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Look ma, wires! My name is tykowolf and I'm addicted to GG-1's. There, that feels much better.
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IHC Premier Dual Motored GG-1, a sleek machine in stunning silver. Looks swell, runs sweet, can't of asked for anything more. The catenary system is non-operational because the future is digital and I've heard they don't play nice together. Until then, it's N.Y.C. to D.C. in a DC GG-1!
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Posted - October 17 2010 : 09:22:03 AM
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An Atlas N scale 0-4-0 from 1972 I recently picked up, I repaired its pilot with a conversion kit put out by Kadee at around the same time...
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Posted - October 17 2010 : 09:56:09 AM
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my loco is an mdc diecast 0-6-0t listed as a yardhog ken
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Posted - October 17 2010 : 10:09:40 AM
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* Here is a double A, Pennsy set of F7's Frank
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Posted - October 17 2010 : 11:54:34 AM
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Posted - October 17 2010 : 12:02:39 PM
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hi taycotrains i am so jealous of that kit, ken
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Posted - October 17 2010 : 12:21:39 PM
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quote:hi taycotrains i am so jealous of that kit,ken
Originally posted by catfordken - October 17 2010 : 12:02:39 PM
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I do not collect the later 70s era stuff....but this one was priced right and it is perfect.
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Posted - October 17 2010 : 12:31:52 PM
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I know there are a few that will like this, more than others...  Carl
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Posted - October 17 2010 : 12:41:56 PM
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heres one that would love it ken
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Posted - October 17 2010 : 1:12:15 PM
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| speaking of 70s era stuff Has there ever been mention of a car or loco with a 8-track ad on it?
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Posted - October 17 2010 : 1:12:36 PM
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quote:hi taycotrains i am so jealous of that kit,ken
Originally posted by catfordken - October 17 2010 : 12:02:39 PM
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I think you've been hanging out with Ben too long...
Here's my Pocher - Rivarossi J.W. Bowker with a can motor in the tender, all RP25 wheels, and a Miniatronics micro bulb in the headlamp with a reflector behind it to simulate an oil lamp.
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Posted - October 17 2010 : 3:07:23 PM
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Here's a puzzling find from early summer:
This GP20 is NOT a repaint. Now, a limited number of GP20 undec kits were made, but they all used black shells. The shell on this one is green. The paint is a low-quality flat white, which has chipped in a few places.
So - who painted this? Tru-Scale, or Tyco/Mantua? The style and application of the Tru-Scale logo is very typical of Tyco - right down to the shade of red and the application process. The standard Tyco GP20 road# is also telling. Tru-Scale sold a limited line of freight cars, but AFAIK dindn't use a loco to display them for catalogs. So what was the point of this guy? Employee promo? Catalog photo shoot? Mail-away offer?
Too bad I don't have a piece of Tru-Scale's signature track to display it on, oops.
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Posted - October 17 2010 : 3:52:38 PM
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What a great variety this week!
tykowolf may be addicted to GG1s, but I'm addicted to BL2s. Here's my latest two. These are what I was actually bidding on when I got last week's loco. Turns out it was a much better find than these, but I still like them.
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Posted - October 17 2010 : 11:01:25 PM
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I got this little guy yesterday
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Posted - October 18 2010 : 12:12:51 AM
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| That loco is beautiful, Cheez. Your layout looks great as well. I wish I had more money to invest in mine.
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Posted - October 18 2010 : 06:08:03 AM
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Strewth, Atlas steamers and Roundhouse diesels, what will they think of next! The pseudo oil lamp on Nickleplate's Bowker is clever and cool, crafty continentals.
B77, the first step is admitting you have a problem. Step away from the BL2's... once you have them all, of course.
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Posted - October 18 2010 : 06:26:16 AM
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B77, the first step is admitting you have a problem. Step away from the BL2's... once you have them all, of course.
Originally posted by tykowolf - October 18 2010 : 06:08:03 AM
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You can NEVER have too many BL-2's, Tykowolf. Besides, there's always some with custom road-names. B77, how many customs do you have? I have BL-2s with a Pennsy scheme, B&O, a green and yellow custom R.R. I'm sure there's others out their lurking. I even bought one someone was trying to double-end, like a GG1. Wasn't finished, but I got the two siamesed shells.
We have a lifetime of collecting ahead of us, right, Burlington77 ?
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Posted - October 18 2010 : 1:25:11 PM
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quote:| That loco is beautiful, Cheez. Your layout looks great as well. I wish I had more money to invest in mine. |
Thanks Money and time always seems to be the issue with this stuff. That section of my layout took 3 years to get to ..........(it's not finished yet either...) Ah well, baby steps
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Posted - October 18 2010 : 5:56:34 PM
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quote:The pseudo oil lamp on Nickleplate's Bowker is clever and cool, crafty continentals.
Originally posted by tykowolf - October 18 2010 : 06:08:03 AM
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Thanks, TWolf. I had a bugger of a time routing the wires through the loco. I had to run them through a thin piece of clear electronic tubing, and glue it to the underside of the boiler weight to keep them out of the gearing. I made a constant lighting circuit out of diodes that has it lit in both directions, since oil lamps didn't shut off in reverse. I gave the lantern interior quite a few coats of silver until the light didn't leak through anymore, then glued a piece of chrome confetti inside as a reflector.
Cheez, how does that Cab Forward run?
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Posted - October 18 2010 : 11:10:29 PM
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quote:| Cheez, how does that Cab Forward run? |
A little bumpy. I have a few steamers with a bounce in their step...one day I'll figure out how to fix this.
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Posted - October 18 2010 : 11:21:35 PM
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B77, how many customs do you have?
We have a lifetime of collecting ahead of us, right, Burlington77 ?
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â October 18 2010Â :Â 06:26:16 AM
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Actually, I have zero customs. In fact, I'm not a big fan of customs overall, unless it's something I do myself. And even then, I couldn't bring myself to cut up a perfectly good BL2. I've been looking for the MoPac one for a while.
As for the lifetime of collecting, let's hope we all have many happy years and build big collections. Remember, he who dies with the most toys wins.
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Posted - October 19 2010 : 12:13:57 AM
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quote:quote:| Cheez, how does that Cab Forward run? |
A little bumpy. I have a few steamers with a bounce in their step...one day I'll figure out how to fix this.
Originally posted by DaCheez - October 18 2010 : 11:10:29 PM
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It's probably the traction tires. Some of Rivarossi's could be uneven enough to make the engine really rock back & forth. I had a Pacific that I thought had a quartering problem because it shook so much, but it went away when I replaced the tires.
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Posted - October 25 2010 : 8:51:30 PM
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Jerry, if you like BL-2 bashes, check out this monster. It actually looks somewhat plausible.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300485031776
The trucks are a Mehano FP45 or SD.
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Posted - October 25 2010 : 10:29:39 PM
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quote:
dammit, now you made me go and bid on it. I didn't find a single BL-2 reference , so a search wouldn't have found it. Looks awesome, I like it, like a nubby GG1. Hope I don't have to fight off B77..wait, he said he wasn't into customs. Whew! I'm safe, then. LOL. Thanks for the link, bud!
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Posted - October 26 2010 : 11:48:45 AM
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It looks like the lovechild of a GG1 and a BL-2 that would have given the FM Trainmaster a run for it's money. Good luck on the auction! (I wonder how it runs?)
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Posted - September 04 2011 : 5:57:22 PM
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Likin` Those G`s
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