What are you buying this Month?

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Good morning. 6 full days into June and I haven’t even looked online for anything. I feel like I’m letting the Model Railroad economy down. Seems though Walthers, YD and Scaletrains ( Father’s Day) are having some sale pricing as I am being pounded with emails. Maybe when I get home from traveling next week I will look. There’s always room for another diesel on the engine servicing tracks

Good shopping to you all
 
Well, I made the trip to BLI's one-day garage sale, and picked up a slew of stuff, all N scale.
Big Boy 4014
Challenger 3985
a GM&O 4-6-2
a NYC 4-6-2, red and grey
RDG T1 4-8-4
SP PA1/PB1
UP PB1 dummy
UP PA1/PB1 shells
CSX F7A
CSX SD70ACE
CSX AC6000
And a few other things I can't remember of the top of my head.
My credit card is whimpering...

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bnsf971 said:
Well, I made the trip to BLI's one-day garage sale, and picked up a slew of stuff, all N scale.
Big Boy 4014
Challenger 3985
a GM&O 4-6-2
a NYC 4-6-2, red and grey
RDG T1 4-8-4
SP PA1/PB1
UP PB1 dummy
UP PA1/PB1 shells
CSX F7A
CSX SD70ACE
CSX AC6000
And a few other things I can't remember of the top of my head.
My credit card is whimpering...

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Terry I think my credit card feels that!
 
bnsf971 said:
Well, I made the trip to BLI's one-day garage sale, and picked up a slew of stuff, all N scale.
Big Boy 4014
Challenger 3985
a GM&O 4-6-2
a NYC 4-6-2, red and grey
RDG T1 4-8-4
SP PA1/PB1
UP PB1 dummy
UP PA1/PB1 shells
CSX F7A
CSX SD70ACE
CSX AC6000
And a few other things I can't remember of the top of my head.
My credit card is whimpering...

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Holy crap!!!

Did you save some stock for other people?;)
 
migalyto said:
Holy crap!!!

Did you save some stock for other people?;)
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There were people carrying multiple boxes of stuff out of there. There were several transactions of over $2k while I was waiting in line.
Diesels were $50 each, if complete, steam engines were $100, if complete. The exceptions were the Athearn Challenger and the BLI Reading T1. The Challenger was about 2/3 off retail, and the T1 was at the regular "refurbished" price of about $250.
There were boxes of open-package BLI passenger equipment leaving at $10 per car. Complete body shells were a couple of bucks each, if complete--less if pieces were missing. As for N scale rolling stock, all they had were cattle cars and cryo cars, neither of which were anything I could use or wanted.
 
Got some more trees to go with the layout.
Also ordered Bigfoot he came in a pack of 10..... So I'll have a couple of Bigfoot hidden in the trees somewhere.
 

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I love (what I call) Easter eggs on layouts! Of course, the only one I have planned for my layout is R rated. I should think of another, more family friendly, one 🤔
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Thanks, that gives me an idea.

Also plan on having Batman and Robin
From the 1960s era TV show.. with batcave entrance.

And of course I will have to repaint and detail the Bigfoot to look a little more realistic.
 


Bought 4 more of these, bringing me up to 12 so far. Been finding models on thingiverse and squishing/stretching to fit this chassis. The boxcab was made to fit this, so it was easy. Found a nice tram that was made for HO scale. It scaled down nicely. Printing the roof now.

Now I need to play catch up and install my LEDs, which is a pain in the arse as the pre-wired ones are too small for my wire strippers. Been trying to burn the insulation off with the soldering iron, but I think that is making the wire too brittle.
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BOXCAB AND RUSTON.jpg
TRAM.jpg
 
Just ordered 6 more of the 11-109 power units bringing me up to 18. I gotta get out of the house more often instead of finding new models to print...

Also ordered a Kato HO Kumoha 40. It says that it is an 8 pin DCC socket for motor only, so am wondering how to wire the headlights and install cabin lights. Will figure it out when it arrives.
 
I got this Athearn - RoundHouse,
Santa Fe ...F7A - 38C from Amazon.
Also I picked up these 5 in. Evergreen/Pine trees. Of course I have to paint the limbs and the trunks brown on the pine trees, because they are translucent green color. Also these trees are from amazon.
 

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Well, while the Kumoha 40 has a DCC socket, it is totally inaccessible. The hole is also surrounded by metal so trying to wedge anything inside there is a no-go. I sent Kato an email asking what decoder they recommend as none of mine fit. I think they need help...

Socket only has 4 pins. Cmon guys! This will have to be totally custom.

Latest steam D51 release - no DCC.
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