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1:1 Brass Model!

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1:1 Brass Model!
Posted by coborn35 on Friday, January 2, 2009 7:03 PM

Mechanical Department  "No no that's fine shove that 20 pound set all around the yard... those shoes aren't hell and a half to change..."

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Posted by tinman1 on Friday, January 2, 2009 7:13 PM

I always said brass looks better than plasticBig Smile

Tom "dust is not weathering"
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Posted by Packer on Friday, January 2, 2009 7:20 PM

That gold paint won't last long.

I'm guessing modeling that would be a cinch with an unpainted brass O5, just add decals and the light and your done.

Vincent

Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....

2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.

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Posted by tomikawaTT on Friday, January 2, 2009 7:41 PM

One story was that it was done to celebrate the railroad's 100th Anniversary.

Another was that it was done as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the model railroaders who were running their (then-new and expensive) brass imports in 'undecorated' condition.

Either way, more than a few 'traditionalist' railfans went ballistic.

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

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Posted by CSX Robert on Friday, January 2, 2009 9:12 PM
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Posted by twhite on Friday, January 2, 2009 11:10 PM

Isn't that Burlington 4-8-4 a beauty, though?  It shows up here kind of often lately when we talk about the ULTIMATE brass model, LOL! 

But seriously, folks, when it comes to beautiful 4-8-4's, how come BLI, PCM, Genesis or MTH hasn't released THIS one?  IMO those Burlingtons were some of the most handsome Northerns ever built! 

Tom Tongue

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