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While I was taking photos of my S-2 switcher with the opened up hood doors, I also shot some of a steam engine being scrapped: (click to enlarge) <br /> <br />[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/railfan/Steam1.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/railfan/Steam2.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/railfan/Steam3.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/railfan/Steam4.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/railfan/Steam5.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />Again, one of my "yesteryear" models, made from a dummy plastic Hudson first offered by Monogram. I tried to make appear to be on the scrap line, with pieces here and there being cut out and removed. <br /> <br />Most of the work was on the tender, which had a molded in coal load, which I had to cut out. Then I had to make a floor in the tender and add the tubing extending down to the bottom to simulate the automatic stoker. Another tube at the front of the tender for the same purpose. The hatches at the back were cut open, a piece cut out of the side, remaining coal glued in, etc. <br /> <br />When these models first came out they were $4.00 each, so I got a lot of modeling use for four bucks! They were later released by several firms and I think they are still available. I've gone through several of them over the years. <br /> <br />One I cut the front 25 feet or so off and stuck it in one of the doors of my roundhouse. The roundhouse was only partially deep on my 2' wide modules, and with the engine sticking part way out it looked like the structure had much more depth. The link to my website shows the roundhouse on the first pair of modules. <br /> <br />I painted another one with brass paint and placed in on the included track sections. Looks just like a brass engine! The poor man's brass! <br /> <br />Lots of fun! <br /> <br />Bob Boudreau
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