05-12-2014, 12:46 PM
switcher1 Wrote:Somewhat out of place, a 4mm loco with buffers on an American 3.5mm layout....
Not as much as you might think, though.
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If the 60103 could tour North American and Australia, I see no reason why the 503 couldn't make a little jaunt into Lowbanks, situated in southern Ontario...in Canada, eh?
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The original decals for this model were beyond recovery, so the store owner opted to have it lettered for the TH&B. I used to paint TH&B diesels for another hobby shop, and once remarked that TH&B fans would buy anything if it were lettered for TH&B - they bought over six dozen versions of those that I painted, and I've seen modern HO locos (don't know the proper designation) done in TH&B paint that looked pretty plausible - probably more than this steamer, I suppose, but it is, after all, meant to be an in-store conversation piece.
Wayne