I usually have several projects going at one time as many times, finding parts or needed details take time, so I make a bit of progress here and there on each one. Keeps things interesting. Mike
Silly NT's, I have Asperger's Syndrome
Another interesting project!
Keep us posted.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I decided to take my phase IV F3 that I got recently and turn her into Clinchfield Railroad #800. She already has the late F3 look with the stainless grills and single headlight. I removed the twin single chime horns, replaced them with a Leslie RS5t ish looking horn I had on hand(she has carried many different honrs thru the years), I also added the raised plate on the nose door for the reflective number(to bad they dont make reflective "cat eye" numbers in HO scale!) I am waiting on some replacement gears to replace 2 split gears in the trucks. I found the roof top cooling coils that go along the rad fans in a brass casting, so I will get that ordered and soldered on. Now I need a custom painter that doesn't have a year or more backlog to do her in the NE6 caboose I have. Not sure I can manage the masking for the yellow nose. I could do the grey body and black roof, its the complex yellow part that goes up and over the headlight. In the mini vise, you can see the twin sealed beam set up with a mounting/bulb tube that will go behind the outer glass after the unit is painted.