Durn y' Chet. This was his initiation test. Now y' gon'in gone 'n spoiled it.
RAY -- Made me spit my coffee with that one!
Durn y' Chet. This was his initiation test. Now y' gon'in gone 'n spoiled it.
This one is a Fox Valley Models version. Runs well, looks good, by holy crap with all those parts to add on...A Kato is it? I bought an HO NS SD80MAC from Klein's, Fully assembled by Kobe shop's w/sound and then later, another DCC ready, 'cause I felt it would be lonely. It came like that too. What a nightmare putting on all the grabs etc. Exacerbated by the fact they are all plastic and twisted about all over the place, getting them into their holes (at least they were drilled). It has been sitting in a plastic container now for months, awaiting spraying with dullcote to make it prototypical, all in bits. I think the Kobe shop's one can stay shiny and represent one of NS's rebuilt ones, even if they have had new, different cabs etc, retrofitted since.
Durn y' Chet. This was his initiation test. Now y' gon'in gone 'n spoiled it.
Very pretty picture, Garry! Prayers for all family members!
TOM -- failed to mention how much I liked the bridge photos you posted. Amazing the structures they used to build!
That tall one Tony used to mention - BTW - Where - What ... happened to Tony???
Terry, I worked for Firestone in the commercial tire store in Baltimore. My time with Firestone ended when Bridgestone bought them out and sold the commercial tire stores. Firestone was the very best company I ever worked for. We had well paid union hourly workers and even better paid salesmen and managers. The store was a profit machine. From what I was told Bridgestone had to sell the commercial tire stores to quickly generate cash after buying Firestone.Louis, I spent several years dealing with tires, the last was in 2006 as district safety director for a tire manufacturer whose owner was great friends with Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. I agree that PC's equipment looked good when it was clean, though the only time that seemed to happen was right out of the factory. I have an N scale model of NS 1073 that I got at a great price from my LHS. I got it home, decoder install was a breeze, and I plopped it on my test track to run for a while. Then, I noticed a little baggie nestled in a corner of the box. I discovered that in that baggie were all the handrails and grab irons to be installed in the engine. Oh, and I need to drill the holes to install them. I had a tough enough time doing this on my HO stuff, so I think I'll just install the cab sunshades on it, and call it a day...View attachment 38883
Now, just a very short while ago I told a couple of fellows on here I wasn't going to be buying any more Locos and concentrating on getting sound decoders for the ones I have now. OK, I have now got enough for most of them, with only a couple, not really fitting into my main interest, that haven't, but which I got before that happened.
But. I have, as I have just done, bought another MRL loco and partially justified that by the fact it had DCC/sound fitted from local seller. The same seller has now listed within the last 2 days, an Athearn DCC ready with NCE DCC decoder, SD40-2XR, that I don't have. Auction ends on the 31st. I have 5 SD40's including the only genuine SD40-2 MRL owns #250. I really don't need another and can't really justify it. But, it is here in Aus and the shipping like the other is only $20, rather than the $70-80 from the US.
To add to my anguish, on US ebay, there have been also recently listed, 4 Genesis MRL SD70ACe's by the same seller over there. Oddly, 3 by auction and 1 by BIN. 3 are from the 2nd run produced, that I didn't buy from and 1 that I have, from the 1st run. Oddly, the BIN (2nd run) is used, but priced very near what they were new at MBK on release. The ones on auction are 2 used and 1 'new'. That one is not as high in the bidding. (maybe it's the 13 in the number). I would be breaking my promise to myself, to not buy anything over what I can pay off in the interest free period of my 'plastic'. They do all have Tsunami (1st edition) sound in them, as do all my other Genesis ACe's, though. I really can't justify it, but.
Now that's just sick.
Consider that you're viewing it from a far away mountain top.This one is a Fox Valley Models version. Runs well, looks good, by holy crap with all those parts to add on...
We need help Louis, got'ta find some more money.King Toot, I know how you feel. I vowed not to buy any more train stuff until I get organized and I honestly ment it! I have done much better, but I still buy train stuff. The only way I know of to prevent me buying from eBay is to avoid eBay all together. I should block emails from coming in from Lionel and others, but I can't bring myself to do it.
I was wondering the same thing myself about Tony. Came back after a long hiatus and disappeared again, just as suddenly.Very pretty picture, Garry! Prayers for all family members!
TOM -- failed to mention how much I liked the bridge photos you posted. Amazing the structures they used to build!
That tall one Tony used to mention - BTW - Where - What ... happened to Tony???
Missed this one before I replied to Sherrel's post. At least we know he sounds well and still upright.He finally checked in yesterday over at Nscale.net after a 7 or so months hiatus, here is his explanation for his absence in the last couple of posts on the last page. I imagine he will check in here as well soon.
https://www.nscale.net/forums/showt...ound-Micro-Direct-Install&p=565827#post565827
We need a metal detector and a warehouse!We need help Louis, got'ta find some more money.