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This is my favorite of the pre-production prototypes so far. Done up very nicely with some cool details. I wish they went further and came out with it.  
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Posted - December 13 2007 : 8:39:44 PM
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| Sweet...
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Posted - December 13 2007 : 8:56:55 PM
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Wow! Now that is cool!
Take:
(2) F-7 shells for splicing
(1) C430 radiator grid
(1) shortened 40' reefer underframe
(?) detail bits from other cars (boxes from caboose frame, etc)
(1) Pair GG1 Pantographs
(1) pair updated (screw-together) MU-2 trucks (!)
Stir Fry until crisp. Voila!
That is seriously neat. This is the reason to keep junker shells around.
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Posted - December 14 2007 : 6:33:34 PM
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| WOW...that is awesome. If only they'd actually made it....
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Posted - December 16 2007 : 09:21:15 AM
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WOW! Very Curious Piece!
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Posted - December 16 2007 : 1:05:55 PM
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That's an idea for the forum. Develop kitbashes of locos with only Tyco parts or mostly Tyco parts, as if Tyco had done it. Even free-lancing using only Tyco parts.
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Posted - December 16 2007 : 1:06:50 PM
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I just looked at that pic again. The pieces that stick up on either side of the radiator...are those pieces from the bottom of an F-7 shell? The part that holds the fuel tank?
-cheez
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Posted - December 17 2007 : 02:14:47 AM
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quote:That's an idea for the forum. Develop kitbashes of locos with only Tyco parts or mostly Tyco parts, as if Tyco had done it. Even free-lancing using only Tyco parts.
Originally posted by Alco Fan - December 16 2007 : 12:05:55 PM
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I like that idea.
In fact I have one I already did, It's a Tyco F3.
I have a low nose C630 too.
Ray
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Posted - December 17 2007 : 03:32:30 AM
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uh... uh... hey fellas, (and ladies?) if my memory serves me correctly, this particular unit actually existed.
Electric Z-? box cab #5011 was in a derailment. The chassis was then rebuilt and covered with two (2) noses of F-3's, I think they were from F-3's...
Now, it was actually painted in the "Omaha Orange & Pullman Green" paint scheme.
But, just short of the "Blues" paint job, you've got quite the unit!
Congrats!
John
I don't have a one track mind. It depends on the turn-out.
"I love your catenary!"
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Posted - December 17 2007 : 07:01:16 AM
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quote:uh... uh... hey fellas, (and ladies?) if my memory serves me correctly, this particular unit actually existed.
Electric Z-? box cab #5011 was in a derailment. The chassis was then rebuilt and covered with two (2) noses of F-3's, I think they were from F-3's...
Now, it was actually painted in the "Omaha Orange & Pullman Green" paint scheme.
But, just short of the "Blues" paint job, you've got quite the unit!
Congrats!
John
Originally posted by zebrails - December 17 2007 : 02:32:30 AM
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John is right...
http://www.greatnorthernempire.net/index2.htm?GNEGNElectricRosters.htm
GN #5011 was an Alco-GE Y1 electric rebuilt with FT-A noses and then labeled a Y1-A...
/tyco/forum/uploaded/Tony Cook/gn5011.jpg
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Edited by - Tony Cook on December 17 2007 07:02:20 AM
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Posted - January 28 2008 : 11:41:13 PM
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| Now that would have been awesome.
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Posted - January 29 2008 : 6:50:44 PM
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Ray,
Love the F-3 and would like to know more about it and to see pics of the low nose 630 when you get time.
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Posted - August 29 2020 : 9:21:47 PM
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| I so wish that they made this
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