Re: aungmyatoo's collection

aungmyatoo Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:12 am

According to the "Cox engine museum", thermal hopper in paper box should be older than the one in plastic pack. But there is no date in instruction sheet. Tee Dee, Medallion, Bees, etc instruction sheets have something we can figure out the date of manufacture as "Litho in"

aungmyatoo Wed Feb 27, 2013 12:34 am

Time to go away from TD RC 05 as it is too hot now,
I bought 2 Sportsman engines with $100 used
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aungmyatoo Wed Feb 27, 2013 12:37 am

Later found out NIP on ebay.
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I thought, used one $50 so NIP $100 would be reasonable.
I bid 100 on ebay for this NIP and went to sleep.
Woke up in the morning and found out thatI won it with $50.
Sometime ebay is very funny!

MeerschaumSteve Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:03 am

Very sweet collection!

I love your little wire engine stands, did you make those?

aungmyatoo Wed Feb 27, 2013 3:36 am

"Wire engine stand" Yup, I made them.
These are the raw material, very cheap, only $2 for one reel.
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Easy to get any shape with long nose plier.
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This stand is for "Christmas Bee"
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aungmyatoo Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:48 am

My custom made box for thermal hopper
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**Admin** Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:53 am

Nice stands, I used to use coat hanger wire to bend bee stands.

Here's a stand I made made out of piano wire for this TD .051
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I should make a bunch more some day.

aungmyatoo Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:14 am

Nice, piano wire is more sturdy and can use smaller diameter.
Mine is aluminium and very soft, If I use small diameter one it will bend down itself with the weight of engine.

aungmyatoo Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:07 am

2011 & 2012 christmas bees, Now they got boxes from Matt.
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#11, 2011 Christmas Bee is the last stock from MAtt, Burgain buy:)

aungmyatoo Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:36 am

Updated Tee Dee R/C 05 inventory
now 4 already in my collection and another one on the way
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aungmyatoo Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:43 am

My Tee Dee in plastic case collection
Still short of Tee Dee 0.15
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aungmyatoo Wed Oct 09, 2013 11:25 am

I just got it from ebay.
Killer Bee .051
correct high compression head, cylinder, piston has 2 grooves indicating .051 piston. Dated May 31st 1995, 18 years old.
box is nice shape, but the box insert had been beaten up. I have to look for .051 insert. Matt only has .049 insert

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craig bernard Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:09 pm

I buy photo cubes from the dollar store to desplay engines their approximately 4 x4 for a whopping 1.25 apeice works great!

Mark Boesen Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:25 pm

Many years ago when I started to collect 1/2a engines I picked up some cheese/sausage gift boxes at a swap meet in Wisconsin and made a case to hold them, I quickly ran out of space and ended up with 4 Plano red storage cases that work great. I still use the box for my nicer engines.
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roddie Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:56 pm

That's REALLY nice Mark!!! Definitely heirloom quality! It would be nice to build a large "Hutch" or "Armoire" along those lines... of course; then you'd have to fill it. Smile

Mark Boesen Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:46 pm

thanks, but I use Plano cases for the rest, they work pretty good.
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G.O. Stang Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:01 am

Got a part number on that case? It's really nice and what I've been looking for to store my stuff. Tried to find it on their site and can't seem to.

Mark Boesen Thu Feb 20, 2014 3:59 pm

http://www.planostoragesolutions.com/products/126-stowaway-rack-five-stowaway-organizer.aspx

I got them at Menards, but i'd bet Home Depot has them as well.

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