Christmas came early; let the fun begin..............

[carlso]

Guess what I received today. They look good JS. Missing the classification lights but I have some Athearn Challenger ones that I can put on. Looking forward to this one, will take my time and do it right, this time.





Detail looks good Jason, I think it better than my first one. I plan on another ESU Loksound/speaker in tender. I think I'll put firebox glow in also, what yah think?  I need to scratch and add the Hancock Turbo Feedwater Heater under the fireman's side of the cab. Also, I am toying with the idea of removing the air tanks from the B'mann mechanism and adding to the bottom of the boiler casting. That way I can run air lines from the front to the tanks without having to re-install every time I remove the shell.

Real cool, dude, still mulling over the GS-1.

PS: check is in the mail....

Carl

[draskouasshat]

 it will be another good one Carl! can't wait to see it done!  I'm building a gs5  to go with my brass  ac12 to traverse  Cajon pass with a reroute owl.

[superturbine]

Glad you like it Carl!  As for the class lights not to worry I will send you more along with the casting of the pilot truck when I have it done.  The firebox flicker would be real cool!  Keep the pictures of your progress posted.

[Norway2112]

Carl, I'm more interested in that cool flat car load in the background!  Tell us more about that!  Where did you get the car?  Where did you get the load? Nice!

[carlso]

Norway2112, you asked so here it goes....................

Car as I originally built it with DSX sound decoder and obviously a large diameter speaker, it ran well but I put the decoder in an auto rack. The car came from Alan Curtis, nice kit.



I was in TorC New Mexico last spring and found the sub in a little curio shop. It is/was a pencil sharpener. I couldn't resist as I thought it would make a close to scale sub of some type. Just different, you know. BTW, the car tracks and runs very well, even with all six of the pivot points



I must have a thing for subs. Here is another Alan Curtis car with DIY explorer sub. I can hear The Beatles now.......



Thanks for asking and looking.

Carl