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 Posted - May 04 2015 : 3:36:07 PM
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Just a Strange Locomotive!
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 Posted - May 04 2015 : 5:12:33 PM
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All I have to say is, for what it looks to be (brass) it's my too bad when it comes to pricing.  
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - May 04 2015 : 7:00:53 PM
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Clearly built for a railroad with no overpasses nor through truss bridges. I wonder what possessed the modeler to put those towering smoke stacks on it. 
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Posted - May 04 2015 : 7:15:12 PM
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Don
The smoke stacks look like parts off the Titanic. I think the body is kit-bashed with MDC box-cabs,
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Posted - May 04 2015 : 9:23:11 PM
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quote:,,,, I think the body is kit-bashed with MDC box-cabs,
Regards, John
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â May 04 2015Â :Â 7:15:12 PM
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Yeah, now that you mention it, I can see it. Pretty cool, an extended boxcab. 
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Posted - May 04 2015 : 10:54:03 PM
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I hope the builder had fun building that; I know I would have!
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Posted - May 05 2015 : 8:02:17 PM
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Put Baldwin trucks under that thing, maybe dual can motors... looks like an absolute BEAST to me. Paint the whole thing gloss black and let 'er run. Pity though that we don't have a picture of the ends, because I can't tell what those little orange bits are.
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Posted - May 05 2015 : 10:33:28 PM
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Yeah I agree - that thing is wacky but it's got something going for it too. I like it. As for why the builder used those 4 towering stacks - I would guess he had been wanting to use them for something for years, and he finally found a spot for them!
BTW, reading the listing, I think the orange things are winches.
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Posted - May 07 2015 : 9:30:42 PM
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| Someone's use for a brass FP45 drive that was converted to run an Athearn drive likely for better performance.
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Posted - May 09 2015 : 6:03:00 PM
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It's actually a plastic Mehano FP45 chassis painted gold.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-SCALE-ENGINE-CUSTOM-YUGOSLAVIA-/321745878523
He put an old Athearn Jet motor in it, which is easy enough since Mehano copied Athearn's universals. I would have laid the motor on it's side, tho, to give the shafts a straight line. Pretty creative, but the inner axles on each truck are unpowered which makes them slippery without traction tires.
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