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You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 7:59 pm
by herronpeter
.......for sale if you wait long enough!!
Check out this beauty!! Rare is the key word........
https://www.ebay.com/itm/392787362234Peter
Stay safe......
Re: You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 8:16 pm
by ScaleCraft
try as I might, I cannot see cylinders anywhere. Excellent model of.....something, I guess.
Re: You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 9:55 pm
by Wolf
Wow! You hardly ever see anyone modelling locomotive power on shop trucks!
Rare, indeed...
Re: You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 9:43 am
by Rufus T. Firefly
Rats!
Those drives were traction motor drives. Each was worth more than the listing price. Someone got a bargain after tossing the engine shell in the trash or putting it back on eBay for $0.99.
Re: You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 11:20 am
by E7
Re: You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 11:23 am
by Rufus T. Firefly
Somebody "married" two traction drives to the body shell......
Re: You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 11:52 am
by E7
You missed my joke...a reference to the fact that there was NO running gear on either side (note Dave's post). Since the auction had ended, I didn't really look too closely.
Re: You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 12:11 pm
by ScaleCraft
Those were known as a Shyster.....
Re: You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 12:17 pm
by Rufus T. Firefly
E7 wrote:You missed my joke...a reference to the fact that there was NO running gear on either side (note Dave's post). Since the auction had ended, I didn't really look too closely.
There was a joke? Ah, well..... I was more interested in the drives that I really could have used, although there was no way to tell if they were insulated or not. Still at that price, they could be resold individually........
Re: You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 6:32 pm
by E7
Next to impossible to see everything on the auction! Then throw in a few clueless descriptions.....
Re: You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 6:48 pm
by ScaleCraft
Ah, but it's 2-rail! And WAY down you find "0".
Scale/Era: O Scale 2 Rail
Model Type: Steam Loco
Sold...somebody either got took or snagged some neat trolley trucks for $81.00 plus $20.97 shipping!
But it's "This item has been graded per TCA standards C-5: Good. "
Re: You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 6:55 pm
by Rufus T. Firefly
ScaleCraft wrote:Sold...somebody either got took or snagged some neat trolley trucks for $81.00 plus $20.97 shipping!
Yup. Good large monitor when you click on and expand the photos shows them off nicely; neat
powered trolley trucks at a steal.
So it goes..... With my luck they were not insulated and I'd have to sell them off for a nice profit,
But it's "This item has been graded per TCA standards C-5: Good. "
Consider the source
and just apply a big dose of Buyer Be Wary and be an informed consumer....
Re: You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 8:04 pm
by herronpeter
Well I’ll be damned! You guys got better eyes than me! I just thought it was a pile of junk. What the hell is TCA rating doing describing stuff anyway. I see TrainZ always rates their stuff a minimum of 6, very good condition and then go on to say it’s paint Is scratched, "trim" pieces might and are missing and it could do with a "gentle washing"! Huh? I get a big kick of their descriptions of POS's as very good with a rating of..........6! Out of 10 how could that be very good?! Sounds like all the BS with posted car mileage!
Peter
Re: You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 8:14 pm
by bob turner
9 out of 10 means "not perfect". Five out of ten means halfway to worthless. What does six mean?
Re: You will eventually see everything.......
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 11:09 pm
by rogruth
Most of the steam locos they show do not have tenders in the photos but should.
Is this done by the company or seller? I most likely will not buy a loco without the appropriate tender.
If the cost was lower I might consider it.
