I would just as soon but a $2. to $5. Tyco car and spend a little detailing and maybe end up investing $15.more and have fun making it my car then pay $40. for some car that I am afraid to touch because the details will break..
I get the feeling a lot of these posters have forgotton what modeling means
Soo Line fan Here is another one for Rich
Here is another one for Rich
I have a fair amount of Tyco/Mantua from the early and mid 1960's when the chassis where metal and the bodies where solid with decent detail. A few months ago I refit 12 old Tyco cars with new trucks and Kadee couplers...they mix very nicely with Athearn, Atlas, Walthers, and Bowser cars of more recent times. I am currently working on 3 Tyco steam locos from the same era. Detailed and mechanically upgraded they are impressive runners.
When I consider the prices for locos and rolling stock these days...model railroading as a whole. Taking those junky oldies and upgrading them for less cost than today's RTR...it has a certain appeal.
I always liked the saying 'One man's trash is another man's treasure.'
I'm a proud dumpster diver. LOL!
Mark H
Modeling in HO...Reading and Conrail together in an alternate history.
Wow, that's a lot of freight cars somebody will have to fix up if they actually want to use them. Pass...
Check out my work here:
http://rmd-painting.weebly.com/
zstripe Paul, You took the easy way,as far as track was concerned, how about Atlas Brass rail,on fiber ties, hand spiked, you got 99ft,of track that way. Cheers, Frank
Paul,
You took the easy way,as far as track was concerned, how about Atlas Brass rail,on fiber ties, hand spiked, you got 99ft,of track that way.
Cheers,
Frank
One of the "features" of that flex track was that every tie had four holes but only every other tie was stapled to the rail. I would drive spikes through the unused holes to fasten the track to the roadbed. It also added to the realism to have spikes in every tie, even if those staples were kind of clunky looking.
Funny what was satisfying way back when.
Enjoy
Paul
Hey Derek!
I'll go for a tanker full of Canadian Club right now. Where's the ice???
Seriously, that C.C. hopper is beautiful! Too new for my era though.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
IRONROOSTER zstripe Paul, You took the easy way,as far as track was concerned, how about Atlas Brass rail,on fiber ties, hand spiked, you got 99ft,of track that way. Cheers, Frank One of the "features" of that flex track was that every tie had four holes but only every other tie was stapled to the rail. I would drive spikes through the unused holes to fasten the track to the roadbed. It also added to the realism to have spikes in every tie, even if those staples were kind of clunky looking. Funny what was satisfying way back when. Enjoy Paul
The funny thing about the flex track, it was the same fiber ties,that came in the 25ft rolls of spike your own. One layout I had was two level,open grid,with nothing but,spike your own track,on cork and for curves,I used Tru-Scale,plain milled road bed, so it helped a lot with through radius curves. How about,the only Ballast, I could find at the time, was ''John's Ballast'' in the little box's, found memory's.
hon30critter Hey Derek! I'll go for a tanker full of Canadian Club right now. Where's the ice??? Seriously, that C.C. hopper is beautiful! Too new for my era though. Dave
Yeah! ''Give me that club, I bought,in Canada'', ''That Canadian Club''. W.C,Field's..
zstripe hon30critter Hey Derek! I'll go for a tanker full of Canadian Club right now. Where's the ice??? Seriously, that C.C. hopper is beautiful! Too new for my era though. Dave Yeah! ''Give me that club, I bought,in Canada'', ''That Canadian Club''. W.C,Field's.. Cheers, Frank
No more CC for me. I spent too many Saturday and Sunday mornings with a hangover in my youth after an evening of CC.
Nowadays, nothing but Crown Royal for me. No hangover effect.
Anyone need a recipe for a Crown Royal Old Fashioned? I have mastered the World's Greatest Recipe Mix after years of experimentation.
Rich
Alton Junction
Hey...I just got off moderation. Is this a forum about trains or booze?
LOL!
I thought we started out here with something about Tyco.
Oh well. If we're taking drink orders...I'll have a Comfort and coke.
Um...I like old...old...OLD TYCO. Back in the day when they began as a slab of
zinc...something...something. Some bizarre alloy of zinc.
Well anyway...if they can't be used as a locomotive or a piece of rolling stock. They could be used as a
sinker for Marlin fisherman.
Keep in mind...I only say any of this with humor.
''I think we're,gonna need, a bigger boat'', for all this.
I would use that track today if I could. I still liked the thin profile of the ties which made it easy to bury the ties with thin coating of ballast, "dirt" and weeds.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Speaking of the CC Tyco Car, I bought that cause I thought it was cool, more of a joke on the layout than anything. I bought it back when I used to work for Kay Bee Toy and Hobby. In the late 70's when I worked there, I considered Tyco more aimed at kids with trainsets looking to add something to their set. Its interesting how times have changed, Imagine selling something aimed at kids with a hard alcohol theme today.
crhostler61 Hey...I just got off moderation. Is this a forum about trains or booze?
You keep asking questions like that, and you will be back on moderation.
Forum Policy Rules permit mixing trains and booze because all of the guys who conduct Operations on their layouts are either drunk or getting there.
Tyco consolidated foods era freight cars used to be priced higher than MDC or Athearn. And you had to change the trucks and body mount couplers. The detailing was okay for the time but the paint was funny. Tyco was marketed towards the Christmas crowd, run if for a week, kids get bored, box it up and forget about it.
Tyco did get some into the hobby, and also drove others out of the hobby.
I remember reading where Irv Athearn once stated he wanted no part of selling Christmas sets because the returns were so brutal.
Jim