Looks more like a Stug.The Matilda II looks far boxier than most other tanks. Just saying.
Steve
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Steve
Have a Matilda II, but it's done up as a Russian Lend-Lease tank.The Matilda II looks far boxier than most other tanks. Just saying.
Got one of those too. This one is a Stug III.
The Stuglll, that's my main TD in WOT and WOT Blitz, love the maneuverability and rate of fire. Hate the Togg.
Steve
Steve
Ever watched The Mighty Jingles on YouTube, he goes to the tank fests they have in U.K.
Steve
Steve
I've seen his videos on youtube. The Tank Museum's Tank Chats are good too, especially listening to David Fletcher's commentary.
I was starting to think that I was the ONLY ONE on here. Been collecting model trains since before I could walk, now after 52 years, I have enough to open a small Hobby shop. I have mostly HO, and O Gauge, but a little, bit of "N" scale and "G" scale, plus I had some American Flyer "S" gauge when I was young.
For the last 12 years or so, I have been collecting "O" Gauge/scale trains, with Union Pacific my main interest, with a strong secondary interest in Southern Pacific, and Weyerhaeuser Timber logging trains, mainly Steam era, and some early diesels.
Doug
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If we want to keep this among British tanks, it's hard to beat the Bishop as far as boky appearances go:
If a lower box is needed, the Arher is a rather nice fit:
Just remember the gun points to the back of the tank:
1911s and Belgium made Brownings, been collecting both of those way longer than saws.
Two of my favorites!!! Always wanted a ww1_1911. Someday.... Got a a5 light twelve and light twenty though. By far, favorite shotguns
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I got my grandfathers A5 light twelve when I was 14, that's what got me started on those. Got my other grandfathers 1944 Colt WWII 1911A1 when I was 19, been all downhill since then.
Bishop looks like a KV 2.
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Nickolas
Retired and messing around with old stuff...
I have some trains my great grandma gave me around forty years ago. Her husband collected them. Don't know the scale but they are metal mostly, Japan on the bottom, about a dozen locomotives, cars, track, buildings, huge transformer.
Been packed away for years but a locomotive I kept out. Don't know a damn thing about them or really how old they are. The metal is bringing parts have broken off on some like pot metal. Here's one of them.. One of the few not damaged from being moved around .
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Conquistador3
Le Comte de Frou Frou
New One Model trains were sold for export through a variety of Western importers. Apparently they were very active in the 50's and 60's but then disappeared pretty much overnight.
Most of them were Zamak but as high purity zinc was hard to obtain outside the US until 1960 or so they tend to suffer from zinc pest/rot like most period ZAMAK toys. That's why you are seeing some models fall apart while others remain in good shape.
There were also a line of brass trains made by the same company which are apparently very rare and very valuable.
No idea what happened to New One Model: it may have absorbed by another Japanese manufacturer such as Kato or more likely they went out of business.
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I’m surprised to see this old thread being talked about again. Our O gauge trains set up for Christmas. Merry Christmas everyoneI have some trains my great grandma gave me around forty years ago. Her husband collected them. Don't know the scale but they are metal mostly, Japan on the bottom, about a dozen locomotives, cars, track, buildings, huge transformer.
Been packed away for years but a locomotive I kept out. Don't know a damn thing about them or really how old they are. The metal is bringing parts have broken off on some like pot metal. Here's one of them.. One of the few not damaged from being moved around .
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Nickolas, from what I have been able to research, New One Models, they are "HO" Scale/Gauge, and were imported by Polk/Aristocraft and by AHM as well, from the Late 1950's through some time in the 1960's, and they had a pretty wide selection of locomotives offered.
Some reported questionable running qualities, while others said theirs ran well, some needed mior tinkering to get good running out of them. It sounds like the Sentimental Value would be greater than the resale value, so I would suggest Run and ENJOY them, as that is what model trains were meant for.
I would be interested in seeing a picture of your transformer, as most "HO" transformers would not be described as HUGE, if possible include a shot of the electrical info plate, with the Input/Output Voltages and Wattage ratings. Chances are it is the right one for those trains, but HO are USUALLY DC , with the exception of stud rail Marklin, but O Gauge, like Lionel is typically AC power, and many of those transformers can be quite large.
If you have any questions, I would be Happy to try and answer any I can, and if possible pics are usually helpful
Doug
We have a **** ton of Lionel & American flyer, thanks to the FIL and my OCD.
The UP locomotive was redecorated by a resident of the halfway house here in Joetown.
The UP locomotive was redecorated by a resident of the halfway house here in Joetown.
If we want to keep this among British tanks, it's hard to beat the Bishop as far as boky appearances go:
If a lower box is needed, the Arher is a rather nice fit:
Just remember the gun points to the back of the tank:
Tamiya just came out with a new 1/35 scale Archer kit this year as well as a new Valentine Mk II/IV kit in the same scale. I would like to get both, as the Valentine is one of my favorite WWII tanks. Bishop kits are a little harder to come by as not many manufacturers made them due to low demand.
I do have a KV1 in the to-do pile somewhere.
I do have a small collection of HO-scale stuff and a N-scale set, but it's buried in storage somewhere. But I just got a new Walthers Proto 48' well car and matching intermodal. Growing up I remembered seeing lots of the real things. Now I just need to get a green Burlington Northern (not BNSF) EMD SD40 to go with it.
Nickolas
Retired and messing around with old stuff...
Thanks I appreciate the info. I'll find the transformer and take some pics. It is quite large and it worked years ago last time I ran the trains. They all were running at one time when I was a kid. Now forty years later I've nearly forgot about them. Crappy pics but all I have till daylight. It's about a foot and a half long. Pretty large
