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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 12 2015, 06:45 PM (479 Views) | |
| Douglas | Jan 12 2015, 06:45 PM Post #1 |
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I've always wanted one of these, but never did get one, then at a train show Saturday a dealer friend had one he picked up in a collection, not new condition, though it has all the decals, and also is missing horses, but I was satisfied, and happy it was only $12 too. Now to find some horses. ![]() My friend thought these were issued with the same horses as the pony trailer, so the question is, is that the case, and how many, there are three horse bays in the back, but that doesn't necessarily mean it came with more than one or two? ![]() ![]() |
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| cody6268 | Jan 13 2015, 08:07 PM Post #2 |
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I have the same problem with the Pony Trailer. HO scale horses are abundant, but seem too small (should try them, though). The Mini Whinnies horses by Breyer (which are 1/64, they're available in larger packs, but not under the Mini Whinnies name), and Ertl's 1/64 horses are too big. 1/72 horses are all with mounted figures, and are mostly kits, only non-mounted horses I've found all come with Hongwell sets. 1/76 horses are difficult to find. Stinks I've only found parts to some very expensive to acquire (even in very playworn shape!) Corgis, the Black Beauty, Batmobile, and Aston Martin DB5 (James Bond) in the bottom of carry cases. I've had a thing for horses since I was 11. I still collect Breyer horses, and I pick up model horse trailers and transporters as much as possible. The Kew Dodge series has been a favorite subcollection of mine. This truck is one of my favorites, and is on my list. The major thing for me as far as condition with all King Size (and the 1-75s that had the two-piece wheel with the plastic rim) models is that all the tires are on the wheels. What kind of plastic did they use that caused them to shrink so badly? I have the King Size Ford D800 and Dyson Low Loader, and it seems every time I pick it up, at least one of the tires come off. Edited by cody6268, Jan 14 2015, 12:44 PM.
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| fucumi | Jan 14 2015, 06:40 AM Post #3 |
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1 Pair of the larger horses (pony trailer type) on a sprue Douggie |
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| Douglas | Jan 14 2015, 06:52 PM Post #4 |
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Cody, my handy list of RW scales shows the Pony Trailer at 1/63, whether or not the horses are near to that scale I don't know, but the horses they gave with it originally look ok to my eyes, though I'm not a stickler on scales with my collecting as much as others might be. You never know, you might run across a good deal on a playworn model that still has the horses, I know the #17 Horse box came with the same size horses sometimes. I know nothing about plastic, but I always guessed the shrinkage might be just age, where possibly all hard plastic shrinks over time, or maybe it's something to do with the colors of plastic. Somebody had a little trick for holding the tires on the rim without harming anything, and it came off easily enough, but I can't even remember, possibly a spot of school paste, or something pretty simple like that, but I can't tell you to try that, because I never did, and just don't know.
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| Douglas | Jan 14 2015, 06:59 PM Post #5 |
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Thanks Jimmy, for now I can always borrow them from a pony trailer variation in my display case, nobody will know.
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| fucumi | Jan 14 2015, 09:17 PM Post #6 |
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The tire trick goes like this. fill a tall glass half full, pop a few tires in the water, microwave 3 minutes or so, take glass out with washcloth - it'll be hot, quickly now fish out tire with small screwdriver or something like and place on hub and be careful to center it in/over the hub groove and let cool. Works about 80% of the time. The hubs shrink over time making the tires loose, not sure what happens here but it works. Larger tires may need doing twice or boil longer. Boiling will not ruin them |
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| Douglas | Jan 17 2015, 05:29 PM Post #7 |
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That sounds a much better way Jim, thanks for the tip, with that method one doesn't have to worry about messing things up. |
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| SeberHusky | Jan 25 2015, 07:51 AM Post #8 |
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Thanks for the tip! I will try that too. I have a few king-size and 1/64 scale cars with this issue too. It's a chemical breakdown in the plastic with age I'm pretty sure. The same way rubber turns to confetti and plastic windows turn pee-yellow or shatter. |
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