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 Posted - January 03 2011 : 7:32:43 PM
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came across this on ebay uk,looks to be a good detailed scratchbuilt(mainly plastic)motorised railbus with full interior detail,very tempted,but how realistic is paint scheme ken
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Posted - January 04 2011 : 08:28:56 AM
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Ken ; It is a Railbus made from a kit. It is also nicely painted. I realy can appreciate the quality and amount of work put into it. That is a kit I have started to build at least 3 times. Three times I came up with what ever forgotten reasons to stop. Because of all the parts involed with the kits construction it is liklely I have lost some by now and that may have been a reason for the last time I put it away.
That railbus is a job well done.
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Posted - January 04 2011 : 09:16:14 AM
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Nice Railbus!
Here's the one owned by Strasburg Rail Road for reference:
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Posted - January 04 2011 : 09:35:24 AM
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| hey frank your kit shows a single rear wheel,?,thanks rdc1 for picture,ken
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Posted - January 04 2011 : 09:45:56 AM
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They built by Mack Trucks  That why the big M on the noses 
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Posted - January 04 2011 : 3:04:06 PM
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quote:hey frank your kit shows a single rear wheel,?,thanks rdc1 for picture,ken
Originally posted by catfordken - January 04 2011 : 09:35:24 AM
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Ken ; That does looks like a rdc truck to me to. Much larger truck then needed.
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Posted - January 04 2011 : 4:47:53 PM
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Maybe that larger truck is to power it? From what I've read, unless it's a different maker's kit, they're not powered normally. One auction recently noted that it might be able to be powered by a Flea drive.
I'd like to get one at some point, and also the '50s version, as New Haven used them a bit.
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Posted - January 05 2011 : 09:38:03 AM
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Interesting coincidence, I just got a copy of the February 1925 issue of Along the Line, the New Haven Railroad's employees magazine, and found this. Check out the trucks:
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Posted - January 05 2011 : 09:59:56 AM
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| Another "railbus" Is the ones Rio Grande Southern made AKA " Galloping Gooses" They could be qualified as a railbus sort of
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