Dollar store find

[Dave Farquhar]

I was in Deal$, which is a St. Louis-based dollar store chain (I don't know how far outside of Missouri it reaches) and I saw a handful of 1:43 scale vehicles. They were all modern, of course, and tended towards foreign exotic sports cars--the most pedestrian thing I found was a BMW--and they were decaled up obnoxiously, but for a buck they show promise. One could buy up a few to repaint. The level of detail isn't great, as one would expect for $1, but for back-of-the-layout cars they'd be just fine.

[Buckeye Riveter]

I found a moose at the Dollar Store for my layout. Perfect color and size. [:)]

[Dave Farquhar]

A moose? Man, all I've found so far is cows. :(

And yes, if I found a moose, I'd buy two. I've got mooses all over my house, but none on my layout.

[FJ and G]

I got a pack of dinousaurs there once for my Rt 66 roadstop dinosaur park. Don't know what scale they were but I'm sure they were big enough to eat humans.

[Anonymous]

i buy wd 40 there, it works great on anything that moves on a layout. don't know how it works on cows though.

[jonadel]

easter--

For cow's it would be a mooooooooving experience[:D]



sorry, couldn't resist-------Jon[:p]

[yellowducky]

easter-
I use Wd-40 on about anything except model trains.

Suggest Wahl hair clipper oil, if want to increase electrial contact, such as on track or engine axles (also on all old axles of cars that don't have "needle-point bearings", just in case any might drip or get thrown onto the track).
I use teflon grease for gears.
Am leary of silicon spray because when I used it on some Marx manual switches, they got sticky and worked worse!

Otherwise, usually, "if it doesn't move and you want it to, WD-40 it ; if it moves and you don't want it to, duct tape it " !!!

For cows, I just say Moooooooooo-
Maybe because my name is Moo-dy (without the-).

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by FJ and G

I got a pack of dinousaurs there once for my Rt 66 roadstop dinosaur park. Don't know what scale they were but I'm sure they were big enough to eat humans.

Doesn't the Walt Disney Land Railroad go through something that has Dinosaur?
I've never been there. only Disneyworld

[yellowducky]

We have a dinosaur in front of Science Central (Ft. Wayne, IN), but no railroad. Use to be a RR on property when the building was the power conpany. Now no RR, just a couple of tracks (a few new dinosaur tracks outside, some old tram tracks inside).

[laz 57]

Hey JON,
Would that be a Holy Cow?
Laz57

[jonadel]

Laz,

It would be a Holy Cow if there were no horsin' around.

Jon