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 Posted - May 27 2007 : 2:04:23 PM
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Recently obtained MIB loco that came with the revised "dark brown" loco / accessory box of 1982 and up...
The last and only other time I ever had one those, I was 11, the box was for a steam engine, the internet didn't exist, and the local library didn't have squat for railroad books. So I took the drawing and text on the back as legit, even though I had no basis for comparison:
Now 20 years older (wiser yet to arrive), I read and look at it carefully, and can't help but laugh and shake my head. Wow but were some of the claims specious at best. And who sold them that blueprint?!
So I decided to revise the box for, um, more truth in advertising...
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Edited by - GoingInCirclez on May 27 2007 10:42:09 PM
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 Posted - May 27 2007 : 2:33:28 PM
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I like the comment pointing to the fuel tank area best.
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Tony Cook
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Posted - May 27 2007 : 2:40:10 PM
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 Posted - May 27 2007 : 10:44:16 PM
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quote:I like the comment pointing to the fuel tank area best.
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Originally posted by Tony Cook - May 27 2007 : 2:33:28 PM
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I can't help but wonder if that "blueprint" is responsible for Mehano's very toyish substitute-430 in those last Tyco sets.
Did such a stylized fuel tank ever exist, anywhere? I know some of the first EMD NW-2 switchers has a stylized sill/step area with a similar curve, but I don't think the fuel tank looked like that.
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 Posted - May 28 2007 : 04:31:37 AM
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Hey GIC,
Thats some fancy work there! I like the "multi Lamination vertical assembly" comment.
Mike
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