Looked like fun!
~G4
19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
simon1966 This is a great swap meet to attend. I strolled in with the 2 boys at about 10:30am and the place was very busy. What I like about it is that there is a nice mixture of professional vendors and hobby shops as well as ordinary folks selling off stuff. My best score yesterday was packages of DPM modular sections at 25 cents each. They were opened, most had some parts used as they were the leftovers from a build. But for $1 I got all the bits I needed to fill a problem space on my layout. Sadly, the hobby shop from Dupo, Il was there liquidating its inventory at 50% off. The owner has decided to call it a day and shut the place down. Anyway, all in all a great swap meet run by Boeing model railroad club.
This is a great swap meet to attend. I strolled in with the 2 boys at about 10:30am and the place was very busy. What I like about it is that there is a nice mixture of professional vendors and hobby shops as well as ordinary folks selling off stuff. My best score yesterday was packages of DPM modular sections at 25 cents each. They were opened, most had some parts used as they were the leftovers from a build. But for $1 I got all the bits I needed to fill a problem space on my layout.
Sadly, the hobby shop from Dupo, Il was there liquidating its inventory at 50% off. The owner has decided to call it a day and shut the place down.
Anyway, all in all a great swap meet run by Boeing model railroad club.
I think this was one of the best swap meets we have had in the last few years.
Too bad about the Dupo Ilinois shop, They were right across the street from the Dupo Yards.
My best buy was a pair of "Blue Box" Custom painted powered PA'S for MKT.
$20 ea.
Also I got two Atlas CB&Q hoppers RTR for $15
My last buy from the same table was two RTR Proto 2000 tank cars for $15.
( he had $8 each on the cars & since I wanted all four cars he let me have them for $30 with out me asking for a discount!)
Like Simon said "What I like about it is that there is a nice mixture of professional vendors and hobby shops as well as ordinary folks selling off stuff." The tables are only $15 & with in the budget of most "ordinary folks" & this makes for some great deals! Next meet is Sept. 12 2009 so put that on your planner! See you there.
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum
loathar What's up with those skyscapers in the 8th picture? Looks like some type of modular structure. I'd be interested in finding out who makes those.
What's up with those skyscapers in the 8th picture? Looks like some type of modular structure. I'd be interested in finding out who makes those.
Those are on a table of "Vic Smith" well known St Louis Area Modler.
There is a few photos of his work on this link I found on this forum.
http://www.pbase.com/golden1014/image/70986354
Also Gary Hoover of Missouri, Kansas & Quincy & Santa Fe fame was there today & was selling off some of his ATSF.......Rumor is a switch to N&W!
Nice coverage, Thanks for sharing!
Here are some early photos from the Boeing Employees St Louis RR swap meet today.