Weekend Update 1/25/26

[Maletrain]

WOW, DKS put everything in that bar but a smoke unit!

[Mark5]

back to the mundane ... frustrated with not enough tank car variety for my 1976 era, I realized that there was one I missed - funnel tank cars! Maybe I was hoping for a better model than the Concor versions (they did 3 versions).

In any case, after securing the etched detail kit for this car from the now defunct Gold Medal Models, last weekend I bit the bullet and picked up on the cheap one of the Concor "40 foot" 17,200 gallon versions to operate on:


It has a weight rattling inside, so I will need to dis-assemble the dang thing. It might need to be lowered a bit.  (both tanks in the photo sit too high). Needs proper 100 ton trucks too.

I plan to re-decorate it to represent UTLX 72357 "Corn Sweeteners" blt 11-75

https://www.rr-fallenflags.org/utlx/utlx72357ckg.jpg

https://www.rr-fallenflags.org/utlx/utlx72357bkg.jpg

Mark

[peteski]

I remember the thick edge-lit signs Peteski is refering too.  They had quite a selection in the Walther's catalogs going back to the mid-late 90's... but I can't think of the name either.

Walthers catalog was a good idea and I did keep a 1990 Walthers N/Z catalog.  I looked through it, but no dice.  I suspect those signs were featured in the H0 catalog.  I'll have to look in the boxes of older model RR stuff I have stashed to see if I can find that sign.

Also with the computer-controlled plotter/cutters and laser cutters available to average modelers it would be even easier to duplicate my manual-scribing efforts.

[Sokramiketes]

Walthers catalog was a good idea and I did keep a 1990 Walthers N/Z catalog.  I looked through it, but no dice.  I suspect those signs were featured in the H0 catalog.  I'll have to look in the boxes of older model RR stuff I have stashed to see if I can find that sign.

Also with the computer-controlled plotter/cutters and laser cutters available to average modelers it would be even easier to duplicate my manual-scribing efforts.

Miniatronics!

A search on eBay for HO Scale Neon Sign Miniatronics will pull up several examples. 

[Sokramiketes]

an N scale search also shows Miniatronics made N scale versions. 

[Roger Holmes]

I bought my edge lit sign in about 1985.  Mine is a two-layered Zenith sign that flashess the two layers alternatingly.  It has a brass channel frame and this one has two small incandescent bulbs.  My older brother was an exec at Zenith at the time.  The sign is still in use though, sadly, my brother succombed to pancreatic cancer at 69.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

For Ed:

Love it. Honestly it looks kinda like Altoona too.

[peteski]

an N scale search also shows Miniatronics made N scale versions.

No, I'm almost positive it wasn't them (although, like me, they might have aped the design).  I  have several boxes of my old modeling items - I will have to find some time to dig through them to my sign.

[Spades]

No, I'm almost positive it wasn't them (although, like me, they might have aped the design).  I  have several boxes of my old modeling items - I will have to find some time to dig through them to my sign.

I haven't read the entire thread.  Was it Miller Engineering?

[lock4244]

back to the mundane ... frustrated with not enough tank car variety for my 1976 era, I realized that there was one I missed - funnel tank cars! Maybe I was hoping for a better model than the Concor versions (they did 3 versions).

In any case, after securing the etched detail kit for this car from the now defunct Gold Medal Models, last weekend I bit the bullet and picked up on the cheap one of the Concor "40 foot" 17,200 gallon versions to operate on:


It has a weight rattling inside, so I will need to dis-assemble the dang thing. It might need to be lowered a bit.  (both tanks in the photo sit too high). Needs proper 100 ton trucks too.

I plan to re-decorate it to represent UTLX 72357 "Corn Sweeteners" blt 11-75

https://www.rr-fallenflags.org/utlx/utlx72357ckg.jpg

https://www.rr-fallenflags.org/utlx/utlx72357bkg.jpg

Mark

I have a few of these cars tucked away and forgotten about until the move to Iowa. For the 90's, they weren't bad tank cars considering their competition.

[peteski]

I haven't read the entire thread.  Was it Miller Engineering?

No, not the sign I had/have. At least I'm 99.9% certain.