Tank Cars

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Re: Tank Cars

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Jun 22, 2015 7:59 am

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Re: Tank Cars

Postby bob turner » Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:33 pm

Lobaugh:

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Re: Tank Cars

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Re: Tank Cars

Postby R.K. Maroon » Wed Jun 24, 2015 3:09 am

This one was a surprise:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/111694131021

I like tank cars and doorstops both, but I couldn't even convince myself to bid the $40 opening price.

I have captured the photos and will post when I get them up to photobucket.

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Re: Tank Cars

Postby bob turner » Wed Jun 24, 2015 3:16 am

I'll say. That is a $20 model, and of interest only to 17/64 modelers. Opinion.
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Re: Tank Cars

Postby bob turner » Wed Jun 24, 2015 3:19 am

Left is Mi-Loco, right is Mini-Scale. Mini Scale is a heavy lead alloy tank, the other is cast aluminum. Otherwise they are identical.

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Re: Tank Cars

Postby R.K. Maroon » Wed Jun 24, 2015 3:31 am

Bob, I would also say that somebody that likes doorstops and is not particularly concerned with 17/64 vs 1/4 might also enjoy owning such a tank car (I fit this description so I can say this with certainty). The tank car might also be of interest to collectors of vintage models. There are not many out there but enough to occasionally pit two against each other in a bidding war for a rare model (and this tank is nothing if not rare).

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Re: Tank Cars

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:51 am

R.K. Maroon wrote:The tank car might also be of interest to collectors.....


All bets are off and price limits evaporate with you fold in the collector mentality an item being sold at auction.

Might only be a $20 item to model RR'er, but to a pair of competing collectors, it's something else entirely.
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Re: Tank Cars

Postby bob turner » Wed Jun 24, 2015 12:42 pm

First $150 gets mine.
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Re: Tank Cars

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Jun 24, 2015 12:57 pm

bob turner wrote:First $150 gets mine.


Put it on Ebay as a Buy It Now. Let's see what happens. :wink:
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Re: Tank Cars

Postby bob turner » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:07 pm

Bump!

Guess this one did not get lost.
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Re: Tank Cars

Postby CMorrill » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:28 pm

Good bump.

Lionel tank from over four decades ago. Still have a single dome version buried somewhere to bash.

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Re: Tank Cars

Postby Erik C Lindgren » Mon Sep 21, 2015 11:09 pm

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I really like these models.
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A small snippet of my "Glow Worm"...

I am up to roughly 75 cars.
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Re: Tank Cars

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Tue Sep 22, 2015 11:05 am

Erik C Lindgren wrote: I am up to roughly 75 cars.


Explains the starving artist existence......... :lol:
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