Hey guys good morning. I went to that auction last night I as stated yesterday in a topic. There was a lot of Carnival rides there and when I got there and looked into what they have I decided to bid up to $100 for it. It was not until I got home when I realized the great deal I got in this lot. It was me and another person who left a bids on it and I won. I paid $110 for the lot of 7 boxes of HO trains stuff.
After I got it home and inventoried it all up I calculated I had 33 Structures of many different stuff. I kept only one structure which was a water tower for animals and two bull like animals drinking from it. But anyway
I got a roller coatser complete, A ferris wheel, The Spider, The octopus, funhouse, Haunted house, Psycho home and two ther regular homes, Breakdancer Etc etc. All these kits were built and they were in real good condition. Most of them had motors and to my suprise they all worked. Some just need new rubber bands thats all. The kits were built very well from IHC, Faller, and Vollmer. I have this really cool 22’ tower that looks like that seattle tower restaurant. It is motorized and would work great if the little nob on the motor was not broking. Easy fix. This lot is huge though. Here are some pictures of the stuff I have. What do you think of the deal I got? I would never put this on my layout I do not have nearly enough real estate for 25% of this. Some of the kits have up to 22 figures on the rides or around them. These will all be ebayed for sure.
The roller coaster is in the box in the back. Notice all these built kits!!
Morning Al- Noticed the Bozrah Vol. Fire Dept. picture. Thats Fitchville territory. I was born in Bacus {spelling is wrong} hospital. Grandparents had a farm on the Colchester road. My uncle Jack owned an auto parts store in Norwich.
Your modeling talents are very good. You have toned down your attitude and left it outside which is greatly appreciated. Take this as friendly advice as I to have a big mouth, less is more.
At our biker meetings there are signs stating- No guns, No Pets, No attitudes. We all get along.
You do nice work and we like to see it. Keep it up and and enjoy what you are doing.
Keep safe Mr. Fireman.
Flip
I have listed about 13 of the 33 auctions and have already sold thre items. Pretty good sellers so far. I am in the process of listing the rest now. What a damn good buy. I knew it would be!
Hey guys these carnival rides are hot on the auction site!! I was suprised over the demand for them. I had 33 of them and I made up 24 auctions and only have 5 auctions left all are being watched and one is being bidded on. I made a good investment on Friday.
I wish I had been paying attention to Ebay! $110 for all that is spectacular. I model amusement parks and tend to prefer more antique rides to the stuff offered by IHC and Faller (which means scratchbuilding) but I know I could have done a lot with all that.
