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Mustangs_n_Trains
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Tyco Alco 430 from the fleabay for only $0.99 with the metal rails and it runs!



Tim

Originally posted by wildecoupe - December 13 2014 :  11:06:32 PM



NOW THAT'S A DEAL!
Sean

"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
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gmoney
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That Conrail geep looks good, Chops! Sort of familiar too...
Glenn

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RDC1
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My newly acquired Reading GP-20 dummy from eBay. She's about to donate her innards to create another GP-20 dummy (a long overdue project of mine) and then herself become powered for the first time in her life.





Originally posted by RDC1 - December 09 2014 : 8:25:31 PM

For one thing, that's a pretty cool looking locomotive.Second of all, that's a very interesting idea to bring this thing to "life".

Originally posted by kovacste000 - December 10 2014 : 09:26:41 AM



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Looks like the one I just sold, you must have been the lucky winner. I had planned to drop it on a MantuaClassics/ Model Power drive, never got to it, enjoy.
Tom

Originally posted by eaglerock109 - December 12 2014 :  2:58:02 PM



Powered and lighted for the first time ever and her gutz went to my Chattanooga dummy. Now I just need to repair both couplers and install the side frames on the front truck .. and of course, get something for her to pull

~ Dave

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PRR 4800
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Tyco Alco 430 from the fleabay for only $0.99 with the metal rails and it runs!



Tim

Originally posted by wildecoupe - December 13 2014 :  11:06:32 PM



Aside for the shell having been through a war zone or two, that's a heck of a deal! Gonna replace the shell, or keep the "natural weathering"?
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kovacste000
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Tyco Alco 430 from the fleabay for only $0.99 with the metal rails and it runs!



Tim

Originally posted by wildecoupe - December 13 2014 :  11:06:32 PM



Aside for the shell having been through a war zone or two, that's a heck of a deal! Gonna replace the shell, or keep the "natural weathering"?

Originally posted by PRR 4800 - December 14 2014 :  9:04:45 PM

If I were him, I would keep the "weathering" and possibly touch it up a bit to add a bit more "realism" to it because honestly, I like how it looks just as it is, man. I would say keep it.
-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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wildecoupe
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I plan to keep it as is and probably weather it a little more. There's a little hole in the nose I need to fill, but that will just add to the character.

Thanks,
Tim

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Tyco Alco 430 from the fleabay for only $0.99 with the metal rails and it runs!



Tim

Originally posted by wildecoupe - December 13 2014 :  11:06:32 PM



Aside for the shell having been through a war zone or two, that's a heck of a deal! Gonna replace the shell, or keep the "natural weathering"?

Originally posted by PRR 4800 - December 14 2014 :  9:04:45 PM

If I were him, I would keep the "weathering" and possibly touch it up a bit to add a bit more "realism" to it because honestly, I like how it looks just as it is, man. I would say keep it.

Originally posted by kovacste000 - December 14 2014 :  10:18:03 PM
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