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Post by josef on Nov 29, 2019 15:58:05 GMT
About 2 years ago I started building Military loads for my cars, many customized loads from kits, many converted. Seem lately I've lost some interest since those I know, gave it up and don't see as I did on layouts. So if anyone does military loads, spark my interest again, otherwise I'm thinking of using the spurs for passenger cars I'm getting interested in with future diesels and disposing of the loads.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2019 16:21:11 GMT
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Post by Spice7 on Nov 29, 2019 17:22:59 GMT
I use the MTH Sherman tank consist at the club.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2019 17:44:38 GMT
I have one that I built 1/48 Shermans for... I also have 4 tank killers and 4 Duce and a half to build.
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Post by ptc on Nov 29, 2019 18:07:08 GMT
I am a big fan of Army unit trains, but alas we all all passenger service. Could do a military personnel transport train I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2019 19:43:11 GMT
We are in the process of acquiring military rolling stock to pull behind the Lionel up 1943 and UP 9088. Going to stick with the more modern tanks, howitzers, and other MTH Premier pieces.
Gary.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2019 20:24:00 GMT
I’ll tell you MTH has this segment of the hobby cornered
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Post by fabforrest on Nov 29, 2019 20:42:31 GMT
and I will tell you that Menards has a big presence!!!
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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Nov 29, 2019 20:47:20 GMT
I have about 20 of these cars I made a few years ago. They are HO, but the same could be done in O scale... Tom   |
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Post by fabforrest on Nov 29, 2019 20:52:32 GMT
My military consist. A combination of home grown, using my old Dinky Toy collection, Menards, and two Radio Shack RC Tigers. I used both Lionel and Menards flats for the home grown stuff.
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Post by josef on Nov 29, 2019 22:13:12 GMT
This is a small part of my military loads. Most I've customized. Cut down trailer, and Menard tanker, then re-painted and decaled. The drop-end Gondolas were used during WW2 to transport tanks. I've put a Grant and Lee in one shown. The V2 rocket is a captured prize headed to White Sands for testing. Sorry about poor quality of video, I'm not a good video man, my wife is better at taking videos.
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 29, 2019 22:19:32 GMT
Josef, this short video features an FEC train on the upper level transporting US Army equipment. This is not realistic, just fun running trains.
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Post by Adam on Nov 29, 2019 23:07:45 GMT
I have some Menards military flat cars and a caboose. They are pretty nice especially considering the price. Menards have added many more military options. Here is a link to short video of them on my smugmug site. arypinski.smugmug.com/Choochoo/i-LNNRHQL/A |
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Post by harborbelt70 on Nov 29, 2019 23:07:47 GMT
You guys have serious military trains. I on the other hand only looked at the 3rd Rail/GGD US military cars, which are works of art but I passed on for reasons of expense and space (lack of).
But I do have a traditional Lionel "military train" of sorts, which is headed by the US Army missile-firing motorized unit and the related sound-equipped boxcar. The engine is the only Pullmor-powered unit I have and it zooms around the track in a pretty uncontrollable way, no matter what I do with the settings. I also have a satellite launching flatcar and a couple of submarine cars. When I was growing up, the latter were the cars I coveted most after aquarium cars.
I would post a video of my military train but it would be very non-PC. Not to lower the tone but the target of my missiles is a representation of two politicians, one domestic and one foreign, who I particularly dislike and always have. (The foreign dictator is dead.)
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Post by dennym57 on Nov 30, 2019 1:38:48 GMT
I have military cars from Menards. I'll post a video aa soon as I can.
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