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Walthers/Life-Like 0-8-0 help needed
« on: December 08, 2014, 12:11:33 PM »
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I have a number of "brands in the fire" and such would be obvious if you belonged to some of the email lists I belong to, among them the possibility of kitbashing some interurban cars and detailing/kitbashing steam.  I am evaluating the possibility of kitbashing the shell of this switcher and need a straight on shot of the boiler from the top of the model to see how the boiler thickness is.  Any help would be appreciated!!!

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Re: Walthers/Life-Like 0-8-0 help needed
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2014, 12:27:04 PM »
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Re: Walthers/Life-Like 0-8-0 help needed
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2014, 05:04:11 PM »
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Like so?



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Re: Walthers/Life-Like 0-8-0 help needed
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2014, 08:15:12 PM »
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Thanks Mark.  Unfortunately it won't work... dang.

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Re: Walthers/Life-Like 0-8-0 help needed
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2014, 09:08:12 PM »
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Are these still available? I have been trying to locate one for a while.
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Re: Walthers/Life-Like 0-8-0 help needed
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2014, 11:20:39 PM »
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Are these still available? I have been trying to locate one for a while.

e-bay... not common. and go for 150 ... ish

can I interest you in the atlas/RR 0-8-0?




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Re: Walthers/Life-Like 0-8-0 help needed
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2014, 11:27:38 PM »
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I wish Walters would re-run these (and also offer tenders as a separate item).
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Re: Walthers/Life-Like 0-8-0 help needed
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2014, 11:32:35 PM »
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oooof.

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Re: Walthers/Life-Like 0-8-0 help needed
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2014, 09:13:58 AM »
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Are these still available? I have been trying to locate one for a while.

I think the last production run was 6-7 years ago, so they are getting pretty scarce. Walthers did announce a new run a couple of years ago, but that was cancelled due to lack of pre-orders (their own fault since they've totally trained us all to wait for the inevitable "dump 'em cheap" sales event rather than order up front).

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Re: Walthers/Life-Like 0-8-0 help needed
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2014, 10:42:42 AM »
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....... but that was cancelled due to lack of pre-orders (their own fault since they've totally trained us all to wait for the inevitable "dump 'em cheap" sales event rather than order up front).

Cheers,
-Mark

You see this happening in other scales as well...not a good business practice,IMO

Mark in Oregon