Model Train Journal

So,most folks complain about photos. Poor focus, lighting, clarity.
How about this one? UP 613 switcher. These are gray and yellow. ONE photo (from the rear) almost looks like a gray top, the rest, blue. Yet, what appears to be the white numbers on the front above the radiator look right.
Back cab mount pretty mangled, window struts gone, all 4 edges of the cab roof dinged up, somebodies cat ate one of the stacks off.....even a poor candidate for a repaint. Shipping exceeds value. Sell the chassis separately, right?
Anyway maybe it's the monitor on this old Toshiba making it blue. What color do you see on the top?
Below are photos of the real thing from Lionel.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONEL-613-UNI ... 3577902512

Dave,

The top appears gray, but there is a bluish tint to it.

George

To me, the one above look gray and the one on e-bay looks blue. ???

The photo's on fleabay were taken with automatic white balance disabled. No idea why other than the person taking the picture didn't know how to use the camera. It looks like the "bluish" photos were taken with a 10K/Daylight source, probably an LED light source.

I did a screen grab and then tried to adjust the colors, shifting the colors more to a warmer light.



btw, brown cardboard is a pretty lame choice for a background especially with a 90 degree bend that puts half the background in shadow. It makes automatic color correction more difficult.

bbtw. I agree that the "skills" in photography, writing, and "research" are woefully poor on all of the listings you have highlighted.

Is it me or have prices on eBay gone stupid? Lots of junk, ridiculously high prices, ignorant sellers.

George

G3750 wrote:Is it me or have prices on eBay gone stupid? Lots of junk, ridiculously high prices, ignorant sellers.

I think you're having York withdrawal,

Ignorant, fraudulent, mis-representing and just plain greedy. A lot of that stuff needs to just go into the trash.

Like this one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lionel-2343-Vi ... 3629380456

One looks not bad. The other, well the shell is so badly warped there is no saving it.
Trainz, so no testing, confirmation of running. Look at the powered unit frame, around the battery cover. Sure looks like badly corroded at one time, re-painted silver over it. Rollers shot. Parts value, maybe, depends on innards.
And they don't give on their pricing.

Or this one. Trainz again. Frame is bent, badly (and it's die cast frame, so not much hope of straightening it), cab bent forward, who knows if the shell is cracked or will pull back. Looks like a house fire recovery. Paint is gone.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lionel-622-Vin ... 3632914639

wheels rusted, rivets rusted, end steps rusted, bottom of e-unit rusted, you even get a free larvae tuck to the radiator, but by gawd they are both listed as VINTAGE!

Oh, wait! Trainz has another set of F-3's up. Even worse!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lionel-2353-Vi ... 2873356904

Clean out Grandpaw's flooded basement after the fire leveled the house?

Motors look right for a 43 and 53, but the loose shell is mesh 2343.

ScaleCraft wrote:Ignorant, fraudulent, mis-representing and just plain greedy.

Are you still on about just stuff on eBay,

Oh, yeah! It's a HOOT! This is more fun than watching the Democrat National Convention!

ScaleCraft wrote:Oh, yeah! It's a HOOT! This is more fun than watching the Democrat National Convention!

More fun watching the Repubs and see how many show up sick and go home sicker.

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:

G3750 wrote:Is it me or have prices on eBay gone stupid? Lots of junk, ridiculously high prices, ignorant sellers.

I think you're having York withdrawal,

Don't be jealous!

I could be having Strasburg withdrawal as well.

George

what'd I read today? DemoConv down from 50K to 300?
This is more fun.
Never did York, or Strasburg. Not interested. Been close a couple of times on I-95, but heck, last time was 1973.

G3750 wrote:

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
I think you're having York withdrawal,

Don't be jealous!

Jealous? Nah....... York is a waste of time for me.

I could be having Strasburg withdrawal as well.

Well, that's why I've been listing 5-8 things on eBay every other week or so clearing out the stuff that I might have sold at Strasburg in April and then in Aug. - since both are gone, I'm selling off stuff now. Clearing out excess parts, projects never to going to get to, kits that I'll never build, bits & bobs that I don't need anymore, etc. What I have not listed are bundles of basswood.........yet. Shipping those is annoying.