Just got a 6 pack of Atlas trussrod billboard reffers for $50.00 on ebay, brand new in box.
Atlas GP 38 in CP Action Red/narrow stripes, on sale at 30% off but that was in September.
Last thing bought for the trains was 2 sheets 3/4" plywood and some 2x2. The layout is back on track!
Picked up IHC’s two stall engine house a couple of weeks ago. Got it 95% built with just some detail pieces to go yet.
That’ll be the last of the MR stuff until after Christmas. Gotta shift MR funds to the Mrs. WHD Xmas Present Fund. Besides, I have enough work to do finishing and rebuilding stuff I already have.
Today I got an E7 in Southern Pacific livery. It’s heading for the paint shop.
Managed to snag a Hobbytown RS3 kit on eBay the other day. An old one - the foam in the boxes is disintegrating… Probably won’t build it until February, though - been raising a new puppy since the middle of July, and haven’t had time for much modeling… I’ve got about 5 or six projects hanging fire -I’m starting to go not-so-quietly bonkers… [:D]
Incidentally, if your HP inkjet printer goes down, don’t pitch it without stripping the guts out. They have a couple of very nice Johnson 12v can motors that can be used for sundry repower projects. I put one recently in an old Hobbytown E7 chassis, and it runs like a champ!
I just bought 2 Proto 2000 BL 2’s in Monon Black and Gold Tyco big hook, 62 foot tanker yet another Old duch Cover hopper, 2 6 2 steam engine, 13 tress, Few coal hoppers, 4 house’s that where bulitSpectrum Ge Dash 4 40c Diesel in Conrail Blue. Been a spending man. Cuda Ken
Just got a Wisconsin Central SD45 and a PRR GP30 today. Help me, I’m a locomotive addict!
I purchased an infrared crossing detector/flasher which does not work. The lights will not stop flashing no matter how you place the sensors. Other than that nothing special.
Ever since Classic Metal Works came out with their truck series, I’ve been truck crazy. Of course I can’t be satisfied with just one, I buy two of each. Been buying Atlas houses at a swap meet for about 8 bucks cheaper than retail. Also can’t wait for Trainfest, too.
My most recent purchases are/were
- a NYC 2-6-0
- a lot of cars, track, and a loco (looks like it was a set - maybe b’mann or LL. i dunno)
I’ve bought 10 Intermountain Bathtub coal gondolas in CP Rail colours, all the new Model Power cars that have just been released and a bunch of DPM and Pikestuff building kits over the last month. These were my first purchases since the spring.
A pair of Walther’s 50 foot reefers, and a P2K E8, both in my Frisco logo, and both on e-bay, by the way.
Jim
Before yesterday, I would have had to say “nothing.” Then I went to a train show. [:D]
Came home with three P2K war emergency 50 ton hopper kits, an Athearn boxcar labeled for FDDM&S with the original FD logo rather than the later CNW herald, and a Walthers Sunrise feed mill kit, all for less than $45.
Best news of all from yesterday was I found a hobby shop only 45 minutes from home rather than 90 minutes. [:D][:D]
Tom
Right now I’m waiting for RJ 24 6 wire connector plugs and 6 conductor wire from Radio Shack my dad is picking it up during his lunch break at work. When he gets home its cable making time…
I won a Athearn CSX YN3 SD70MAC on the Bay this week and this stuff is got to stop.
I picked up a Used Texas Pacific Stock car at my local hobby shop today to end my depression [:(]
Now i’m happy happy [tup] And my Cattle are happy they don’t have to ride in a box car [:)]
What have I purchased?
A new train room for one thing! Oh yeah, it came with a house attached!
Nothing really lately, because I’m saving my pennies for a PCM GN S-2 4-8-4 next spring…but a few months ago, I bought a GP20, from the new P2K release. Coincidentally, it was also GN. I am actually a CP modeler…but here she is.
And no, not all my scenery looks like the ‘unfinished business’ in the foreground!
Purchased? hmmm…An Aristocraft covered bridge off evilBay. Unfortunately, I got taken to the cleaners on the shipping. (note to self: NEVER again bid on anything that just says “buyer pays all shipping”)
Probably going to have to sell off my live steam Accucraft Ida to cover the cost of getting my stolen van back, though. [:(]
Just put a Proto 2000 Heritage Series 2-8-4 Berkshire Pere Marquette #1236 on layaway at the LHS. Now I need to get the money to pay it off! After I get it I hope to have a Soundtraxx Tsunami installed. I’m pysched!!!