Steamer posted:I agree! and I gave $5 for mine.
Mine has handrails. 
well we took ours off to keep unwanted riders off......
jhz563 posted:So tonight I started cleaning the trim from my flyer 3211. Based on advice from others here I tried 0000 steel wool. The results are some what mixed. The process is slow and tedious- two of my least favorite things. The name plates and grab irons look great. The window frame dark corrosion came of, but the current surface is a different shade and still inconsistent in appearance. The ladder cleaned up okay but not great. All these parts are hard to hang onto, making them painful on the fingers in short order!
Here are some side by side pictures.
Flyer trim can be a bit of a mixed bag. Some are brass, some are brass plated tin. The plated ones won’t take much cleaning before you reach the tin.
Steve
I painted the ladders and window trim on my 3211 gold because of the same thing.
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I have started back up on my 3211 project. I went hog wild and drilled out the rivets holding the trucks and end handrails on. Has anyone put these back together just using tiny screws?
Btw, If things work out right, mine will be very custom when complete, like no other 3211 out there!
jhz563 posted:I have started back up on my 3211 project. I went hog wild and drilled out the rivets holding the trucks and end handrails on. Has anyone put these back together just using tiny screws?
Btw, If things work out right, mine will be very custom when complete, like no other 3211 out there!
Jeff Kane has rivets, Train Tender or small screws and nuts would also work fine, maybe use a small crush tube in the hole so you can tighten the screw and nut without binding the truck.
I've used nuts and bolts with washers between the truck frame and car frame, works fine. A double nut, or a drop of lock tite or super glue to keep the nut from backing off.
