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Yes, folks, it is the return of the SOW's EARS. As some of you may recall last year I was doing some experimental work on some of those Scientific Toy's Loco we all love to ridicule. <center>[img]http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/CaptCarrales//mar2006a.jpg[/img] Here Locomotive #7 pulls three Bachmann cars and (not pictured) a caboose.</center> I have found that with some modifications they can be made to look...decent. In fact, the Mogul in these pics might be closer to the types of trains that ran through my hometown in frontier days. <center>[img]http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/CaptCarrales//mar2006b.jpg [/img] Here are two experiments to see how long wood last. The telegraph pole is made of wood square dowls from Wal*Mart and the fence is also made of that material. They have been out there for a month.</center> The modifications I made to the Locomotive are all in trying to take those CHRISTMAS TREE denizens and make them into a more viable locomotive for outside usage. I plan to buy one a bit later and give it "the WORKS" I'll order deail parts from the desired places for cosmetic purposes, remove the flange from the center drive wheel, apply a more realistic paint job and weather it. I think I can get it to pull seven Bachmann cars (which is many more than the Battery Operated Bachmann LOCO I has done). Thisis the remote control model being shown (forward, back and stop) These SOW's EARs come hightly recommended by me for three purposes..1) Practice in Kit bashing before making a major error in something more substiantial, 2) the use of children who otherwise would destroy a more substantial piece and 3) They are cheap. [img][img]http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/CaptCarrales//mar2006c.jpg[/img] Running through Two Trees, Texas on Spring Break.[/img]
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