MTH Mel's Diner waitresses and car for moving slider needed

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MTH has nothing available so has anyone made that little bracket? 

I have some little car shoes that go on the bottom of the car and you vcna pick the car.

Matt Makens posted:

I have some little car shoes that go on the bottom of the car and you vcna pick the car.

That sounds great. I have lots of cars if I can get the shoes. Please let me know.

Matt Makens posted:

I have some little car shoes that go on the bottom of the car and you vcna pick the car.

Please email me on how I can get a couple from you.

Thank you.

Well, since these clip things seem to made of unobtanium I made a quick solution for now. Not perfect but works until I can do better.

It occurred to me after I posted that I just moved and have absolutely no idea where they are. I've got like 6 of them. There are 2 different ones and one is not available I can check n see if the other one is

I have the MTH gas station which uses the same type of car. I wanted to be able to change out the car and this is how I did mine.

 Pick the car you would like to use. If it is one that has the pull back and run spring you must remove the spring assembly from the car for it to work. If it is a free wheeling car you are fine.

 To modify the car to work:

 Take a Popsicle stick and cut off the rounded end. It is the same size as the pin in the MTH product.

 Coat the end of the stick with light OIL and let it soak into the stick wipe off any excess.

 Wipe down the bottom of the car with Alcohol

 Center the stick on the bottom of the car where the tab will be located. For better adhesion you could sand the area first. I did not do this with mine as it was a prototype test

 Build up the area with UV activated glue/adhesive. After the fist layer the stick will stay in place.  Continue in small layers until you reach the height and width required. Build it up higher than needed and trim down later. The UV glue will not stick to the oil on the Popsicle stick.

 This has been working for over 6 months

 When I first saw this UV adhesive I thought yea right this is BS. After using it now on many projects it now has a permanent place in the toolkit. It works as described and when exposed to the UV light cures in about 2 seconds.

 This means do not use it near windows or anywhere that is exposed to Sunlight…..

Matt Makens posted:

It occurred to me after I posted that I just moved and have absolutely no idea where they are. I've got like 6 of them. There are 2 different ones and one is not available I can check n see if the other one is

Thank you and please let me know.

I want to thank NelsonW for his response since that is what set me thinking. I was able to find 3 waitresses so I bought them all so I have a spare. I then had something of a brilliant idea since NelsonW's reply mentioned the popsicle stick. I then went hunting and found a popsicle tray for $14 on amazon that the blue lid has the slots and I can simply cut them up. the slots are a little thick so if I am careful I can get 20 adaptors from a single lid. I then hot glued them onto some different cars and now I have several choices. I also hot glued people into the cars so the waitresses were not delivering food to empty cars. Now I am going to make some more so I can change out the car wash car since it is likely the cleanest Ford sedan out there......

My Dad would say an Idea is like a seed if you don’t plant it, it can’t grow. I like your solution and it meets all the requirements of the KISS theory. We always strive to think outside the box, or in this case let’s look inside another box, to find what will work.

Great job,

Captaincog posted:

I want to thank NelsonW for his response since that is what set me thinking. I was able to find 3 waitresses so I bought them all so I have a spare. I then had something of a brilliant idea since NelsonW's reply mentioned the popsicle stick. I then went hunting and found a popsicle tray for $14 on amazon that the blue lid has the slots and I can simply cut them up. the slots are a little thick so if I am careful I can get 20 adaptors from a single lid. I then hot glued them onto some different cars and now I have several choices. I also hot glued people into the cars so the waitresses were not delivering food to empty cars. Now I am going to make some more so I can change out the car wash car since it is likely the cleanest Ford sedan out there......

got a link to that tray?

I searched and came up empty

bigdodgetrain posted:

Captaincog posted:

I want to thank NelsonW for his response since that is what set me thinking. I was able to find 3 waitresses so I bought them all so I have a spare. I then had something of a brilliant idea since NelsonW's reply mentioned the popsicle stick. I then went hunting and found a popsicle tray for $14 on amazon that the blue lid has the slots and I can simply cut them up. the slots are a little thick so if I am careful I can get 20 adaptors from a single lid. I then hot glued them onto some different cars and now I have several choices. I also hot glued people into the cars so the waitresses were not delivering food to empty cars. Now I am going to make some more so I can change out the car wash car since it is likely the cleanest Ford sedan out there......

got a link to that tray?

I searched and came up empty

Here is the link:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You get some extra stuff but oh well.

I am not sure What RichO did for our gas station. We have Tow Mater coming out of the garage. I'll keep both of these ideas in mind as I think we will be changing vehicles periodically on the display.

Moonman posted:

I am not sure What RichO did for our gas station. We have Tow Mater coming out of the garage. I'll keep both of these ideas in mind as I think we will be changing vehicles periodically on the display.

 BDT We got a project to do!!!!

Re figures....

They won't be original MTH, but as an alternative, Arttista has one that for sure might work...#1299.  It's a waitress/server on roller skates!  

Too bad they don't have others on 'wheels', but there are two more that might be made to work...#1555 and 1556.  They're waitresses/servers dressed in pink...which worked just dandy for my White Tower corner eatery...but would need to be fitted with 'wheels' for Mel's establishment.  Methinks a couple of short segments of styrene tubing glued to the bottom of each shoe would suffice.  Maybe?

If you're going to York, go to the MTH parts booth in Orange Hall......and grovel nicely!  They might have some derby dames tucked away somewhere......ya never know!  I have a different need...a part showing N/A on their website.   I'm taking knee pads, just in case.

KD