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 Posted - February 16 2019 : 11:12:46 PM
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Here's my COTW offering:
Going to double-dip again this week:
Up first, A.T.S.F. "Shock Control" box car, found at the train store for $6.00.
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company hopper, given to me by Chops as part of a recent purchase.
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven." - Matthew 5:16
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Posted - February 17 2019 : 9:35:36 PM
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| Looks right at home! Nice pics.
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Posted - February 19 2019 : 10:57:47 AM
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AHM Penn Central Covered Hopper:
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Posted - February 19 2019 : 4:02:05 PM
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Slippery slope strikes again. After declaring a moratorium on buying more Tyco, The Sharkmaster
steered me into this eBay find and my new found resolved collapsed like a house of cards. Nicely
customized, it makes a great addition to Armadilloville!
Like that hopper, Chevelle, I do, I do.
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Posted - February 20 2019 : 07:56:28 AM
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Jeff WOW! It is a Heck of a Day at Armodilllaville today.
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Posted - February 20 2019 : 08:23:18 AM
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Well today I post these cars, Athearn 2 bay steel open hopper cars with coal loads. I cant show you photos of cars on my layout because I no longer have one. At this time my attic layout room is empty. next monday or tuesday I gat a new rug put in. after that a new layout.
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Edited by - toptrain on February 20 2019 08:25:55 AM
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Posted - February 20 2019 : 9:05:43 PM
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| Will make a beautiful coal drag!
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Posted - February 24 2019 : 7:15:02 PM
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Another two-bay hopper, this time a BHP hopper from Life-Like for the Australian market.
For those who barely made out a pair of Kadee #5s on each end (and some poorly hidden screws which I must trim one day), converting this style of Life-Like hopper to use body mounted Kadee couplers requires a bit of custom work as there is nowhere to mount a coupler. In this case, a Coke can was cut up to form a draft gear mount. I prefer using screws over gluing draft gear boxes, but for those who want the easy way, it should be possible to glue a #5 or #148 type box directly to the frame without modifying the car (the "ears" on a #5 box may need to be trimmed however).
The wheelsets are not original, I believe they were from a Playart car. The trucks are standard Life-Like and had the talgo couplers removed when the car was converted to knuckle couplers.
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Posted - February 28 2019 : 7:02:16 PM
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| That's a pretty darn cool kitbash, Heihachi!
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Posted - March 01 2019 : 6:33:16 PM
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| Aside from the coupler conversion (and wheelsets) the BHP hopper is actually factory original (the product code on the box is T6905). Life-Like made a lot of "Australian" versions of their base range, although they are wholly fictional due to the differences between American and Australian rolling stock (including locos).
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