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 Posted - February 24 2013 : 08:09:49 AM
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These are three conversions I've done over the years. The 2-6-0 is based on the Mantua Little Six. I added a can motor, pilot deck, and pilot wheels as well as detail parts. The Box Cab is a Cary/Bowser shell mounted on an AHM Center Cab frame and mechanism with Athearn stanchions and handrails added. The Union Freight is another AHM Center Cab with Athearn stanchons and handrails.
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Posted - February 24 2013 : 11:03:11 AM
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| hi cholmes great locos and conversions,you will find that a few members here will love em as well ken
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Posted - February 24 2013 : 8:34:29 PM
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I especially like the boxcab and the steam engine. All the details on them look great!
BTW, welcome to the forum 
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Posted - February 26 2013 : 12:38:24 AM
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Awesome work, Cary! Those little AHM Center Cabs do make great project starting points, as a few other members have shown. The bottom picture looks so good it make me want to get out the cutters and and add some Athearn stanchions to my own.
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Posted - February 26 2013 : 06:40:42 AM
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A friend asked what can motor I used. I used kit #160 from Helix Humper. The kit can be obtained from Alliance Locomotive Products. Here is the URL for Alliance
http://www.alliancelocomotiveproducts.com/
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Posted - February 26 2013 : 3:00:17 PM
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here is mine, not pretty but shes a work in progress...
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Posted - February 26 2013 : 10:26:31 PM
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| The loco is a great runner once you get it finished. Well worth the effort!
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Posted - March 02 2013 : 2:49:19 PM
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my loco this week is a samhongsa e8a the only one used by the sp&s no 750,ken
the real thing
am missing the fuel tank part,which i think will be the hardest thing i will ever find,such a shame
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Posted - March 04 2013 : 1:20:28 PM
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| anyone who sees or has a tank for this loco will pay a good price,but i can see me having to make one ken
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Posted - March 04 2013 : 4:39:55 PM
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E8a Fuel tanks
could you use a modified set from a Tyco E7? Maybe order 2 FT/F7 Bachmann tanks and splice them and cut the trim from an F-Unit body.?
Regrards
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Posted - March 04 2013 : 5:36:36 PM
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Ken, if you can tolerate plastic, the fuel tank from the Model Power / Roco E-units is easily removed. It's just a friction fit on the frame.
You could spray it gold. 
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Posted - March 04 2013 : 5:42:13 PM
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hi mate sounds like a standby plan thanks,thought i had one but its a lifelike i think ken
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