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 Posted - February 12 2009 : 6:51:19 PM
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AT FIRST I GAVE THIS ONE TO MY SON BECAUSE IT HAS A BROKEN HAND RAIL BUT TONIGHT WHILE LOOKING AT IT
FOUND OUT IT WAS MEHANO BUT NOT MUCH ON MEHANO ON THE WEB
SO I AM (AGAIN..) TURNING TO YOU GUYS
MEHANO CP RAIL 8776
WORKS PERFECTLY BY THE WAY MADE IN YUGOSLAVIA...
TX IN ADVANCE
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Posted - February 12 2009 : 7:16:19 PM
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Those were sold by Life/Like and maybe Model Power.
I rebuilt one into a pretty nice loco.
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Posted - February 12 2009 : 7:54:19 PM
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You have a model of an Alco RS-11. It has quite a history. The model first appeared from Varney with truck mounted motor and only 4 wheel drive. Life-Like picks the model up when Varney died. Life-Like did not alter the model in any way from the original.
At some point, Mehano makes a huge change in the mechanism. Gone is the single power truck. Now the model comes with all wheel drive and a 3 pole open frame motor mounted above the fuel tank. Model Power imported this version until a couple years ago. I do not know if anyone is still importing it at this time.
As Ray shows, with a bit of work, you can make a very nice loco from this model. That assumes you start with a later model with all wheel drive. The power truck CAN be upgraded, but it ain't as easy to do. The shell is nice and really just needs to have the rails replaced to produce a good looking model. You might also want to remove the steam generator equipment on the roof of the short hood. Only a few RS-11s had that item.
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Posted - February 12 2009 : 8:01:42 PM
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guys you really know your stuff
unbelievable....
could not have found a better site to help me with my collection
i'll keep it this way for now cause it's the only rs-11 i got so i won't try to modifie it for now but i keep the idea
Ray you're a real artist...
tx
PAT
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Posted - February 12 2009 : 8:04:36 PM
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Hey Ray,
Very sharp looking model! Do you know if any RS-11s actually came from Alco with a steam generator? I've only found photos of RS-32s with the generators. If the RS-11s had the generator, do you have a photo showing a split fuel/water tank?
Did you scratch build the fuel tank or swipe it from somewhere else?
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Posted - February 12 2009 : 8:11:46 PM
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Hey Pat,
Your loco is from Model Power. Looking at it, I can see it has all wheel drive. The mechanism is very easy to improve. You are really only limited by funds. You can add a new motor, flywheels etc. Ebay can provide a good selection of new, can motors for only a few bucks. But what your engine really needs is electrical pick-up. Yours only picks up current from 4 wheels. Add pick up to the other 4 wheels and it will run much better. Adding a little extra weight will help some as well.
Also, I don't believe the Model Power RS-11 is a "collectible". They are fairly cheap on ebay. I've bought nice ones to rebuild for $10 +s/h. Just be careful to NOT buy an earlier model with the power truck.
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Posted - February 12 2009 : 8:26:28 PM
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Some guys told me to stay away from model power at least the new stuff... but the more i go the more i see that model power were mostly importing stuff from other companies so i keep an eye open for the older stuff
i don't wanna pay for my golden years with this collection
i just wanna collect and have fun....so if i like it...i buy it.
i don't even think about a layout for now i'm just piling it up
and buying whole collections. i like surprises like the proto 2000 i found from CN slave lake division did not see that anywhere!!!!
i just try the stuff on my son's track which i bought him for christmas 08
that's what started the whole thing for me
take care guys and tx a lot
PAT
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Posted - February 12 2009 : 8:49:11 PM
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quote:Some guys told me to stay away from model power at least the new stuff... but the more i go the more i see that model power were mostly importing stuff from other companies so i keep an eye open for the older stuff
i don't wanna pay for my golden years with this collection
i just wanna collect and have fun....so if i like it...i buy it.
i don't even think about a layout for now i'm just piling it up
and buying whole collections. i like surprises like the proto 2000 i found from CN slave lake division did not see that anywhere!!!!
i just try the stuff on my son's track which i bought him for christmas 08
that's what started the whole thing for me
take care guys and tx a lot
PAT
Originally posted by lexlie-February 12 2009: 8:26:28 PM
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Bahh, I'm sure he would tell you to stay away from Tyco as well! Where's the fun in NOT fixing your locos every other week? 
    
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Posted - February 16 2009 : 4:35:21 PM
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A lot of engines share key drive components from those; I just picked up a beat Lehigh Valley example to rebuild because I'm fairly sure it's one of the rarer roadnames on these.
One junker with pickup wipers is all that's needed to add pickups to all 4 wheels with no modifications - just need to unsolder some wires and replace them to add the wipers to the trucks on this. You can get them from any of the 8-wheel drive Mehano engines - the GP18, RS2 and some versions of C415 or FM C-liner all will do it.
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Posted - February 16 2009 : 6:20:48 PM
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i have those wipers no problem there i'll just wait to be more used to this soldering business to put em back on i was just happy to see it run (does not take much hey!!!)
tx
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Posted - January 11 2010 : 7:09:35 PM
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Gotta be a P2K GP9 I'm thinking, yellow?
quote:| i like surprises like the proto 2000 i found from CN slave lake division did not see that anywhere!!!! |
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