Great cars and sound info. I didn't know Weaver was out,done, fini'. Just was looking at some used Weaver think I'll go ahead and get a few pieces always liked it just could never afford it. Thanks for sharing Eric and "Happy Railzz". GMan
Weaver always made fantastic models. They were expensive but worth it. Lionel i think went into the higher price higher quality, to kind of fill the gap in the market. However now there’s not a lot of lower priced o scale trains, unfortunately
The Lionel Lionscale models (ex-weaver) are reasonably priced as are their new Vietnamese made budget o-gauge cars. Also, Menards is making super affordable o-gauge trains as well.
Lionel uses Atlas Tooling as well. The cylindrical 3 bay hoppers and the 4427 hoppers. In exchange for the TMCC licenses. Great stuff Eric, I like these...
That army troop car looks fantastic and the incandescent bulbs in make it look more realistic because at the time the car was being used it would have been dim like that in real life any ways. Great video as always.
Back in my O days (HO now), I loved Weaver. It was good product and they had(have) a great selection of unusual, hard to find road names. It always bugged me that Lionel and MTH had a lot of the same old road names.
I used to live a five minute drive from where Weaver Models was and I always try to pick up their stuff when I can. Also, do you plan on reviewing Menards' first locomotive that was just released?
Eric do you have a live contact at Menards for their model trains? I ordered and received one of their new F3 locomotives and it doesnt work! Ive tried emailing them a number of times and havent heard back. Thanks!
Also, I'm assuming once the US army were done with them the US rail companies converted them into crew cars since in Australia, some companies used old V&SAR Overland carriages, VR BRS carriages, NSWGR RUB carriages and SAR Bluebird Railmotors as crew carriages
It's actually the result of zinc pest in the die-cast chassis, the result of lead contamination in the Zamac mix used in casting the car floor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_pest
@@SPUPRR Yes, that is what happens. Die-cast components affected by zinc pest often expand lengthwise. Since the body shell doesn't expand with the chassis, either the chassis warps, or the shell eventually gives way under pressure. Do a search for "zinc pest" on the O Gauge Railroaading magazine's forum ( ogrforum.ogaugerr.com ) and you'll see plenty of example photos and discussions related to these particular cars, as well as others. Not all pieces in a production run will be affected since a production run may span more than one batch of die-casting metal, but for those that end up being cast from a contaminated mix, the defect is undetectable till it manifests itself -- the only cure is replacement since the failure cannot be reversed.
Hey Eric, I was wondering your thoughts on changing lighting inside cars from incandescent to LED. I want to do that with some of my passenger cars, but I don't know how difficult it would be, and what kind of considerations I need to take into account
There are several companies that make easy to install LED conversion kits. I buy mine from guy in Canada named Jack, but there are other who make them as well. Just google it.
You will need to add a resistor because if the LED's recieve that much voltage they will blow up idk what kind you will need but I'm sure there's a few videos about it
@@War1109 Another source is Henning's Trains, they sell a small circuit board with or without LED strips that can be fitted inside the car with little or no soldering required. With the circuit-board only version, you can source reels of LED strip lights from Ebay or Amazon at a potentially lower cost and cut them to fit with the only soldering needed being the connection to the strip lights.
Love the prototypical start up and the appropriate running speeds.
I didn't know that lionel used weaver tooling for the lionscale cars, very interesting
On top of that, the LionScale cars are built in North Carolina.
I love weaver Model Grain Cars there Just So detailed And I have Quite A few From Them
Great cars and sound info. I didn't know Weaver was out,done, fini'. Just was looking at some used Weaver think I'll go ahead and get a few pieces always liked it just could never afford it. Thanks for sharing Eric and "Happy Railzz". GMan
Hey eric have you thought of or looked into making a full army trian to match the new car that you have now
I have 9 of these! I had 12 but the bases warp really easily! The bulbs are extremely hot for the plastics used!
Weaver always made fantastic models. They were expensive but worth it. Lionel i think went into the higher price higher quality, to kind of fill the gap in the market. However now there’s not a lot of lower priced o scale trains, unfortunately
The Lionel Lionscale models (ex-weaver) are reasonably priced as are their new Vietnamese made budget o-gauge cars. Also, Menards is making super affordable o-gauge trains as well.
I love these WW2 hospital cars! What an awesome train set as well.
yeah me too
Lionel uses Atlas Tooling as well. The cylindrical 3 bay hoppers and the 4427 hoppers. In exchange for the TMCC licenses. Great stuff Eric, I like these...
That’s awesome your going to do a video all about weaver I loved weavers stuff and I actually live 5 minutes away from the weaver building
That army troop car looks fantastic and the incandescent bulbs in make it look more realistic because at the time the car was being used it would have been dim like that in real life any ways. Great video as always.
Thanks
a series of all the different model companies would be great. I have a few Weaver sets and they are all really great quality.
Wow Nice Train Car.
One thing I would love to buy for my rail hobby i the 4884 Big Boy with Military rail cars
Awesome!!! I will look into purchasing some model vehicles from the Menard's website soon. They look fabulous!!!
I like how your car's light up inside
Back in my O days (HO now), I loved Weaver. It was good product and they had(have) a great selection of unusual, hard to find road names. It always bugged me that Lionel and MTH had a lot of the same old road names.
Thanks enjoy your videos very nice cars thanks for all the history , my friend 😎 Doug 🚂
I like how your engine talks
Cool
Thank you. Very nice.
Nice
I used to live a five minute drive from where Weaver Models was and I always try to pick up their stuff when I can. Also, do you plan on reviewing Menards' first locomotive that was just released?
Nice car Eric!!!
Awesome train car
have you ever though about trying to 3d print train shells
Hola buen dia excelente video abrazo grande
Eric please describe the locomotive and tender. Absolutely Gorgeous!! Thanks
Cool knife you have
i would like to see a full tour
How about the union Pacific forty Niner from mth. It's a cool streamlined pacific. Love your videos on steam locomotives.
Eric do you have a live contact at Menards for their model trains? I ordered and received one of their new F3 locomotives and it doesnt work! Ive tried emailing them a number of times and havent heard back. Thanks!
Do you ever allow visitors to see your layout?
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Speaking of knives Eric, do you own any Browning models (ie: X50) since I own a X50 and I just use it for opening letters and packages
Also, I'm assuming once the US army were done with them the US rail companies converted them into crew cars since in Australia, some companies used old V&SAR Overland carriages, VR BRS carriages, NSWGR RUB carriages and SAR Bluebird Railmotors as crew carriages
DESSLER CANNON
wonder if the warp problems comes from the use of the Light Emitting Heat Tubes in the Weaver car?
It's actually the result of zinc pest in the die-cast chassis, the result of lead contamination in the Zamac mix used in casting the car floor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_pest
@@RailRide ok. So the chassis warps not the body?
@@SPUPRR Yes, that is what happens. Die-cast components affected by zinc pest often expand lengthwise. Since the body shell doesn't expand with the chassis, either the chassis warps, or the shell eventually gives way under pressure.
Do a search for "zinc pest" on the O Gauge Railroaading magazine's forum ( ogrforum.ogaugerr.com ) and you'll see plenty of example photos and discussions related to these particular cars, as well as others. Not all pieces in a production run will be affected since a production run may span more than one batch of die-casting metal, but for those that end up being cast from a contaminated mix, the defect is undetectable till it manifests itself -- the only cure is replacement since the failure cannot be reversed.
Will lionel make a grand Canyon 2-8-2 no 539
Eric, what did the US Army use for lights in their troop cars during WW2?
Not sure
@@Ericstrains It surely was not LED lighting. ;)
Hey Eric, I was wondering your thoughts on changing lighting inside cars from incandescent to LED. I want to do that with some of my passenger cars, but I don't know how difficult it would be, and what kind of considerations I need to take into account
There are several companies that make easy to install LED conversion kits. I buy mine from guy in Canada named Jack, but there are other who make them as well. Just google it.
You will need to add a resistor because if the LED's recieve that much voltage they will blow up idk what kind you will need but I'm sure there's a few videos about it
@@War1109 The LED conversion kits come with all that stuff. They're pretty much a drop in replacement for the older bulbs.
@@Ericstrains oh sweet thanks for the info
@@War1109 Another source is Henning's Trains, they sell a small circuit board with or without LED strips that can be fitted inside the car with little or no soldering required.
With the circuit-board only version, you can source reels of LED strip lights from Ebay or Amazon at a potentially lower cost and cut them to fit with the only soldering needed being the connection to the strip lights.
It’s sad to see that so many companies going out of biusness but it happens
It happens, but that's life.
@@Ericstrains it’s really sad but life keep on going
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