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Nice project Frank. Better on the eyes, working this scale.
Louis L&R Western Railroad
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Bill I need to order a Phoenix sound card and an AirWire G3X receiver card. I already have a transmitter emitter for the critter.
Louis, amazing how age catches up with you.
FrankComment
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I’ve been doing this project by the feel-n-fit method. One of the problems with scratch building is building yourself into a corner. You don’t want to go off blitzkrieg and find out you skipped a very important step and now you have to tear it apart and start over.
I ran out of .030 x .125 evergreen strip so I'm at a standstill with cab 2.
If you’re wondering about the blue interior it’s because this Sintra PVC used to be my blue backdrop for the Wrecker’s Reef layout until I installed the photo backdrop.
The pilot steps are attached along with an Accucraft coupler to the front pilot.
I’m adding details from the GP-9 to the side frames. I installed a louvered vent to the engineer’s side of the cab.
The rear pilots have a link and pin coupler because they will always be a loco pair.
FrankComment
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The third photo with you holding one shows how massive these beauties are.
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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James BaldwinComment
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Nice work Frank!!
Jerry
"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." A. LincolnComment
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Mike they are a bit more massive than the HO pair I made.
Jerry, thanks.
Gone are the usual arched roofs and on with the clearstory version. I had a pair of Bachmann coach roofs lying around and decided to funk my cabs a bit more. So on with the Toonerville Trolley look.
I cut a chunk out of the middle and spliced the ends together with .030” styrene. I also had to add a 1/8” strip to the top edge of the cab to get the roof up enough to clear the window frames. I’m going to change the engineer’s window to a sliding window next.
FrankComment
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I'm impressed with the Engine Funk. :up:
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Frank, I have an old washing machine I’m bringing in to see what you can whip up.
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Thanks Bernd, try'n to keep up the tradition.
Dave, maybe I can string a clothes line between the cabs.
FrankComment
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Certainly has a lot of funk. A very stylish sort of funk.
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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James BaldwinComment
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Like a derby instead of a beret, well rounded, stylish and adds a bit more height.
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Frank if only I could get you to use your considerable talents in the correct scale!
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Just for giggles, what are the real world dimensions of this Critter Frank?
CarlComment
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Mike, its Victorian Funk.
Bill, so you agree with the high society version.
Mike, if I were to build it in your scale the pair would fit on top of the radiator box.
Ok Carl, its 7-3/4” L x 4-1/4” W x 8” H over the radiator box.
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