Fixing old stuff

[nachoman]

My parents moved a few years ago, and when they did a box of old HO cars from my youth wound up my house.  

Replacing wheels, couplers, and weathering are easy projects that can keep me busy when I only have 15-30 minutes here and there to model, and my workbench is crowded with other "to dos".  Doesn't make much financial sense to fix the old Tycos and Bachmanns, as the parts cost more than the car is worth.  But it is fun.

Here are some Athearn F7s, One of the first locomotives I bought with my own money when I was about 13 or 14.  I repainted them using craft paint from wally world, bought some decals, fixed a broken step, broken truck sideframe, broken axle gears, added a close coupling kit and diaphragms, and used a kit to make the windshields more prototypical  Still needs some finish work, but it runs for the first time in about 25 years.