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Last night while at Dollar Tree, I noticed some book lights that looked very turbine-ish, and thought Hey, it's got a ball joint, just like theTyco Transformers radar antenna assembly on the Hustler engine, So I bought one, silver to match the Tyco, and brought it home. the ball joint on the Hustler is WAY smaller, but with some dremel work, I could make it fit.This morning, I found a few minutes time to fit in the custom work,so I trimmed the ball down to about roughly the same size. Fits! Here's a few pics of it. Looks like something out of War of the Worlds Part 3. LOL. Anyway, now I need to get the engine running.
Looks scary, like that Angular fish from the murky dark depths that lures unsuspecting prey to them with their head-mounted light, then snaps them up.  Just a weird custom I decided to do on the spur of the day. Don't forget to leave your comments before exiting my Post! 
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Posted - August 26 2011 : 2:02:24 PM
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Very Cool! Me Likey!
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Posted - August 26 2011 : 2:05:51 PM
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| wow a real real turbine charged hustler love it ken
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Posted - August 26 2011 : 4:18:32 PM
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LOOK OUT FOR LOW BRIDGES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks too cool.
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Posted - August 26 2011 : 9:22:30 PM
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can you see the train coming???
nice work
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Posted - August 26 2011 : 11:21:31 PM
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quote:LOOK OUT FOR LOW BRIDGES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks too cool.
Ken
Originally posted by Ken - August 26 2011 : 4:18:32 PM
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Ya know, Ken, you're right...it'll never fit thru the tunnels on my club's layout. I gotta lower the neck on this thing. Where's my mini-hacksaw at?
Jerry
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Posted - August 27 2011 : 5:48:41 PM
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| HA! That looks excellent Very clever.
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Posted - August 28 2011 : 5:01:08 PM
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Well, since Ken was RIGHT, I decided to cut the stalk down to lower the light, er, turbine, uh, Destruct-O-Ray. Anyway, cut it down half-way, made the darn ball for the socket too small, then cut it all the way except for a minimal post, trimmed it to fit, then drilled and tapped the nub for a 2-56 screw. Here's the finished product. Lowered, lighted, and lovely! LOL
I'll have to review the height standards for Modular heights, as some people have tunnels and such. Or just test-fit it at my train club layout. Should fit through the modules if it fits thru these tunnels, I'd hope. Anyway, other than getting the chassis to run, I think I'm done fiddling with the upgrade.
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Posted - August 29 2011 : 12:50:46 PM
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Ha ha! Reminds me of that experiment the NYC did where they mounted a jet engine to the roof of an RDC with a special "aero" shovelnose... IIRC the speed record of 180-ish mph still stands.
ahh, here it is:
http://jalopnik.com/359202/
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Posted - August 29 2011 : 12:59:22 PM
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quote:Ha ha! Reminds me of that experiment the NYC did where they mounted a jet engine to the roof of an RDC with a special "aero" shovelnose.
Originally posted by spiderj76Â -Â August 29 2011Â :Â 12:50:46 PM
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Ya know, I was even thinking about that with this diesel, about making a similar aero-nose for it, and have the first jet-powered 44-tonner. Heck the Hustlers would run super-quick anyway, why not use it to advantage and put a jet motor to simulate the high-speed of it being jet powered. Maybe I'll nickname it Mach .44, , that's about 300 MPH.
I just found a magazine called Mainline Modeler at the local train show this weekend, which had numerous pictures of that jet-powered RDC, and one guy's modeling it in HO. He gave a list of what parts he used to make it, too. Pretty cool.
Jerry
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Posted - August 29 2011 : 5:16:23 PM
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| Very nice! I'm always looking for stuff when I'm out with the family shopping--anything small that will take a coat of paint. Great job.
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