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 Posted - December 23 2020 : 9:58:04 PM
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Here is my Monogram HO Big Boy Model fully completed and painted up.
This monsterous steamer stands at 18 1/4" long, and makes my U.P. GP20 look like childsplay.
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Posted - December 23 2020 : 10:59:00 PM
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| It looks really good! they sure are huge!
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Posted - December 23 2020 : 11:25:00 PM
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| Beautiful! I had the wonderful opportunity of seeing that gorgeous locomotive in action last year when Union Pacific was making it's heritage run with the fully restored big boy. Passed right through the rail yards near Boone, Iowa, and even stopped briefly! What a machine
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Posted - December 23 2020 : 11:59:31 PM
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| A whopper!
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Posted - December 24 2020 : 09:04:25 AM
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Nice job!
I too saw the real deal last year and was inspired to finish the kit I had laying around. 
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Posted - December 24 2020 : 11:23:21 AM
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| awesome work aaron!
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Posted - December 24 2020 : 10:39:22 PM
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Nice work, Aaron!
"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 - December 25 2020 : 10:30:02 AM
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I saw 4014 last year too!
If I find it
Anyone want my model?
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Posted - December 30 2020 : 7:42:31 PM
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Very nice work there! I've actually been working on and off to power one of these things. The power chassis is fit into the tender and works nicely so far. The real challenge is getting the engine to roll smoothly!
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Posted - December 30 2020 : 8:48:45 PM
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Thank you Darth, your model looks quite nice as well, I was trying to paint as close as their example as I could.
As far as operation I don't plan to try. My big boy had one compromised pin that made it so I had to make it stationary, but I found the drive gear to be kind of a janky setup anyway. It's too tight, and the four slide rods don't stay put whatsoever.
This month I am replacing a majority of the furniture in my room, so I do hope this model will look quite nice on top of my new book case.
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Posted - December 30 2020 : 9:13:02 PM
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A powered Monogram. That would be astonishing if you can
pull that off! Nice furniture, will look nice!
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Posted - December 30 2020 : 9:18:36 PM
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quote:Very nice work there! I've actually been working on and off to power one of these things. The power chassis is fit into the tender and works nicely so far. The real challenge is getting the engine to roll smoothly!
Originally posted by Darth Santa Fe - December 30 2020 : 7:42:31 PM
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PLEASE keep me posted, I've been trying to figure out how to power one FOREVER!
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Posted - December 31 2020 : 10:06:02 AM
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Anyone that can power that model is a better man than I.
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