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 Posted - March 23 2013 : 1:46:47 PM
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this one may not look brill paint wise but think its full of character ken
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Posted - March 23 2013 : 2:02:49 PM
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Heck, it's definitely full of DETAILS...you could spend hours looking over that engine at the different aspects. Nice!
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Posted - March 23 2013 : 3:57:17 PM
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| WOW that is one snazzy looking engine! Is the cab scratch built? It looks nice!
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Posted - March 23 2013 : 4:11:37 PM
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| its all metal,brass except cab which is plastic ken
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Posted - March 23 2013 : 5:02:08 PM
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Ken a very different engine. Cab foward is interesting way of running.
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Posted - March 23 2013 : 5:39:20 PM
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frank check this out its your italian brother ken
http://www.top-train.it/toptrain.php?ln=de&id=670_671
look where they put the coal
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Posted - March 23 2013 : 11:17:23 PM
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That's one sweet cab forward. WOW! 
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Posted - March 24 2013 : 12:58:10 AM
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That's beauteous, Ken. Is that one of yours or something you found online?
The cab is very similar to this early Espee compound Mallet. Looks almost like he divided it in half.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Mallet_compound_locomotive_Southern_Pacific_Railroad_1910.JPG
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Posted - March 24 2013 : 08:57:56 AM
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A cab forward 2-8-2 I WANT IT! where did you get it?
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Posted - March 24 2013 : 10:08:59 AM
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| it is on that place of dread,was 99p now at £57 and climbing,ken
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Posted - March 24 2013 : 10:37:56 AM
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quote:
Ken I did want to say that is was starting to look like one of the many cab forwards run up in the ALPS in Italy. I have seen photos, on line, of them. Frank
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Posted - March 25 2013 : 12:58:36 AM
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| Brass? It looks just like a Model Die Casting old time 2-8-0, although whatever prototype that is could also have been done in brass over the years.
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Posted - March 25 2013 : 12:20:57 PM
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That cab resembles the early SP cab forwards like this one of mine (that needs to be restored and is in need of a donor chassis)
Brass Southern Pacific AM 2 4-6-6-2 Westside Models Cab Forward
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Posted - March 27 2013 : 10:23:17 AM
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| still got a day to go,$212,its plastic cab,diecast body and chassis,with lost wax details etc,ken
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Posted - March 29 2013 : 2:56:27 PM
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| ended at $414 way above my limit ken
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Posted - March 29 2013 : 4:59:13 PM
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quote:ended at $414 way above my limit ken
Originally posted by catfordken - March 29 2013 : 2:56:27 PM
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That is crazy for a cheap kitbash and about $30 in extra parts. Some people are just too lazy to build one of their own I guess.
Sean
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Posted - March 29 2013 : 7:49:41 PM
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Well, it looks nice and that's the key.
I sold one of those MDC 2-8-0s a while back for $40, complete. I'd bet if you started with a mint kit one you could reproduce it for around $100-$150 depending on how many detail parts you added to it.
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