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 Posted - August 08 2012 : 12:36:08 AM
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doing my research on the nyc,i noticed something,that would have been so easy to correct,but quite a few makers from the most expensive to the cheapest got wrong,and thats the placement of the tender rear ladder,whilst i can understand on the lower end getting it wrong,i cant on the dearer ones as with most its just a few drill holes,ken
correct position and was the practice of the nyc
incorrect and this is a brass model
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Posted - August 08 2012 : 01:19:54 AM
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Interesting, Ken. Maybe they didn't have any photos with a rear view of the tender in Japan when Tenshodo made this, I dunno.
I notice Rivarossi got it right. 
So did BLI. What other manufacturers got it on the wrong side?
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Posted - August 08 2012 : 09:08:42 AM
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hi nelson, I was surprised to find bowser got it wrong,its not a big deal as if owner wants,but a simple rectifiable one,ken
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Posted - August 08 2012 : 09:17:19 AM
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| note that the front of the tender doesn't have steps unlike the model
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Posted - August 08 2012 : 09:42:22 AM
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the real tender is off a p&le berksire,so steps would be of no use,see photo ken
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Posted - August 08 2012 : 2:52:37 PM
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| Nickleplate759, does that train look as sweet in person as it does in the picture?? As soon as I get home I looking for one on eBay.
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Posted - August 08 2012 : 3:55:24 PM
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GG1, yes they do look that good, but I took that photo from an auction, so it isn't mine. Not bad for 1966 tooling, huh?
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Posted - August 08 2012 : 4:01:10 PM
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Ken, that's an impressive looking loco, and that all-weather cab must have made things a little more tolerable, especially tunnels. I can't say I've ever been fond of the flat smokebox front on that & the Niagara, tho.
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Posted - August 08 2012 : 4:34:57 PM
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would love to find a model of it,regards the chimney fairly common over here in europe,common on guys check your nyc locos who got it right and who got it wrong, ken
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Posted - August 09 2012 : 8:02:05 PM
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Never thought about that! Kinda like how Bachmann put a cliche'd slope tender on their USRA 0-6-0's! Any major brass companies get this right? Not the first NYC descrepency, Lionel made a few mistakes in the late 80's to mid 90's Hudson from wrong tenders to wrong paint shades!
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