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Post by ap40rocktruck on Apr 25, 2013 10:14:14 GMT -8
Back in the 1970's Lindberg made 3 construction models, a mix of scales. They made one tire & scaled 3 Wabco machines to fit the tires. As a kid i built one of each & they still sit in a show case for the oddities. what made these really strange is they are a combination of snap, glue & metal nuts n bolts to put them together. Here is the Wabco front end loader. in about 1-45 scale. Ap40 Attachments:
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Post by ap40rocktruck on Apr 25, 2013 10:16:00 GMT -8
This is the Wabco elevating scraper, in about 1-60th scale. fairly accurate, but still crude. Have not seen a un-built kit of this one in a long time. I have 2 built ups. Ap40 Attachments:
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Post by ap40rocktruck on Apr 25, 2013 10:20:15 GMT -8
Lastly, here is the Wabco 35C in 1-40th scale. This one is the most accurate of the 3 & I suspect this is what the tires were done for in the beginning. Around 1981 Lindberg did a second run & called it "Big Moe", it was molded in blue & was kit # 1224. Ap40 Attachments:
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Post by Muleskinner on Apr 25, 2013 12:46:33 GMT -8
I remember these units. They were quite detailed for the times they were released and many of them made their way into O Guage model railroading.
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Post by swamp rat on Apr 25, 2013 17:37:56 GMT -8
i built them..i still have the scraper..i guess Rita took the other two..
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Post by gator on Apr 25, 2013 19:43:01 GMT -8
I have all three of them somewhere?? Hoping to do something with them someday!
Be Well
Gator
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Post by rnagle on Apr 30, 2013 18:15:59 GMT -8
I had those kits as youngster too!  Sadly mine are long gone, great memories seeing these. I also had most of their smaller scale trucks ("Mini-Lindys" IIRC) like the Post Office van, dump truck etc. |
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Post by ap40rocktruck on Apr 30, 2013 18:50:54 GMT -8
I had those kits as youngster too! Sadly mine are long gone, great memories seeing these. I also had most of their smaller scale trucks ("Mini-Lindys" IIRC) like the Post Office van, dump truck etc. Oh yeah, i forgot about those. I still have a few....... Ap40 |
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Sadly mine are long gone, great memories seeing these. I also had most of their smaller scale trucks ("Mini-Lindys" IIRC) like the Post Office van, dump truck etc.