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Jet loco

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Jet loco
Posted by philo426 on Saturday, December 10, 2022 2:12 PM

Made out of an F-3 B unit and formed aluminum.Powered by a Lionel 0-4-0 mechanism.  

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Posted by philo426 on Saturday, December 10, 2022 2:20 PM

Test running it before I made the https://youtube.com/shorts/E4hyGpkKOps?feature=share apron.  

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Posted by pennytrains on Saturday, December 10, 2022 5:33 PM

Looks great!  Big SmileThumbs Up  Runs great too!

Big Smile  Same me, different spelling!  Big Smile

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Saturday, December 10, 2022 6:54 PM

https://youtube.com/shorts/E4hyGpkKOps?feature=shareapron  

There 'ya go!

Hmm, I wonder if there's some way you could squeeze a smoke unit into the jet engines and have it leave a smoky trail behind?

Otherwise, looks cool!  Bow

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Posted by philo426 on Saturday, December 10, 2022 8:08 PM

Yeah Penny considering it is just a basic 0-4-0 Lionel starter set mechanism!

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Posted by philo426 on Saturday, December 10, 2022 8:09 PM

Great idea but I don't think it will fit!

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