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Lifestar Fe
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United States
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 Posted - 02/08/2008 : 8:53:04 PM
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I use label sheets, and they work great, except on small buses you cant cut it small enough to fit between the rubrail and it shows:
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ICfan
Top Member
USA
1251 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2008 : 07:29:28 AM
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| I tired to use labels, they did not work and plus they did not look good. To get a fine cut, like from School Bus Gifts, you need a knife (and i can not think of its real name, but it is used in the workshop to cut small items.) |
Tyler Roys Weatherman and International Fan,
http://www.freewebs.com/thectschoolbusyard |
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n/a
Top Member
1259 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2008 : 07:38:33 AM
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Yes, I use clear paper with my lable maker. The same as Lifestar FE. I bought some paint at waalmart the other day hoping it would work, but it didn't. Does anyone have any name brands they could tell my? I am looking for White, Yellow, and Black. |
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ThomasC2
Top Member
United States
650 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2008 : 11:09:55 AM
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Originally posted by Carp_26
Here's a picture of two of my diecasts. I may try to add more later in the upcoming school year.
Do you have any bigger pics of those buses, i am buying one off Ebay and i need to know what they are supposed to look like. |
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Jake
Top Member
USA
3501 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2008 : 1:40:13 PM
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Originally posted by 08BBVision
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Originally posted by Carp_26
Here's a picture of two of my diecasts. I may try to add more later in the upcoming school year.
Do you have any bigger pics of those buses, i am buying one off Ebay and i need to know what they are supposed to look like.
There are many pictures of them via web nowadays... School Bus Enthusaist has some, you just need to do more looking. They are, to my understanding, the exact same as the HDX model but they have the late 1990s Thomas Saf-T-Liner ER front. |
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ThomasC2
Top Member
United States
650 Posts |
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ThomasC2
Top Member
United States
650 Posts |
Posted - 02/16/2008 : 3:04:42 PM
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Have you guys ever seen a bus like this one before? It is made from Ertl, It is similar to a Blue Bird International. I picked it up in Branson a few weeks ago.
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n/a
Top Member
1259 Posts |
Posted - 02/16/2008 : 3:22:50 PM
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| Congrats that you won the ER. The Ertl bus looks like plastic. |
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ThomasC2
Top Member
United States
650 Posts |
Posted - 02/16/2008 : 3:26:12 PM
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Originally posted by the First Student guy
Congrats that you won the ER. The Ertl bus looks like plastic.
Thanks, it is plastic, but i thought i was unique and cool. |
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ThomasC2
Top Member
United States
650 Posts |
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n/a
Top Member
1259 Posts |
Posted - 02/16/2008 : 3:37:17 PM
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Originally posted by 08BBVision
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Originally posted by the First Student guy
Congrats that you won the ER. The Ertl bus looks like plastic.
Thanks, it is plastic, but i thought i was unique and cool.
Does the stop sign work? |
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n/a
Top Member
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ThomasC2
Top Member
United States
650 Posts |
Posted - 02/16/2008 : 3:44:59 PM
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Originally posted by the First Student guy
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Originally posted by 08BBVision
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Originally posted by the First Student guy
Congrats that you won the ER. The Ertl bus looks like plastic.
Thanks, it is plastic, but i thought i was unique and cool.
Does the stop sign work?
Yes, the stop sign works. |
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Lifestar Fe
Top Member
United States
519 Posts |
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n/a
Top Member
1259 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2008 : 7:42:48 PM
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| That is a realy good bus. I wonder who could have the skill for rounding off the rear of the bus? |
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SuperiorGMC1963
Top Member
USA
1078 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2008 : 8:51:38 PM
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Originally posted by Lifestar Fe
This isn't mine but...
http://www.1-87vehicles.org/photo308/bus_d&h.php
I wish I had the skill to make that!! Of course, I would have left it SB colors, but still, that is a NICE bus.
That really is an amazing piece of work. I too marvel at the rear of that bus. And it's a Superior!!! WOW! |
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n/a
Top Member
1259 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 5:57:06 PM
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Hey everyone. I just finished taking pictures of all my diecasts.
http://community.webshots.com/user/KylesBuses
Take a look. Some of my models are replicas of the buses used in my town. I am converting my fleet into my town's bus yard. The bus replicas are NOT finished models. I am still on the look out for stuff to make it better, kind of like Jeff's. I had and IC CE bus go very bad in the making. The paint was scratched bad on the hood and my mirrors broke off. So I decided today to light it on fire. It didn't work to well. I guess I didn't use enough gas! Well, for those IC haters, there you go. Oh, I do like those models and I am saving up for a bunch of new ones. |
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Kodie
Top Member
United States
1992 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 6:05:08 PM
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| I see you had some fun with fire. Interesting fleet. |
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Jake
Top Member
USA
3501 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 6:37:44 PM
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Originally posted by the First Student guy
Hey everyone. I just finished taking pictures of all my diecasts.
http://community.webshots.com/user/KylesBuses
Take a look. Some of my models are replicas of the buses used in my town. I am converting my fleet into my town's bus yard. The bus replicas are NOT finished models. I am still on the look out for stuff to make it better, kind of like Jeff's. I had and IC CE bus go very bad in the making. The paint was scratched bad on the hood and my mirrors broke off. So I decided today to light it on fire. It didn't work to well. I guess I didn't use enough gas! Well, for those IC haters, there you go. Oh, I do like those models and I am saving up for a bunch of new ones.
Set it on fire? Are you nuts! I mean I've had my hates in my life, but I don't go around setting bus models on fire... if its just a scratch you could have repainted it.. Most models don't come with mirrors anyway.. |
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ThomasC2
Top Member
United States
650 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 6:48:23 PM
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| ummm.... FirstStudent Guy, nice models and all...but...WHY ON EARTH DID YOU SET THAT POOR IC CE on FIRE???? What did that bus do to you?? I really cannot believe that a bus lover would do that to a bus model. My Thomas C2 has a scratch on it and I didn't burn it. OMG OMG. I am dissapointed in you FSG. Shame, Shame |
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n/a
Top Member
1259 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 6:58:26 PM
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| Sorry guys. I have tried so many times to resuper glue the new mirros I got on it and it turned the paint red on the bracket area. I erased the "I" logo by mistake. One of the rear tires broke off and I had to super glue it back together. I broke the side of the windshield off by mistake. My old friend broke the original mirrors off. I just wanted to get rid of it. I took all the parts off it so I can use them later in life. I have crushed some cheap models that I messed up badly. Those models was my old ones that I gave to my cousin that he has ruined over the years. My storage bus was his. I do have to say that I keep my EXISTING fleet in very good shape. I use a "goo gone" cleaner that keeps the color in brand new shape. |
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SuperiorGMC1963
Top Member
USA
1078 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 3:53:29 PM
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Holy smokes!! 
First student guy, as far as I'm concerned, what you do with your buses is your business. You paid for them and you can do with them what you please, even if that means setting the IC on fire. I probably shouldn't mention that I've set a couple hundred of my old retired posterboard buses on fire...but that's just the way it goes. Otherwise, I'd never have room for new ones.
Burning buses since 1979. 
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n/a
Top Member
1259 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 3:59:06 PM
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| It was either converting my IC CE or my IC BE. I chose the BE that I am going to convert to a commercial bus. The CE had to many problems with it to restore anyway. SuperiorGMC1983, everyone needs to let their feelings out sometimes! |
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Jake
Top Member
USA
3501 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 5:06:33 PM
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Originally posted by SuperiorGMC1963
Holy smokes!!
First student guy, as far as I'm concerned, what you do with your buses is your business. You paid for them and you can do with them what you please, even if that means setting the IC on fire. I probably shouldn't mention that I've set a couple hundred of my old retired posterboard buses on fire...but that's just the way it goes. Otherwise, I'd never have room for new ones.
Burning buses since 1979.
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n/a
Top Member
1259 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 5:08:33 PM
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| Ted, why don't you sell your buses? I not saying like building and selling for a living, but every onece and a while you sold it to a SBF'er? |
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IrishMike
Active Member
United States
31 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2008 : 07:24:34 AM
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| Hello, I am rather new here so I thought I would start with a question please. I am a driver and do collect a few buses along the way. I have some of the newer ones and several,like me, that are older. I wanted to check and see if this area is limited as to type or year built? I mean just newer,di-cast or buses in general? Thanks, Mike |
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Lifestar Fe
Top Member
United States
519 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2008 : 08:21:03 AM
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Jake
Top Member
USA
3501 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2008 : 12:39:47 PM
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Originally posted by IrishMike
Hello, I am rather new here so I thought I would start with a question please. I am a driver and do collect a few buses along the way. I have some of the newer ones and several,like me, that are older. I wanted to check and see if this area is limited as to type or year built? I mean just newer,di-cast or buses in general? Thanks, Mike
Nah, we have no requirements. And welcome to the forums, I'm from Northern KY. |
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IrishMike
Active Member
United States
31 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2008 : 4:09:17 PM
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| Hi and thank you for the welcome.I will get some photos of what I have and get them added in here as I can, mike |
KY. School bus driver |
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Jake
Top Member
USA
3501 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2008 : 6:39:00 PM
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Originally posted by IrishMike
Hi and thank you for the welcome.I will get some photos of what I have and get them added in here as I can, mike
Anytime. I'll show off my bus fleet too when I get a chance. Mines mostly newer stuff, but it has its rares.
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IrishMike
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United States
31 Posts |
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IrishMike
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United States
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Jake
Top Member
USA
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n/a
Top Member
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Posted - 03/27/2008 : 3:02:25 PM
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IrishMike
Active Member
United States
31 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2008 : 4:09:12 PM
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Hi, yes it is plastic and metal. It is the newest one I have. I found it at a hardware store. I would think the "Hubley" is a little rare because it is still in its original box. Other wise the old Ford is because of age. I actualy use to drive an old 65/66 Ford bus years ago that was much like the little di-cast.
I also have some model kits (2) that are buses. Thr TD S-Cool bus and one that is 30's style. I have a 2nd Hubley that is out of the box, I will photo it some time so any one interested can see the complete thing. Mike |
KY. School bus driver |
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Pictures of your diecasts
