Greetings fellow slot dudes,
I have recently picked upa couple of the awesome Tyco Dumper Trucks. One of them is in pretty good condition apart from a broken central windscreen pillar. The other sadly had mashed up pickups and some moron had soldered braid on the ends which made a right mess and stopped the truck running. I've tried the motor on a 9volt and the truck runs fine so new pickups should get it back on the road.
But where do I get them from! Any ideas who stocks them or has a stash? Or will I need to make some? They are the long chassis length pickup strips where the power is taken up in the centre of the chassis to feed the motor.
I'll post photos later on if you haven't seen one of these before. The running one is actually quite fun to drive.
I narrowly missed out on adding a fire engine to the collection as well getting outbid at the last minute. A great shame as I have realised these are potentially quite valuable and the one I was pipped on only went for around £12.
Any info on pickups will be greatly appreciated. And then I shall read Bill Hall's excellent thread on model murdering so I can effect some body repairs.
Cheers
Gareth
Edit: Found some pickups on SlotCarCentral. Annoyingly his shipping prices to the UK are ridiculous. What are they like to people in the States?
I have recently picked upa couple of the awesome Tyco Dumper Trucks. One of them is in pretty good condition apart from a broken central windscreen pillar. The other sadly had mashed up pickups and some moron had soldered braid on the ends which made a right mess and stopped the truck running. I've tried the motor on a 9volt and the truck runs fine so new pickups should get it back on the road.
But where do I get them from! Any ideas who stocks them or has a stash? Or will I need to make some? They are the long chassis length pickup strips where the power is taken up in the centre of the chassis to feed the motor.
I'll post photos later on if you haven't seen one of these before. The running one is actually quite fun to drive.
I narrowly missed out on adding a fire engine to the collection as well getting outbid at the last minute. A great shame as I have realised these are potentially quite valuable and the one I was pipped on only went for around £12.
Any info on pickups will be greatly appreciated. And then I shall read Bill Hall's excellent thread on model murdering so I can effect some body repairs.
Cheers
Gareth
Edit: Found some pickups on SlotCarCentral. Annoyingly his shipping prices to the UK are ridiculous. What are they like to people in the States?