Junker restorations/rehabs

[PENNBOB]

Dave that boom is Life-Like and goes with the crane. The tip was broken off so I did fudge it up a bit to work.

Here's a crane I did up for a friend;

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That's beautiful. You can build me one like that. What crane did that start out to be?

 

[rbturner]

I believe it's a Tyco. Homemade control knobs. His wife had died from brain cancer so I made him a memorial crane.

 

[PENNBOB]

That turned out vey nice. I think I might try doing a Pennsylvania one with a Model Power crane. Repaint It . And decal it. Randy where did you get the decals for it? Thank you sir. Have a good night. Bob.

 

[rbturner]

Thank you Bob, I like Scalecoat gloss black. The decals came from whatever I had on hand. Sorry I do not remember what brand they were.

 

[rbturner]

Here's a before

and after;

 

[PENNBOB]

Wow. That's cool man. Beautiful job again. Keep at it.

 

[rbturner]

Atlas yellow box repaint

 

[rbturner]

Hobbytown;

 

[flyboy2610]

My local HobbyTown (which started here in Lincoln, Ne BTW) has one very small part of one corner devoted to model railroading.
I rarely go down there anymore.

 

[jmupton2000]

Getting there with the DD40...

 

[rbturner]

Revell;

 

[jmupton2000]

The DD40 Neverwazza is almost complete and now had an identity:

Meanwhile, this wreck has just been delivered, this is going to need some serious TLC if it doesn't get stripped for parts:

 

[rbturner]

 

[PENNBOB]

That thing is beautiful Randy. Would like to see the before picture. Where do you get most of your parts for the rebuilds?

 

[rbturner]

That's pretty much a stock Tyco caboose. The parts for the rebuilds are usually just from the stuff I have accumulated over the years. I do use Tichy pre made grabs a lot as well as their phosphor bronze wire.

 

[rbturner]

Here are a couple other that I did. They began as old Bachmann clunkers. I modified the cupola to have 2 windows instead of one.

 

[PENNBOB]

Here are a couple other that I did. They began as old Bachmann clunkers. I modified the cupola to have 2 windows instead of one.

Yes ,very nice work Randy. Yes Randy. That's what I really meant ,the grab bars and the ladders and mostly the metal pieces. So Tichy sells parts like that ? Keep up the fine work.. Bob.

 

[rbturner]

I can get you the Tichy part numbers if that is helpful. They just recently had a sale where they offered 25% off a $150 order and gave free shipping. It was a great deal for me. They have a nice catalog. One of the things many do not knw is that they have a very nce selection of decals too. And their products are top notch. The ladders pictured are plastic and from the factory.

 

[rbturner]

Here are a couple fix ups;

 

[rbturner]

An old Penn Line I fixed up;