Thanks for sharing those links, Ed.
Wayne
Modern detailed loaded to the gills 18 wheelers.
Russell
HO Code 100 re-railers wothout those large black plastic crossing ramps. If they are made I can't find them. I would like to install a couple on the main line.
Gary
Forget vehicles of the '70s and '80s, I need HO vehicles from the '90s till today (only so many 50s and 60s vehicles you can have on a module without it looking like a classic car show), particular some transit buses of the modern era (eh, Rapdio?)I took a look on Shapeways, and while there are some modern era transit buses available from Michael Peng et. al, they seem to be solid, which I hate the look of ('painted' windows never look right, and no interior possiblities without a lot of fuzty carving). That said, there are some N scale '5' packs of 1990s vehicles for 40.00-50.00US$, solid of course, but that might not matter for autoracks. HO scale didn't see 5-packs, but single HO Toyota Camry's went for 10.49. To be fair, they did offer a few open (non-solid) buses in the line, which is cool.
doctorwayneThis would be of interest to me, too, especially if it included stationary boilers, as I'll have an "engine works" on my layout.
Hi, Wayne
Are you familiar with the Builders In Scale double boilers?
http://www.builders-in-scale.com/bis/kit/607.html
Speaking of "Engine Works" I'm in the process of building these beauties:
https://www.reynaulds.com/products/Faller/180383.aspx
Ever since my boyhood visit to the Henry Ford Museum I have had a fascination with huge stationary engines.
Take a look at what these folks have done:
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-and-history/pictures-old-boiler-power-houses-209380/
OK, back to the original thread...
Regards, Ed
Coupler springs that don't spring away going Weeeeee! at the first attempt to install.
Please note you didn't ask for what's possible, just what people want. (And I CAN'T be the only one who wants this...)
gmpullman...a "raw" locomotive boiler being worked on or shipped in to my back-shop area. It would make for an interesting flat car load as well...
This would be of interest to me, too, especially if it included stationary boilers, as I'll have an "engine works" on my layout. My use would be mostly as flatcar loads.
Another vote for cars and trucks of the '70s.
And something to fill open auto-racks that didn't weigh a ton and cost a fortune.
Eric
I aree with Lone Wolf, there needs to be more 1:87th scale vehicles from the 70s and 80s. It seems most of the vehicles from that time are ones made By the german manufacturers and thus are mostly model used in Germany during the 70s / 80s.
I have always wanted to show a "raw" locomotive boiler being worked on or shipped in to my back-shop area. It would make for an interesting flat car load as well:
I could probably scratch something using styrene and some of those rivet decals but it is one of those projects WAY on the back burner.
Seems to me an outfit like American Model Builders (Laserkits) could knock something out like this. They have the Navy guns and other large flat car loads in their catalog. Maybe I'll send them a suggestion.
Thinking of shop scenes, I'd also like to see a diesel carbody with parts of the hood and cowling removed so you could easily see the prime mover and internals. Again, like an engine being stripped or in for a major overhaul. I've seen it done by a few modelers but I simply cannot find the time for such an endeavor.
I have a bunch of spare carbody shells around but the plastic sidewalls are just too thick, even using a Highliner shell, the cutting gets messy being so thick.
Attuvian I don't know about the warning devices, but the availability of bears, moose and elk would be nice. Just not on the track. My mind now returns to the early 50s and a first exposure to Lionel's auto-load/unload action cars and such. Perhaps some enterprising company can produce wildlife that can climb onto the tracks (and off) at the push of a button. Why it's the next iteration of DCC!
I don't know about the warning devices, but the availability of bears, moose and elk would be nice. Just not on the track.
My mind now returns to the early 50s and a first exposure to Lionel's auto-load/unload action cars and such. Perhaps some enterprising company can produce wildlife that can climb onto the tracks (and off) at the push of a button. Why it's the next iteration of DCC!
I would love HO scale vehicles from the 1970s through the 1990s, and at reasonable prices. Several years ago Model Power and some other brands like Malibu International LTD, Motor Max Fresh Cherries made a bunch of nice cars which were sold at Walmart for $1 each. I bought one of each model but I wish I would have bought several. I see them now on eBay for 5, 10 even 20 times their cost. The model that seems to go for the highest price is the sole pickup truck except for the Bat Mobile which is being bought by a entirely different group of people. I would like to see a lot more variety of them. One model in particular I would like to see was the ever present Toyota SR5 4X4 pickup that was very popular in the 1980s especially among construction workers.
Also there are several models of VW beetles but none of them are California Bugs or Baja Bugs.
The title say's it all, other than our wants and wishes for Loco's and rolling stock, is there anything you would like to see manufactured, from the smallest detail part to a particular building or something else altogether.
C.P.has come out with these wildlife warning devices that I doubt would be a big seller in our hobby, but you never know.
Brent
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