They look MUCH better then the previous Malibu offerings, and are only $4 a piece. They have more then that, I just cannot think of them off hand.
Me and my plow drivers made a lot of money in that first snow of the season. It would be great if buisseness was this good all winter. I now have some pics of later that day when we hauled away the snow in preperation for the next snow. The first picture is of the snow pile and the rest are of the first truckload we hauled away.
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Got a pic of a herpa safty kleen truck. This company had just got off the ground back when I was a auto mechanic back in the 70's.
Hi all. 
I finally got these out of storage for these pictures. I've been waiting until they had a home or parking lot to go to but that might be a while so here they are. I'm still getting used to this camera so please excuse the blurry or out-of-focus shots.
First are my N scale cars. the ones up front are either diecast or detailed plastic. The ones in the back row are just cheap fillers. I have been waiting to add details, paint and weathering until they will be placed on my layout. (eventually) :cry:
Everyone was notified about the photo shoot, but there are always stragglers looking for a parking space.
Someone is doing pretty well if they can afford a Rolls. :mrgreen:
These are my trucks.
The tanker fleet for my yet-to-be-named industry.
A couple of independents.
Another independent and some extra trailers.
A couple of company rigs.
A local hauler.
And the beginnings of a construction crew.
I finally got these out of storage for these pictures. I've been waiting until they had a home or parking lot to go to but that might be a while so here they are. I'm still getting used to this camera so please excuse the blurry or out-of-focus shots.
First are my N scale cars. the ones up front are either diecast or detailed plastic. The ones in the back row are just cheap fillers. I have been waiting to add details, paint and weathering until they will be placed on my layout. (eventually) :cry:
Everyone was notified about the photo shoot, but there are always stragglers looking for a parking space.
Someone is doing pretty well if they can afford a Rolls. :mrgreen:
These are my trucks.
The tanker fleet for my yet-to-be-named industry.
A couple of independents.
Another independent and some extra trailers.
A couple of company rigs.
A local hauler.
And the beginnings of a construction crew.
These next ones are 1/87 Johnny Lightning slot cars that I bought for a planned combination slot & train layout that I hope yet one day to build. They are either on a slot car chassis or will fit on one.
There must be a thief working this parking lot. It took a lot of gall to take a tire from a police car. :mrgreen: The question is, why only one?
These are special because they were hand made by mounting a diecast body on a slot chassis.
These are my slot trucks. They may be a bit out of scale, but the AFX ones are pretty close. They would be almost constantly on the move so except maybe for the (lime green
) dump truck, any difference would be hard to spot. The mail truck is way out of scale, but it is a custom die-cast job and is pretty cool by itself.
There must be a thief working this parking lot. It took a lot of gall to take a tire from a police car. :mrgreen: The question is, why only one?
These are special because they were hand made by mounting a diecast body on a slot chassis.
These are my slot trucks. They may be a bit out of scale, but the AFX ones are pretty close. They would be almost constantly on the move so except maybe for the (lime green
) dump truck, any difference would be hard to spot. The mail truck is way out of scale, but it is a custom die-cast job and is pretty cool by itself.
The last picture is of some cars that I got at some big ShopWalCo chain store. In the store they looked pretty close to N scale. Unfortunately when I got home they were just a bit too big. Neat little cars though. Maybe use them as forced perspective on an HO layout.
So those are my vehicles so far. Hope I haven't bored you too bad. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
So those are my vehicles so far. Hope I haven't bored you too bad. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Clark : You have an awsum collection of vehicles there..I did not know Johnny Lightning made 1/87 scale ..Are they still available?
Here's our latest weatherin job on a CAT scrapper.
Here's our latest weatherin job on a CAT scrapper.
I bought all of mine on eBay. I haven't looked in a long time but I would imagine that they still are. Just be sure to look for the ThunderJet models. I just Googled them and came up with several sites. They look different than the ones I got, but you could probably find out what scale they are. The hardest part was finding cars that you would actually see on the highway. I wasn't looking for any NASCAR. :mrgreen::mrgreen:
BTW, very nice heavy equipment you have there. :thumb: I'd like to get some more of those myself.
Josh (& all) you know Wal*mart now has more Malibu trucks right? I finally found some in a local store and I have no money to buy them. Nice Ford & Peterbilt's.
grrrrr I really need to go there sign1sign1sign1
Roger - awesome Wiking Crane :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Kevin - BEAUTIFUL job on the international 4900 dump truck/snow plow. I really like it :thumb: :thumb: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :thumb:
Chessie - Man that cat looks so AWESOME!!!!!! Fantastic weathering :thumb: :thumb:
Kevin - BEAUTIFUL job on the international 4900 dump truck/snow plow. I really like it :thumb: :thumb: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :thumb:
Chessie - Man that cat looks so AWESOME!!!!!! Fantastic weathering :thumb: :thumb:
Thanks, I am putting the pics in a video I am making of my fire equipment. The pics are real cheesy without any people or fire hoses. and I had to move fast to get pics because it really burned FAST! I will post the video when I finish it. I got about a dozen pics, thanks for the comments.
I dont know how much any of you follow the 1/87 vehicle world or more specificly the 1/87vehicleclub(great website) but one of the founders has died, and if you are interested, here is a link to his absolutly AMAZING collection.
Tribute To Jack Gibbs
This should come with a warning...
Do not try this at home...
Very interesting to say the least.
Call me an arson:mrgreen::twisted:
I will mention that it was done outside, away from buildings, with wind blowing into a snow bank.