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Hello, fellow modeling bandits~,
I thought I'd share (hopefully) a good one today with yah. I was lucky enough to receive an interesting brain teaser recently and right out of the gate, I pulled out my pocket protractor and started adding up the easy pros and couldn't see a con past the other side of the Grand Canyon. (A very neat place to visit twice in my days and if you get the chance, I'd recommend going to see the biggest damn hole in the world if you get the urge).
Pros:
O-scale (cool, big size should have lots of room to add lots of things).
A diesel (nice, should be way easier than working on a steamer).
Already painted and lettered (sweet, shouldn't even have to break out an airbrush).
Big empty cab (awesome, I just so happen to have some crew figures in need of some work).
The model seems to run fairly smoothly (with just one tiny hesitation in a 360° turn).
Just need to fix one or two tiny simple broken pieces.
Okay, Ok!
Y'all know where this is headed right! Below are the cons: (I say it in loving jest). While I did have fun rebuilding this cool model, my best friend in the universe (Murphy) had fun too!
Just the facts ma'am. So on the following day, hummm, sometime after Jesus was born the following happened.
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0) Prototype pic of SN #407 something in this range is the goal.
1) Here is the box and model info of what I’m working on.
2) While to the untrained eye..., these plates just didn’t look right to me.
3) With the shell and trucks removed, I start on the pilots. The first thing I noticed is the end boards were loose with big blobs where attached.
4) Upon closer inspection I noticed some type of soft rubber glue was used to secure these parts.
More in a few.
I thought I'd share (hopefully) a good one today with yah. I was lucky enough to receive an interesting brain teaser recently and right out of the gate, I pulled out my pocket protractor and started adding up the easy pros and couldn't see a con past the other side of the Grand Canyon. (A very neat place to visit twice in my days and if you get the chance, I'd recommend going to see the biggest damn hole in the world if you get the urge).
Pros:
O-scale (cool, big size should have lots of room to add lots of things).
A diesel (nice, should be way easier than working on a steamer).
Already painted and lettered (sweet, shouldn't even have to break out an airbrush).
Big empty cab (awesome, I just so happen to have some crew figures in need of some work).
The model seems to run fairly smoothly (with just one tiny hesitation in a 360° turn).
Just need to fix one or two tiny simple broken pieces.
Okay, Ok!
Y'all know where this is headed right! Below are the cons: (I say it in loving jest). While I did have fun rebuilding this cool model, my best friend in the universe (Murphy) had fun too!Just the facts ma'am. So on the following day, hummm, sometime after Jesus was born the following happened.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
0) Prototype pic of SN #407 something in this range is the goal.
1) Here is the box and model info of what I’m working on.
2) While to the untrained eye..., these plates just didn’t look right to me.
3) With the shell and trucks removed, I start on the pilots. The first thing I noticed is the end boards were loose with big blobs where attached.
4) Upon closer inspection I noticed some type of soft rubber glue was used to secure these parts.
More in a few.
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