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Making the best of a sad trip, funeral for father of my son in law, II Went to a antique store in Fresno ( my home town) that said there was a train store, found a little section of the store and picked up a brand new not ever been on tracks and probably never been out of the box Aristo 1998 boxcar

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. 1.5 hours after it got home I voided the factory warranty , replaced the plastic wheels and sawed off the truck mount and added 907 KaDee couplers.
Also picked up a box of 3 MTH hight power line towers that look very cool. The “store“ also had a box of Aristo power line towers, but left them for someone else.
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. When I got home a delivery of 2 48’ containers from a Facebook seller
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They are used and the one has obviously been on the bottom of the well car , look close you can see a darker paint on the bottom 1/3 of the
container.

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Also saw and should have purchased a new GP38-2 in Amtrak livery, but didn’t want to push the wife’s kindness for my purchases

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Adding to the roster, at a local sale / swap meet, picked up this brand new, USA car with metal wheels, still in factory bag and shrink wrap over the Caterpillar, drop center car for $25 and 4 buildings for $100 total . Dude there had about a dozen AristoCraft cars for $20 each and wish I would have picked them up for resale.

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Little bag included with the car had 2 chains and cotter pins to mount them included. Today I voided the warranty , cut truck mounts and installed body mount KaDee 907’s, so it’s ready to roll

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Nice finds, but 'ya got to tone down those chrome wheels :smiley:

#5

Quite the deal, Pete, nice!

#6

nice flatcar…
lovable houses!
(and on a MIK-workbench)

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Hey I loved stainless steel and chrome on my Peterbilt, but yeah it is a little odd on the car , might have to do that and several other cars too, the shiny ones look a little much, probably have to buy a quart of it to make everything look right!

#8

Great scores especially that flat with the tractor. What deal. They usually go for $100.

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When Aristo was in business I was a big fan of their chrome plated wheel sets to replace plastic wheels. I’ve not tried any blackener on them. I spray paint them with red oxide primer then follow with a dusting of flat black for a rusty look. I use a rubber O ring to mask the tread and a piece of wire insulation to mask the axle.

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I use a wide brush and mix up some black and brown acrylic paint. I spin the axle and hold the brush to the front of the wheel while it rotates.

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Yeah that’s what I’m going to do, dark gray or black, flat of course

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Korm, did that on purpose, up high , so easier to take the pic , and cleaned spot as far as background and other crap !!!