09-14-2013, 03:45 PM
Here are 2 pics of the subject of my next adventure in kitbashing(note first kitbashing will continue for awhile before I discombobulate this train.
Start of a second kitbashing project
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09-14-2013, 03:45 PM
Here are 2 pics of the subject of my next adventure in kitbashing(note first kitbashing will continue for awhile before I discombobulate this train.
09-14-2013, 04:19 PM
Here are some pics with what I have planned to do to the loco.
09-16-2013, 06:37 AM
Looks like a neat project. Are you planning to get crazy with it and build it with DCC, sound and the whole nine? Or will this be just a modified Christmas Tree cat chaser? Either way I like taking toys and making them into something more realistic. It's a fun challenge.
Tyler D.
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09-16-2013, 07:34 PM
gbwdude Wrote:Looks like a neat project. Are you planning to get crazy with it and build it with DCC, sound and the whole nine? Or will this be just a modified Christmas Tree cat chaser? Either way I like taking toys and making them into something more realistic. It's a fun challenge. If the original mechanisim fits On30 / HO will just remove the sound portion takes up most of the cab space with the small motor underneth the sound board. It may also get a new paint job. I found these sets in a Lakeside catalog for a little over 8 bucks not bad for a conversion to On30 ![]() When I see an odd sized battery op train with a nice loco and or cool train cars my mind starts formulating what it can be changed into. I used to be a member of COSG Central Ohio S Gaugers and at a show one time one of the members had a nice caboose with a santa figure in it I ask how he built it he said it was an old christmas ornament that he added S gauge trucks to. That caboose comes to mind whenever I find "toy" train sets with potential for kitbashing.
09-21-2013, 07:46 PM
As luck would have it the gauge of the loco is almost spot on with HO/On30 gauge track
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12-01-2013, 07:14 AM
No progress yet here, but still Imagineering changes to be made to locomotive. Hope to have some progress on this by end of month.
12-01-2013, 02:24 PM
" Smokestack and dome touching, not much I can do about that" .......
I see two options possible...... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() of the two, I would go with lowering the dome, it looks just a bit too tall. That's what razor saws were made for. ![]()
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12-02-2013, 05:14 PM
Thanks for the idea , really do not like the looks of the dome anyway.
I looked at the work shop/bench the other day and that was about it, did run some trains for awhile.
05-27-2014, 06:26 PM
This will be third in line to start and complete, old but not forgotten.
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