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NYC M-497 Jet Powered RDC

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NYC M-497 Jet Powered RDC
Posted by RRCharlie on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 3:07 PM

NYC M-497 arrived today. Pictures below:

 The outer box as it came from China

End view of inner carton

 

The outer and inner cartons

 Addendum about Pilot tube

 

 Top of foam container and instruction manual

 First peek at the Jet 

 Side view

 Front 3/4 view

Rear 3/4 view

 

 Bottom view

 

Close up of bottom

 

I don't currently have a place to run the unit but thought you would enjoy the pictures of the model.

Mel Hazen; Jax, FL Ride Amtrak. It's the only way to fly!!!

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Posted by Bob Keller on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 3:42 PM
Looks good. Mine is on a UPS truck somewhere between a hobby shop in New Jersey and Waukesha!

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Posted by Seayakbill on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 3:42 PM

A neat looking passenger mover, would have liked Lionel to go the extra mile and included a horn & bell in the sound chip.

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Posted by navyjack on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 5:00 PM

Smileit is a real cool looking unit.  thanks for sharing pictures.

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Posted by sir james I on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 5:49 PM

Looks better than the catalog picture. Mighty tempting looking car. And NYC of course.

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Posted by 8ntruck on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 8:59 PM

Picked mine up at the LHS last Saturday. 

Runs great!  I especially like the way the 'jet engine' spools up when the power is first turned on.  Haven't read the instruction book yet to see if there is a way to have the 'jet engine' spool down when the power is shut off.

 

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Posted by cnw1995 on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 9:02 PM

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

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Posted by Demay on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 9:36 PM

That is one cool unit.  I thought it looked sharp in the catalog, but as Sir James already pointed out, it looks way better in reality....Wow!!

Regards,

Joe

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