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28-450: Life Like may refer to: Life-Like , a manufacturer of model railroad products Life Like (Joan of Arc album) , 2011 Life Like (The Rosebuds album) , 2008 "Lifelike", a 2018 song by Antarctigo Vespucci on the album Love in the Time of E-Mail "Lifelike", a 2021 song by Porter Robinson on the album Nurture Life Like (film) ,

56-532: A 2019 sci-fi movie See also [ edit ] Like Life , a Japanese visual novel Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Life Like . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Life_Like&oldid=1234801985 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

84-574: A GP38-2. The quality subsequently increased further, with diecast chassis designs replacing plastic ones on such models as EMD GP18 and GP20, EMD SW9/1200s and accurately scaled Fairbanks-Morse C-Liners. Steamers included the Berkshires used on the Van Sweringen railroads. Life-Like also worked its way into the HO slot car market in the 1980s and 1990s in mass-market outlets including Toys R Us . They purchased

112-401: A disposable coffee cup) about 2  cm or one inch thick. Most reusable ones have molded-in handles; a few have shoulder straps. The cooler has developed from just a means of keeping beverages cold into a mode of transportation with the ride-on cooler . A thermal bag , cooler bag, or cool bag is very similar in concept, but typically smaller and not rigid. The original inventor of the cooler

140-449: A lighter-like socket for the cooler's cord to plug in. Some also have a crossover-connection device to reverse the current for heating service. Rotationally molded (roto-molded) coolers have become popular in recent years. Roto-molded coolers are manufactured using a process called rotational molding , a process by which a heated and softened material is applied to the inner wall of a slowly rotating mold. The mold continues to rotate during

168-414: A sizzling automobile. Even without adding ice, this can be helpful, particularly if the trip home will be lengthy. Some coolers have built-in cupholders in the lid. They are usually made with interior and exterior shells of plastic , with a hard foam in between. They come in sizes from small personal ones to large family ones with wheels. Disposable ones are made solely from polystyrene foam (such as

196-451: A source of electric motors for his model trains. They launched Sanda Kan as a joint manufacturing venture in Hong Kong. Sanda Kan later expanded into all aspects of manufacturing model trains and accessories for Life-Like, as well as other companies including Atlas Model Railroad , Lionel , and Marklin . Sanda Kan was acquired by Kader in 2008. Known for its line of train sets, Life-Like

224-439: A wide range of power. The electric motors range from 250 watts (0.3 hp) to 2,000 watts (2.7 hp) and generally use 12- to 60-volt batteries. Gas-powered engines range from 33 to 205 cubic centimetres (2.0 to 12.5  cu in ) with a typical top-speed of 13 miles per hour (21 km/h), but enthusiasts have built much faster versions. The legal status of the ride-on cooler varies from country to country and in

252-495: Is a combination of a low-power engine with a go-cart frame which uses the cooler as a seat. The ride-on cooler can transport food and drinks short distances and can be used in a small backyard , a neighborhood , or at large outdoor parties. The ride-on cooler can be equipped with a trailer hitch, allowing it to tow an extra cooler as a trailer . Designs use either gas-powered lawnmower engines or electric motors which are lighter, more energy efficient, and quieter. Both can have

280-469: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Life-Like Life-Like Products was founded by brothers Lou and Sol Kramer, whose parents were Lithuanian immigrants residing in Baltimore, Maryland . Their experience in the hobby industry began in the 1930s when they became interested in constructing model airplanes. With money borrowed from their mother,

308-536: Is unknown, with versions becoming available in various parts of the world throughout the 1950s. The portable ice chest was patented in the USA by Richard C. Laramy of Joliet, Illinois . On February 24, 1951, Laramy filed an application with the United States Patent Office for a portable ice chest (Serial No. 212,573). The patent (#2,663,157) was issued December 22, 1953. In 1952, the portable Esky Auto Box

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336-803: The Christmas holiday, the Kramer brothers formed a silent partnership with Lou Glaser and his Revell injection-molded plastic model company in Venice, California . The company's breakthrough came in 1953 when Revell offered a scale model kit of the USS ; Missouri , the battleship where the Japanese surrender that ended World War II was signed. Revell briefly manufactured its own line of HO scale model trains beginning in 1956. The Kramer brothers sold tunnels for toy train layouts as part of their Life-Like line. The original supplier

364-707: The Life-Like name. Most (if not all) of the Proto 2000 and 1000 locomotives and rolling stock are currently sold under the WalthersProto line, some of the Life-Like scenic accessories (most notably their HO-scale figures) are now made and sold under the Walthers SceneMaster line, and the Power-Loc HO-scale roadbed track (being advertised as the world's first joiner-less roadbed track) is currently being made and sold under

392-708: The Walthers Trainline brand and is included in the Trainline starter train sets. Models of Australian rolling stock are also produced. In the 1980s, Life-Like produced a range of models for the South African market competing with Lima . Cooler A cooler , portable ice chest , ice box , cool box , chilly bin (in New Zealand ), or esky ( Australia ) is an insulated box used to keep food or drink cool. Ice cubes are most commonly placed in it to help

420-513: The assets of the Rokar Slot Racing range and marketed this under their own name. It wasn't until after Walther's purchase of Life-Like that the slot car and model railroad ranges were brought together in the High Iron and Burnin' Rubber Combination set. The Kramer family sold the business to private interests in 2000. Lou Kramer passed away in 2003, followed by his brother Sol in 2013. In 2005,

448-522: The brothers formed the Burd Model Airplane Manufacturing Co. and sold their own model airplane kits using balsa wood they would salvage from discarded banana crates. As the business grew, their line had expanded to include more than 200 different kits. America's entry into World War II put a halt to their production as they could no longer get materials like balsa wood and rubber bands to produce their kits. Following World War II,

476-422: The contents inside stay cool. Ice packs are sometimes used, as they either contain the melting water inside or have a gel sealed inside that stays cold longer than plain ice (absorbing heat as it changes phase). Coolers are often taken on picnics and on vacation or holidays. When summers are hot, they may also be used just to get cold groceries home from the store, such as keeping ice cream from melting in

504-498: The cooler within the USA with its initial offering of a galvanized steel cooler in 1954. Three years later, Coleman developed a process to make a plastic liner for coolers and jugs. Some modern coolers are thermoelectric , plugging into a car's cigarette lighter socket . Rather than using a compressor and refrigerant such as a refrigerator or other heat pump , these use the Peltier effect along with an external fan to draw away

532-474: The cooling phase, producing a thick and uniform final product. In the case of roto-molded coolers, the heated liquid plastic is applied over a thick layer of insulation. The resulting product has no seals or imperfections and is much stronger and more durable than traditional coolers. Examples of roto-molded coolers include YETI , ORCA or Grizzly coolers. A ride-on cooler is a means of transportation that can store and cool beverages and other food products. It

560-471: The effectiveness of the boxes' thermal insulation . Some better units even have digital thermostat controls. They do draw a significant amount of power, however, and can drain a non-running car's battery so much so that it cannot start. Most electric coolers have an undervoltage shutoff at around 10 or 10.5 volts to prevent this. Many come with power adapters, which use an electronic transformer to convert AC mains or line voltage down to 12 volts, with

588-803: The foam tunnels could be used to keep their lunches hot or cold. Soon after, the company began producing foam ice chest coolers under the Lifoam name in 1954. Model railroading pioneer Gordon Varney sold off his Varney Scale Models company in 1960 to Sol Kramer. These HO scale model trains continued to be produced under the Varney name until March 1970, when the first advertising for Life-Like trains appeared in Railroad Model Craftsman magazine. The Life-Like line quickly expanded to include trains, track, structure kits, and accessories. In 1973, Sol Kramer approached industrial engineer Wai Shing Ting to help produce

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616-458: The focus of the business shifted from manufacturing to distribution and Kramer Brothers Hobbies was created to sell items like model cars and fishing tackle. They also began making items like model trees and grass mats under the name Life-Like for the first time. They also introduced dyed lichen moss for use as a scenery material, imported from Norway . Realizing that hobbies had year-round appeal, versus toys that had seasonal sales spikes around

644-404: The heat. By reversing the current, this concept can also heat the contents instead of cooling them, useful for keeping meals hot from a drive-through , or even to keep items from freezing in severely cold climates. Thermoelectric coolers typically can drop the temperature by about 40 °F or 22 °C below ambient temperature , or can raise it by at least that much; this is a function of

672-454: The parent company Lifoam Industries, LLC, chose to concentrate on its core manufacturing business and sold the model railroad division to Walthers. Walthers continued to make the Life-Like line of products, aimed at beginning hobbyists and the mass consumer market, up until the 2010s. The Life-Like train sets were discontinued in 2016, along with many of the stand-alone products, although currently building kits and grass mats are still sold under

700-432: Was known primarily as a "down-market" supplier. Looking to expand into the world of scale model railroading, the company put together a plan to manufacture models with more accurate and fine details as well as an improved motor drive, with a reasonable increase in cost. In 1989, Life-Like introduced the Proto 2000 line of finely detailed HO scale diesel locomotives. The first offering was the Proto 2000 BL2. The Proto 1000 line

728-455: Was later created to produce a line of trains that would compete against other mid-range products like those made by Athearn and Walthers. At the same time, Life-Like upped its presence in N scale, moving away from down-market locomotives made for the firm by Mehano in Yugoslavia in the 1970s and beginning production at Sanda Kan with a higher quality line that also began with a BL2, followed by

756-424: Was making the tunnels from papier mache, but was unable to deliver on a consistent basis. At the same time, they learned about a German manufacturing process to mold expanded polystyrene foam into shapes that could later be painted and decorated. They imported the technology and began making tunnels out of the polystyrene foam. According to son Jay Kramer, workers at the factory discovered the insulating properties of

784-559: Was released in Australia by the Sydney refrigeration company Malley’s. Made from steel and finished in baked enamel and chrome, with cork sheeting for insulation, the Esky became the first mass-produced cooler on the market. The brand found huge success and by 1960, 500,000 Australian households owned one (in a country of approximately 3 million households at the time). The Coleman Company popularized

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