Wow!! I had a few of those as a kid. Boy that picture brings back memories.
My American Flyer, trains. They introduced me to electricity and due to their demise, had me switch to HO scale and the basics of soldering and doing the neccessary maintance to keep them running. Which gave me the foundation to my craft. Great birthday present.
There us a 20-30 ohm wrap of nichrome wire around a wick that is saturated with fluid. The vaporized fluid is pushed out with a air piston driven in and out if a chamber. Or very carfully by the minature fireman scooping coal.How did the locomotive make "steam"?
My dads first new car was a 70 Duster in B7, my first car was a 68 Valiant.. your pics drew memories..
Same here. Had my first 70' Charger R/T at 15.I had a kick *** mongoose BMX much like this one....my 'goose I used to call it. Everybody had mag wheels and pads. Jumped every and anything. Started building them from scratch with some tools my dad gave me one christmas. After that I graduated to cars.
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Same here. BmX bikes, then off to cars. I had my first 70' R/T charger at 15 years old. I still have my toys. Hot Wheels, Matchbox cars, garages and tracks, Tonka trucks, other diecast cars and trucks. Star Wars, slot cars and tracks, HO trains and track, action figures, Atari 2600, Coleco, Nintendo games. My kids all played with them along with all of their own toys and now have 3 Grand kids so far that will play with it all. My Grandson already playing with his original owner, numbers matching, all original 69 Charger.I had a kick *** mongoose BMX much like this one....my 'goose I used to call it. Everybody had mag wheels and pads. Jumped every and anything. Started building them from scratch with some tools my dad gave me one christmas. After that I graduated to cars.
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Smartphones!! An absolute DEMON for the new generation… our toys were primitive by comparison, but what fun I had for sure.before we played a lot with toys, but unfortunately today children play much less, they prefer smartphones to toys.