Walthers Ford Tire Plant & Uptown Motors

[Trucklover]

I finally got my hands on these 2 kits!

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They were part of the Ford Auto-Series, and have been long sold out. I have 2 of the Assemble Plants, 2 of the Stamping Plants, and one of the Distribution Center Facility kits (some of the others in the series). Those are all built and the ones on my Ford Assembly Plant Module I have been working on...

Im stoked I finally got my hands on the Tire Plant and Uptown Motors Dealership. The Tire Plant is an impressive kit to say the least, and its huge! BUT I sill am in search of one more of them to kitbash them both and make one huge Tire Plant. The Uptown Motors is a very nice kit, and includes a vehicle showroom, and office like building, and a service bays building (all connected). Like the Tire Plant kit, I am still in search for one more of them to kitbash in order to make a larger showroom and a larger service bay area.

Want to know the best part? I got them both for an absolute STEAL! $40 for the Tire Plant and $15.00 for Uptown Motors! That Tire Plant sells on ebay for anywhere between $100 and $200 all the time! Uptown Motors usually sells for a decent amount as well. I got lucky on both of these! Uptown Motors was listed as Buy-It-Now for $15.00 and immediately after I saw it (it had just been listed an hour or 2 before) I didnt hesitate one bit and clicked the "Buy It Now" button lol. The Tire Plant I got on the HOYARDSALE group and was part of an estate lot I guess.


I am still looking for the following kits, so if anyone ever sees them for REASONABLE prices, please do let me know

(1) Headquarters Building (933-3074)
(1) Distribution Center (933-3076)
(1) Uptown Motors (3077)
(1) Tire Plant (933-3078)
(2) Assembly Plant (933-3079)

[P5se Camelback]

Don't overlook Wallschlager Motors [930-3004 kit] (Now available only as "931-805", a "Built-Up") which fits older neighborhoods quite well.

And I'll watch Ebay for you, Josh, while I'm watching for a few items I've been looking for.

I just acquired a pair of "banjo signals" for the LS&W ... I was thinking of scratch-buidling a few as I waanted signals that you don't see on everybody elses railroad, just like a clutch of Camelbacks - not on every page you turn in your favorite modeling magazine! I have quite a few semaphores, a couple of them RTR and several scratch-builts based on the design of the RTR units, but the Banjos were my first choice and now I can have an interesting mix (maybe a crew installing a "new" semaphore with a (static model) banjo on the ground, as part of a physical plant upgrade program in the early Fall of 1936.

Every once in a while you can catch a gem ... but you gotta look!