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How To and Technical Information / Re: Cleaning American Flyer Rubber Roadbed

« Last post by T-man on March 19, 2024, 09:06:25 AM »

I like your solution! No pun intended.  You can surely handle a bulk cleaning job that way.

I find that Easy Off is a simple fast way to remove paint from metal and most plastics.
All I do is hold an inverted freezer bag around an item. Spray it outside. Then seal it up with a clothespin and let it set.
Some paints are ready in three hours but the old prewar paints sit overnight.
If one try is not enough a second is even better.

Technically the lye does not burn, it is a base and just dissolves the skin. Wearing protective gloves is always a good idea
Lowes now carries a larger size can of Easy Off, Just as good as the Walmart can but more.

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How To and Technical Information / Re: Post War Lionel F-3 Power Trucks

« Last post by T-man on March 19, 2024, 08:55:46 AM »

I know this is an old thread and the OP has been gone a few years. I cannot resist.

 F-3 trucks are brittle and need a good wheel puller to get them off without breaking.
I circumvented this method buy using ordinary putty knives that are slotted for the axle.
You just work the knife under the wheel and then use the other one from the opposite side.

With the handle sticking out, I suspend the whole truck, usually on an open vise.
Then I tap the axle out of the wheel and catch the truck with a small drift pin
The flats of the putty knives take all the pressure off the edge of the wheel.

If you use a wheel puller I would like to know about it

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General Discussion / Re: Interesting Auction Items

« Last post by Terry on March 17, 2024, 08:27:49 PM »

Here's the first two versions of the 822 caboose in one lot for $44 postpaid.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/386866261606

At least I think so. . . I don't have an 822 with the number on the right or one with both ends lettered like the early 820 boxcars. There also might be cabooses out there with clipped corners on the main roof?

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General Discussion / Re: Restoring some old prewar Lionel big O gauge

« Last post by T-man on March 15, 2024, 02:25:15 PM »

Nice Collection and Wonderful Work!

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General Discussion / Re: Sizing Photos and Adding Videos

« Last post by T-man on March 15, 2024, 06:32:50 AM »

] Recently I just figured out how to resize. I am using Windows 11. I use a Phone camera pictures which are huge.

First I crop the picture and press select. Then I just save the picture and replaces the original. That is done with the first icon in the picture.

 

The ampersand ... is chosen next and ch0ose Resize from the menu.

This shows up.

 

Then, In the left box I choose 400 which works for me. Everything adjusts after that. I press save and add the word small to the name.

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Collector Corner / Re: The 110 Bridge

« Last post by T-man on March 14, 2024, 06:30:11 PM »

 

In the 1930 Catalog the 110 Bridge is listed as an O gage but obviously Standard Gage track will fit.

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General Discussion / Re: Recent Additions

« Last post by early0electric on March 14, 2024, 02:16:48 PM »

Terry, great to see somebody adding to their collection!

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General Discussion / Re: Introductions

« Last post by CNJRR on March 14, 2024, 12:09:41 PM »

Welcome, the site is slow right now.
Post away. 

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Collector Corner / Re: The 110 Bridge

« Last post by CNJRR on March 14, 2024, 12:06:55 PM »

Mine was priced better,  You have seen this one, I don't know if it has been posted here yet.
This 101 Standard gauge was found in a trash pile, box and all.
Once a year we have trash pickup, you can throw a pile out and the town picks it up.
Someone passed on and they threw it out?
I did not find any more trains in that pile? ( I can't remember.)
That was it I believe. With the box.

 

   

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Collector Corner / The 110 Bridge

« Last post by T-man on March 14, 2024, 06:26:54 AM »

I get lucky once in a while searching for Lionel Trains at Antique Shops and Flea Markets. One requiremnt is that they have to be priced just right. In the Northeast the is a Hug market three times a year in Brimfield Mass. It iis huge because vendors are camped out in fields for a four day event. Anyway the concept drifted to Deerfield Fair Grounds in NH and hold a Brimfield North weekend.
It was our first time attending. These vendors are not really local  vendors they travel a lot.

So last May I spotted this with no tag and got it for ten bucks.

 

As a rightful Newbie this is my first picture.