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Truck dock of our scratch built REA transfer building.

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Morning delivery time on MainStreet.

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Wood cargo compartment on Ertl COE GMC/Chevy.

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Another view of Main Street, Dry Ice reefer compartment is wood block on an Ertl COE chassis.

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BB-157 Heavy delivery truck left side

BB-157 tow truck with tow apparatus removed.

DIVCO Santa Fe LA CommissaryCoal Trucks

K-Line truck with 'coke' sides added.

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Athearn Branch tractor with BV SP trailer.

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Weaver trailers on scratch built piggyback flat car.   

John in Lansing, ILL

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We had a variety of vehicles on the A.T.&S.F with a used car lot beneath the trestle in the middle photo. My Dad always admired the Mercedes 300 SLC and we found a one owner 1957 190 SL in New Orleans for $900 in 1968.

Some period cars added life to other scenes.

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Corsair, who made the Ford cabover stake truck?

SRT, the cabover is 60s and suitible as a glass truck too..?

Lee, the black truck with the grill change is a great look in my book.

Roger Wasson posted:

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I worked on thousands of these VWs, so I had to have one of them on the layout with lights. Thanks for all of your photos.

Is it going uphill in reverse? I thought that was just for split case buses

You must have been at a dealership for a long time. I was at a buggy & custom shop; a VW hobbiest recruited for extra help as knowledgable air cooled mechanics pool dried up.

You may note a pattern here...

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The Scooby van is almost a Toaster Van IMG_20161222_103530

Most of whats left after the sale of the bulk of the collection

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Oh, thats where my other drill is 

I added lights to this one.

Yea, it can pull the crane .

Obviously a Type 4 stroker motor has been shoe horned in place

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An old toy kicking around the family toy box for generations. It had a "blown head" and less crappy chipped paint than bare metal, so was customized with a pinewood derby helmet, a sticker stripe, and a modern blue/violet color.

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p51 posted:

 

 

Lee , I have a question probably only you have an answer to.  Has anyone made a die-cast 1:50, 1:48 or 1:43 M-109 155MM Paladin self propelled howitzer??

I have the 1:48 Aurora Kit but have not taken the time to paint and assemble.  Part of this problem is also have not decided if to assemble with moving parts or all just just fixed for a flat car load which is my primary intent.

Ron

Vehicles on a layout can represent life itself.  On display at the Redford Theater layout this year are 2 cars that I sent to Jacob [SantaFe158] and Mark to use on the display.  In front of my first movie show is my first car a 1955 Chevy, black and white hardtop, that my dad had bought new.  Second is a 1955 Chevy 210 painted to match my best friends first car. 

Thank you guys, you know how much this means to me.  Gary100_4094100_4085

 

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PRRronbh posted: 

 

Lee , I have a question probably only you have an answer to.  Has anyone made a die-cast 1:50, 1:48 or 1:43 M-109 155MM Paladin self propelled howitzer??

I'm very familiar with those in real life (I was in heavy mech units for the duration of my time in the Army). I took part in a test series on rocket assist projectile firings in conjunction with the Army and USMC in the 90s, using Paladins. I always thought it was hilarious how they used to crow about the air conditioning in those things but the red legs always complained that they never worked (the AC going down never deadlined them, regardless of the heat), so the crews  broiled inside them on the move most of the times I worked with them.

As far as I know, they're only made in 1/72 and 1/32 scale that are worth anything (other smaller scales are made, but those are crappy toys for accuracy).

p51 posted:
PRRronbh posted: 

 

Lee , I have a question probably only you have an answer to.  Has anyone made a die-cast 1:50, 1:48 or 1:43 M-109 155MM Paladin self propelled howitzer??

I'm very familiar with those in real life (I was in heavy mech units for the duration of my time in the Army). I took part in a test series on rocket assist projectile firings in conjunction with the Army and USMC in the 90s, using Paladins. I always thought it was hilarious how they used to crow about the air conditioning in those things but the red legs always complained that they never worked (the AC going down never deadlined them, regardless of the heat), so the crews  broiled inside them on the move most of the times I worked with them.

As far as I know, they're only made in 1/72 and 1/32 scale that are worth anything (other smaller scales are made, but those are crappy toys for accuracy).

Lee, thanks so much for info and insight.  I decided to built the kit with everything glued "down" including hatches, cannon in/on transport support, 50BMG stowed, etc. .

This is the kit.

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Will mount it on a flat car.

One of its companions will be this.

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Have a couple more military loads on flats.  Rest of consist will be modern freight.  All to be pulled by a MTH Premier UP SD70ACe "Bush" 4141.

My inspiration came one day looking out the window of my office in early 2000's where I was QA Manager of a company that made rubber hoses from 1/2-inch to 6-feet diameter.  We made hoses for Humvees and Abrams.  Anyway just outside the window was the double track mainline used by NS and Amtrak.  On this day heard the train and almost did not look but did.  There was an Abram on a flat.

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