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Off the work bench..for now

 

Three nearly finished, still to be weathered, for more room for new projects. The caboose started out to mimic Mr. Stovers "good enough" but ended up going down the rabbit hole. All windows were either moved or enlarged. The GP's
have 3D fuel tanks, steps, and plows for the MP192.
 

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On Dec 2, 2024, at 9:23?AM, Mark Hall via groups.io <halmr28@...> wrote:

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Three nearly finished, still to be weathered, for more room for new projects. The caboose started out to mimic Mr. Stovers "good enough" but ended up going down the rabbit hole. All windows were either moved or enlarged. The GP's
have 3D fuel tanks, steps, and plows for the MP192.
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Mark,?
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Your 'good enough' is way better than mine!? Nice work, indeed, on all three models!? Any of these would make nice little articles for DISPATCH.? ?In the case of the caboose just a photo of the finished model and a small image of a 'stock' AM caboose with a brief text of what you did would make nice read and maybe inspire others to try similar conversions.? Anything that can be done to show what can be done with AM products is of big value.? AM is the only game in town, really, and their products do make great foundations for detailing and/or modifying as you've done.??
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Brooks Stover
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Excellent work!? So much AM stuff, is simply open the box put in window glass; run it!? You've done much more, so showing the modified models would be great at contests and modular setups appealing to specific modelers who can at least appreciate what has been done.

Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx



Three nearly finished, still to be weathered, for more room for new projects. The caboose started out to mimic Mr. Stovers "good enough" but ended up going down the rabbit hole. All windows were either moved or enlarged. The GP's
have 3D fuel tanks, steps, and plows for the MP192.
 

Those are really gorgeous models, Mark. They are an excellent demonstration of how to take off-the-self rolling stock and turn them into real models.?
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Brian Jackson
Springfield IL
 

Mark,

What's the source for the grab irons up the ends of the Geeps?

Brooks Stover
 

Comparison before and after shots would be great to see.
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Bill

On 12/02/2024 1:19 PM EST Brian Jackson via groups.io <jackson-standard@...> wrote:
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Those are really gorgeous models, Mark. They are an excellent demonstration of how to take off-the-self rolling stock and turn them into real models.?
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Brian Jackson
Springfield IL

 

Hey Mark,?
Jenks blue!!!!!? Very cool. It is funny that you just posted a picture of the post 1963 paint job. I was thinking of pulling my Jenks blue diesels off the shelf and running a couple Jenks blue trains. Sort of miss the all blue.?
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Great stuff!! Can't wait to see your layout.??
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Mike Swederska
Meramec Valley Lines
Modeling Mopac equipment in 3/16

Don't let perfection get in the way of good enough! Keep model railroading fun!
 

I enjoy the Rock Island!
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Ken Zieska
1/64th Scale Modeler
 

Brooks,
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Those are BTS grabs.?
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Mark

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