones out for him
I'm with Joe Hohmann, AND I grit my teeth when a photo in one of those mags show a
number of vehicles of wildly different eras interspersed....Model T Fords and other brass
era cars in a traffic jam with Lincoln Town Cars and Freightliners, etc., but as a car nut
as well as a train nut, I notice stuff like that. Some of your visitors will, too.
Maybe it was cruise night! 
Originally Posted by coloradohirailer:
I'm with Joe Hohmann, AND I grit my teeth when a photo in one of those mags show a
number of vehicles of wildly different eras interspersed....Model T Fords and other brass
era cars in a traffic jam with Lincoln Town Cars and Freightliners, etc., but as a car nut
as well as a train nut, I notice stuff like that. Some of your visitors will, too.
I am being picky about the cars & trucks on the layout. Not quite as picky with the trucks as I just don't find what I need.
I don't want anything newer than a 1949 model and it really thins the selection.
I have had zero luck with what I term "Heavy Equipment" like bulldozers, steam shovel etc. I finally found a cable controlled Bulldozer. It's Int. Harvester Red VS the Desired Cat Yellow but it's at least the correct controls.
I may cave in and put a BTTF Delorean on there somewhere, just for grins.
For some modern vehicles, check out Dollar General, or maybe Family Dollar. I know I got eight nice modern vehicles for about $3 apiece. A newer Camero, Mini Cooper, Ford Focus, BMW, and a few sports cars.
The "low rider" pickups parked in front of the diner came from Walgreens. They were "extremely expensive" --- a buck for the set! They're die-cast and have window windshields.
The Coast Guard Hummer was purchased new in Walgreens, too. It came with a boat on a trailer; all for about 8 bucks. The two RVs at the right side of the screen came from different train meets. The one closest to the Hummer cost me $3.00.
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