Re: AIG Pacific - Soft Drivers
Hi Dan, I may still have a parts unit in my stash, let me see what I can dig up.? Cheers,
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On Aug 11, 2022, at 6:27 PM, Nad117 <drums147@...> wrote:
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Greetings all! I have an Atlas 1G Pacific I am attempting to resurrect. Upon disassembly, I notice the drivers are made of a dark gray material and are rather "soft". They are so soft I fear they will not stay in gauge once the unit is reassembled. Can anyone shed any light on this matter? Are they supposed to be soft like this . . . if not, is there a cure? I
know this is a long shot, but are there replacement drivers available
or does anyone have a set of drivers they would sell or "loan"? Thanks in advance. Dan
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AIG Pacific - Soft Drivers
Greetings all! I have an Atlas 1G Pacific I am attempting to resurrect. Upon disassembly, I notice the drivers are made of a dark gray material and are rather "soft". They are so soft I fear they will not stay in gauge once the unit is reassembled. Can anyone shed any light on this matter? Are they supposed to be soft like this . . . if not, is there a cure? I
know this is a long shot, but are there replacement drivers available
or does anyone have a set of drivers they would sell or "loan"? Thanks in advance. Dan
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Custard pie. Yum! Rotten Tomatoes, not so much. \:^)
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Doug
In a message dated 6/5/2022 11:55:57 AM Central Standard Time, igoldberg1@... writes:
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George:
? The custard pies and rotten tomatoes are flying your way.
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Wondering what it would take to have Doug add some ground cover to his layout -- this is a crossover from a thread "on another network." Maybe we can all chip in and get him a genuine vintage Life-Like brand Grass Mat :) (Ducking) --George (your occasionally smart-aleck list owner)
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Believe it or not, I actually have been recently considering at least doing just that which is a fairly major step for me. Some of the track is ballasted now but I ran out of ballast that's the same color as Floquil boxcar red.
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Just need some grass and dirt.
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Doug
In a message dated 6/5/2022 11:53:53 AM Central Standard Time, groups@... writes:
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Wondering what it would take to have Doug add some ground cover to his layout -- this is a crossover from a thread "on another network."
Maybe we can all chip in and get him a genuine vintage Life-Like brand Grass Mat :)
(Ducking)
--George (your occasionally smart-aleck list owner)
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George:
? The custard pies and rotten tomatoes are flying your way.
????????????????????????????? Ira
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Wondering what it would take to have Doug add some ground cover to his layout -- this is a crossover from a thread "on another network." Maybe we can all chip in and get him a genuine vintage Life-Like brand Grass Mat :) (Ducking) --George (your occasionally smart-aleck list owner)
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Wondering what it would take to have Doug add some ground cover to his layout -- this is a crossover from a thread "on another network."
Maybe we can all chip in and get him a genuine vintage Life-Like brand Grass Mat :)
(Ducking)
--George (your occasionally smart-aleck list owner)
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I must be tired or losing my mind. The 8 pack of automobiles is catalog number 2809, and NOT 2309, of course.
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Doug
In a message dated 6/5/2022 12:13:51 AM Central Standard Time, dgosha@... writes:
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And now, of course, since I said red seems to be rare since only one out of the 48 automobiles in my four auto transporters is red, I see the two out of the eight pictured in the 2309 set are red, so maybe only rare to me. \:^)
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And now, of course, since I said red seems to be rare since only one out of the 48 automobiles in my four auto transporters is red, I see the two out of the eight pictured in the 2309 set are red, so maybe only rare to me. \:^)
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The automobiles in the 2309 set are all Fords, assorted models and colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, gray, and black, red seems to be rare) - 2 door coupes, 4 door sedans, station wagons, and Mustangs. The exact model years are not clear but, given when they were first available, they must have been late sixties models. The Mustangs do look like late sixties fast backs.
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And yes, the same automobiles were used to fill the 3101, 3102, 3103, and 3104 Auto Transporter cars.
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There is no indication as to manufacture origin anywhere on the automobiles but we can maybe assume, since the rail cars were made by RoCo (Atlas Austria on the bottom, of course), the automobiles were too but there is no guarantee since various manufacturers often farm out part making to other manufacturers.
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Doug
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Thanks Martin and the factory color is a bit misleading in the picture because it looks white, which it almost is. Actually, it's brick colored but the mortar lines are so wide that when I filled them in with white, it kind of makes the whole surface look white in a photograph. The roof is a medium gray, the windows, a lighter gray, and the fillers around the windows, tan.
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It's kind of the same with the machine shop.
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Doug
In a message dated 6/3/2022 3:47:20 PM Central Standard Time, 914four@... writes:
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Great picture Doug,
and seeing your Atlas Factory, I realize that the kit I had was different. The side extension was only on one side, and the doors for railway access were only on one end, while I see i this photo that the doors appear to be at both ends.
I was pretty sure those were Atlas buildings, but I could be wrong. The building did come with a smokestack, and it could be attached to the building or not.
Cheers,
Martin
On 2022-06-03 2:42 p.m., Douglas Gosha via groups.io wrote:
Here is a fairly recent photo of my current layout which has almost all of the original Atlas structures on it plus old Con-Cor, Revell, AHM, Bachmann, Heljan, etc. plus a few scratchbuilt ones:
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Great picture Doug,
and seeing your Atlas Factory, I realize that the kit I had was
different. The side extension was only on one side, and the doors
for railway access were only on one end, while I see i this photo
that the doors appear to be at both ends.
I was pretty sure those were Atlas buildings, but I could be
wrong. The building did come with a smokestack, and it could be
attached to the building or not.
Cheers,
Martin
On 2022-06-03 2:42 p.m., Douglas Gosha
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Here is a fairly
recent photo of my current layout which has almost all of
the original Atlas structures on it plus old Con-Cor,
Revell, AHM, Bachmann, Heljan, etc. plus a few scratchbuilt
ones:
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Re: My its been a while...
I would like to see this group continue. I have been in N scale since Thanksgiving 1967 when I received my first N scale trainset. This was an Arnold Rapido 0-6-0 and some freight cars. This little locomotive still runs well.
Finally, I am creating a list of everything I have collected since then. This list and its links and archives really have helped. I have had items to sell but by the time I found them the potential buyer either no longer needed them or lost interest.
Arnold Rapido, Minitrix, Con-Cor, Atlas and so on have evolved into many new brands and great models I could not dream of in 1970. The Atlas/Rivarossi passenger cars to me were wonderful. The Atlas/Rivarossi steam locomotives were wonderful in spite of their faults. Now we have even more wonderful steam models and diesels, and electrics, and turbines, and rolling stock. Great hobby. 55 years.
I also have a Lionel electric that dates from around the early 1920s.
Chuck Seemann? ? Aurora, Colorado
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I meant for the image to appear in the post but...maybe too large? Anyway, it is the attachment.
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Doug
In a message dated 6/3/2022 1:42:13 PM Central Standard Time, dgosha@... writes:
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Here is a fairly recent photo of my current layout which has almost all of the original Atlas structures on it plus old Con-Cor, Revell, AHM, Bachmann, Heljan, etc. plus a few scratchbuilt ones:
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Here is a fairly recent photo of my current layout which has almost all of the original Atlas structures on it plus old Con-Cor, Revell, AHM, Bachmann, Heljan, etc. plus a few scratchbuilt ones:
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Doug
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I've owned the same kit in at least two different colours, one
with red bricks and pale grey roof, the other with pink bricks and
a dark grey-green roof. The later was left on my layout when we
sold our house over 2 decades ago, but I think I may still have
the first one (sans original box) in storage somewhere. If the pic
goes through, you can just see (without the smokestack) it behind
the CN switcher.
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On 2022-06-03 12:29 p.m.,
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This was always one of my favorite kits to add to what ever layout
I was building at the time. Though you had to allow enough real
estate as the kit had one very large foot print.
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Re: Atlas Factory Building
I am using my Atlas a1g factory building as the briquette plant in my steel mill.? Even a
building kit that is over fifty years old can be used somewhere on a layout.
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This was always one of my favorite kits to add to what ever layout I was building at the time. Though you had to allow enough real estate as the kit had one very large foot print. 
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I'm not sure where they were made but I do know that they were used in the A1G auto racks in addition to being made available separately.? The photo is not mine so I can't open the package to check for a country of manufacturer on the bottom of one of the vehicles.?
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Agreed,
I've never seen anything like this short of the Bachmann
car/truck/bus/construction vehicle pack, which didn't even appear
to be the same scale. Back in the day, I used to have to buy
Wiking, Faller or Preiser for realistic vehicles until I
discovered Road Apples and GHQ, but all of those were quite
expensive. I wonder why Atlas stopped offering these? Were they
made in Austria?
Cheers,
Martin
On 2022-06-02 11:02 a.m.,
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Boy, is that a
moldy oldie. Great photo Thanks George.
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Ira
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A photo of an A1G accessory.? These were used as the load for
A1G autoracks but as you can see were also available separately.
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Thanks George,
Do you know what type of automobiles are in the blister pack?
When I worked at Engine House Hobbies in Wichita, Kansas, this was
the sort of thing we had up front - like candy, magazines, etc at a
grocery store.
These were called "impulse items"; something that is not very
expensive, has a good markup and that the customer buys on impulse.
If you bought an empty autorack flat, from Con-Cor or similar, you
could buy the automobiles to put on it.
If you had made a little scene that had a parking lot, then the cars
went into that area.
Wonderful memories.
Neal Lewis
Daytime Sales Manager
Engine House Hobbies 1994 - 1997
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Boy, is that a
moldy oldie. Great photo Thanks George.
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Ira
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A photo of an A1G accessory.? These were used as the load for
A1G autoracks but as you can see were also available separately.
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