I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
I just picked one up at Lowe's for $30--"closeout" sale.
Both the gauge and the scale are American OO, as nearly as I can tell. That is 1/76 scale running on 3/4-inch track. (British OO runs on 16.5-millimeter HO-gauge track.) The cab number is 5340, the number used for the 1990 O-scale "1-700E". Lionel used 5344 for the O-scale 700E and 5342 for the OO-scale 001 through 004.
Later: I just finished kitbashing my new lamp. I don't really need a lamp; and I thought that the lamp part was over the top in more than one way; so I removed it.
I was also underwhelmed by the locomotive's crazy rocking motion. I thought it was just a flimsy mounting until I looked inside--it's deliberate! The mounting posts are hinged under the track. The front one is pulled to one side by a spring. The middle driver on the back is made with an uneven tire, which rubs against a plastic tab beside the rail to shake the locomotive back and forth. Removing the spring and the tab calmed the Hudson down.
But the whole locomotive is mounted so high that it hovers noticeably above the rails, to make room for it to rock, I think. So I drilled new pivot holes in the mounting posts to lower the wheels reasonably near to the track.
Now, what to do about that strange whistle...
Bob Nelson
The family just got me one for Fathers Day!!!!
It's pretty nice!
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Why did they make that loco without a tender? Do you have to buy another lamp to get one?
Neil
never fails theres always something good on the bay. These ppl who bid obviously dont go to lowes.
I saw one few days ago for 13 bucks it was discounted for not having a box....lol
oh well to each their own
kpolak wrote: trainsandmusic wrote: I was the one who pointed it out. I just wanted to know if it was made out of "OO" guage tooling. Never found out though. Yeah, pretty pricey. Saw one in the store for $55.The engine on the lamp is smaller than O-gauge.Kurt
trainsandmusic wrote: I was the one who pointed it out. I just wanted to know if it was made out of "OO" guage tooling. Never found out though. Yeah, pretty pricey. Saw one in the store for $55.
The engine on the lamp is smaller than O-gauge.
Kurt
Kurt OO is smaller than O gauge
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PT BARNUM WAS RIGHT!!!!!!
I'm going to go to Lowes and pick up a half a dozen of those lamps and sell them on Ebay. If there are anymore suckers out there I'm going to ditch my 401K and go into the resale business.
phillyreading wrote:About 90% of the way a person presents something is how it will sell. On ebay you could sell horse manure if you presented it properly.Lee F.
About 90% of the way a person presents something is how it will sell. On ebay you could sell horse manure if you presented it properly.
Lee F.
you should know, Philly. you're full of it!
Stop pitching them in underhand!
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
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