I picked up one of Bruce Birdwater's 7/8s boxcab kits (http://www.birdwater.com/EngineKits.html) earlier this year and finally had the time to get a round tuit. Bruce did the Birdwater and Raspberry cartoons found in old issues of GR.The plywood box kit was modified a bit by closing off one door and cutting out the bottom frame to expose the wheels and rods of the LGB 2090 motor block. I gave the box a couple of plaster skim coats and added rivet strips at the edges to give it a steel look. Many of the detail parts are from a partially built, 1/16 scale 1914 firetruck kit picked up on eBay for $19 ($1 for the kit and $18 shipping as it was big!). The four cylinder engine was chopped down to a two cylinder and sits on the lead weight from the 2090. Amber LED lighting inside and out, a cigar tube fuel tank and a battery, lunch box and coupler pockets from Bill Martinsen finish it all off.Some pics -frontbackinterior-Brian
Vic on left Coast, & Brian on East; they're always thinkin'!
Capt Bob Johnson Vic on left Coast, & Brian on East; they're always thinkin'!
Both take a perfectly good piece of beautiful equipment and making something unique and wonderful to behold.
Tom Trigg
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