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Old 2006 Floortoy Boxcab Project Revisited

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  • From: lone star, texas
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Posted by Green Streak RR on Thursday, February 14, 2013 2:30 PM

Vic,

You continue to amaze me with your creations.

I won't be suprized when you post photo's of a

coffee pot converted into a locomotive...

Dave

Railroad Crossings: Thinning the gene pool daily!

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Posted by Grims on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 5:48 AM

great job!

do you own any trains that look somewhat like the manufacture had intended.

You must have been like me as a child and no one dared leave you in the same room alone with tools for fear i might try to improve the toaster.

put a question mark after the M and you can advertise for the ham industry

just havin fun with you

Great job looks great

When I read about the evils of drinking I quit reading.

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Posted by vsmith on Monday, February 11, 2013 11:03 PM

Project finally finished, may add some light weathering down the line but the major work is now done, ready for service:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes I already know...

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Posted by Grims on Monday, December 10, 2012 4:37 AM

ok im glad you said paint because the bright blue wheels just wernt makin it

looks great as per your usual work i wish i had the time right now im just itchin to start biuldin stuff.

keep it up

Ed

When I read about the evils of drinking I quit reading.

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Old 2006 Floortoy Boxcab Project Revisited
Posted by vsmith on Sunday, December 9, 2012 10:30 PM

Sherman, set the Way Back Machine for 2006, I found this interesting find in a old antique toy store,

Its an old japanese floor toy from the 60's, I thought it would be a great Boxcab, and it went through a few versions, this was the the last incarnation until I used the bricks for something else

Now with a new harbor layout in the works I needed appropriate motive power, I still had the shell but needed a drive brick, I had this idea in the back of my mind now for a while so one day I just started cutting, when I was done this is what I ended up with.

Thats a Bachmann Thomas drive brick, I had to use it for something as Thomas just never really worked on any of my layouts.

The Naughty Bits:

and special mention for the coupler mounts as they were the real tricky part of this bash. The rest was just mindless razorsaw violence.

Paint next, just plain black this time.

   Have fun with your trains

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