I like the crew addition to the loco; got to get some for my engines. There was a recent "I Love Toy Trains" program on RFDTV about the Union Pacific's 3985. I think it weighs about 500 tons!
wyomingscout
The floor of the cab on the Challenger is raised on each side. The seats I made fit this raised area and were super glued to the raised portion of the floor. I than super glued the figures to the seats.
I'm pretty sure I would have super glued them on their sides to the floor of the cab ...
Bob Keller
I liked your review of the new American Flyer Challenger in the May issue. However one thing you stated is " There are no crew figures (and I'm not sure how you could install them)." is not completely accurate. After I picked up my two Challengers the first thing I did was make some seats and installed Arttista engineer and fireman in each locomotive. I cut a passenger car seat in two added a side piece to the cut area to level the seat out. I painted and super glued the seats in place through the window. After the glue was set I installed the figures. see photos.[View:http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/themes/trc/utility/:550:0]
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