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When detailers attack......or...attack of the Critters

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When detailers attack......or...attack of the Critters
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:07 PM
as you can see, i have finally gone over the line into madness. i had the idea to make my little MDC critter look a little more SP like, and i went a little too far.[:D][:D]







i gave this poor little guy a plow, full SP light sets, roof mounted bell/air conditioner/horn and beacon. then i added split battery box doors. then i painted it and added decals. it turned out pretty cool looking[:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:30 PM
That looks amazing!!! GREAT JOB!
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Posted by fec153 on Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:41 PM
Great job. The first look at the cab and nose makes me think of the comic cartoon dog,
Droopy. Big sad eyes and long snout.
Heck, I'd be dang proud of it if I could do something similar.
[8D][:)]

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:46 PM
WOW! That is superb!
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Posted by railman on Sunday, October 31, 2004 2:51 PM
great!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 31, 2004 2:55 PM
Looks great, but not truely SPish yet, now you have tyo grime it to nearly unreconizable!
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Posted by easyaces on Sunday, October 31, 2004 2:59 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by NightCrawler

as you can see, i have finally gone over the line into madness. i had the idea to make my little MDC critter look a little more SP like, and i went a little too far.[:D][:D]







i gave this poor little guy a plow, full SP light sets, roof mounted bell/air conditioner/horn and beacon. then i added split battery box doors. then i painted it and added decals. it turned out pretty cool looking[:D]
Now thats a neat job! What did you use for power on it?
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Posted by cspmo on Sunday, October 31, 2004 4:40 PM
It would look great leading a intermodal train.
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Posted by twhite on Sunday, October 31, 2004 6:23 PM
That's a GREAT job! Terrific! NOW--get a second Lil' Critter and turn it into a cab-forward.
Tom
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Posted by Robert Langford on Sunday, October 31, 2004 7:57 PM
How about a cabless slug? Great job on a very small critter.
Bob
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Posted by rexhea on Sunday, October 31, 2004 8:04 PM
That is one fine piece of work! I know you are proud of her.
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Posted by tomwatkins on Sunday, October 31, 2004 8:12 PM
I love It ! That is really cool, and very well done. It looks great.
Have Fun,
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 31, 2004 8:44 PM
Real cool
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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Monday, November 1, 2004 6:02 AM
Wow!

What an attention getter! Now that is just to cool!

Great job! Thanks for sharing with us!

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Posted by Fergmiester on Monday, November 1, 2004 6:25 AM
Well Done! I like it!!

BTW madness would be affixing a Jet engine on the top or two,one on either side.

Consider yourself normal like the rest of us.

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Posted by Jetrock on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 12:11 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by easyaces
Now thats a neat job! What did you use for power on it?


It's an off-the-shelf engine that MDC just released. Cute little beastie...although I'll agree that it just doesn't look right not covered in grime!

What would be *FUN* would be to do one up in a Black Widow scheme--or Daylight!
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Posted by GDRMCo on Thursday, November 4, 2004 3:33 AM
I wish I had one of those and your SD40T-2s. That is great. Keep up the good work.

ML

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