a little assistance from her husband on their way to catch a train. Staff comingto get the bags! I just got a few cars this weekend at the pittsburgh auto show of all places. a vendor was selling a ton of JADA and other brand 2 for 20.
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Glad to see chivalry is not dead. At least in O Gauge
Well, chivalry is pretty dead on my layout. Maybe this couple has been married too long - he's content to let her open her own car door. Or maybe he's just distracted, hearing the siren song of those Lionel locos inside the store they've just parked at . . . You've got good people on your layout, Chris D (Nice cars, too).
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staging is always fun! ill have to setup the police sting!
Im going to light up the cars this summer to place on the new layout in the winter.
I realized that my plastic needs trimmed on the feet! but Im not even done with anything yet!
There is always something to do. I pose figures by drilling a small hole, about a #70 to #65 drill bit, up a leg about 5/16 inch (this can be a challenge but with care it is easy to do), then drill a similar hole about 1/4 inch into the base material I am posing them on and use 1/2 inch of #24 -#28 copper wire as a type of peg to postion and hold them. Works great. If I want to move them later I can just patch the hole.
Chris,
I knew I should've went to the car show!! Oh well, maybe next year!
I almost laughed out loud here at work when I read Lee's "Well, chivalry is pretty dead on my layout." comment 
It was packed and I had to park in the strip! cold day also. They had Kinsmart and Jada cars there. I hope I kept the receipt, im going to try to see if they are on-line. they had a ton of different Caddys from 50's, 55 vettes, then some modern stuff, mailtrucks and modern cars also. every flavor.
I got a orange 55 chevy stepside truck and an icecream truck I think Ill put a bunch of colored LED lights on it. a cool thing would be to activate a button speaker of a ice cream song! maybe I can wire up an MP3 player to a speaker and hide it on a building! now Im getting carried away!
Lee, fantastic Idea! I have solid wire and that would realy work great then I can get rid of the plastic! thanks for the great tip!
Originally Posted by Lee Willis:
There is always something to do. I pose figures by drilling a small hole, about a #70 to #65 drill bit, up a leg about 5/16 inch (this can be a challenge but with care it is easy to do), then drill a similar hole about 1/4 inch into the base material I am posing them on and use 1/2 inch of #24 -#28 copper wire as a type of peg to postion and hold them. Works great. If I want to move them later I can just patch the hole.
Originally Posted by Chris D:
I got a orange 55 chevy stepside truck and an icecream truck I think Ill put a bunch of colored LED lights on it. a cool thing would be to activate a button speaker of a ice cream song!
An ice cream truck sounds neat, even without the LEDs and music. What size is it and do you have a picture you can post? The only ones I have seen are way too big!
