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Posted - November 15 2021 : 12:39:16 PM
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Hello all,
I am new here and this is my first post. I have been restoring a pre-war Varney GG-1 using all original parts (minus the brass chassis/truck mounts) and thought I'd share some pics here since there really isn't much info out there on this particular model. I've seen the post from 2007 (TOPIC_ID=2392) with the one shared by VintageHO but it was just a front/side profile shot. I was also able to source photos from the eBay auction mentioned in that same post, along with the thumbnail photo of the one shown on HOSeeker (pity that the actual image links no longer work). But other than those few photos, nothing else seems to exist.
I welcome any photos others have to share and if you have any questions please ask away.
The only thing I have left to do is to source some green Varney jewels for the side lights (just a personal addition since they are drilled out) and mount the couplers (sourced correct ones) (any mounting ideas). I also have pantographs that will fit but have not mounted them (afraid to drill the shell) It does run very well but it requires a track with a wide radius. I do have the photos in the Facebook Varney group, so some of you may have seen them before. Hope you enjoy them.
Cheers, Ken
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Posted - November 15 2021 : 12:52:13 PM
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In case you are interested, here is the shell and the cracked chassis it came with.
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Posted - November 15 2021 : 8:48:17 PM
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That old shorty GG1 looks awesome! Great restoration work!
Always great to see old model trains from the dawn of HO-Scale, come back to life.
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Posted - November 16 2021 : 01:32:43 AM
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That is the most amazing rendition of a G I have ever seen. Pre-war, you say. Which war was that, the Civil War?
In the 1930's, HO was roughly the equivalent of Z scale, unheard of and those who dabbled in it had to be superb scratch builders.
Frank ("TopTrain") regular posts on his post WWII HO trains, when HO was new and peculiar. We love his stuff.
Are you going to paint this gem, or leave it unfinished? Those couplers are mad.
BTW, as you are new here, and welcome, you should know that this site has a way of going off line every other week or so. If it does, it usually returns by the following Sunday.
The reason, I am told, is that this site;s server has so many tens of thousands of posts archived that it has the habit of overloading. I don't know if that is why or not, but do expect outages. And thank you for posting this amazing relic. Hope we get to see more!
Edited by - Chops124 on November 16 2021 01:37:01 AM
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Posted - November 16 2021 : 02:01:16 AM
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Thank you RP!
Chops, if you aren't familiar with this bad GG-1 rendition, check out the story from the Greenberg Varney guide. It's pretty interesting. Mine is from the late 30's early 40's.
I am planning on keeping it unpainted. I polished the aluminum a bit but not too much. I do still plan on adding the couplers (just trying to figure out the best way to mount them) and MAYBE the pantographs. I'm genuinely afraid of drilling the shell because of it's rarity.
Edited by - kenVR1 on November 16 2021 02:04:13 AM
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Posted - November 16 2021 : 11:22:31 AM
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hey! I know! go to a jeweler & see if they have those green jewels!
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Posted - November 17 2021 : 08:02:13 AM
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Amazing. Pouring molten aluminum into a sand castting, no less.
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