I mentioned that I would like to build a P42. I looked at this LGB P42 with all of the flat areas to be able to remove sections and reduce from an approximate scale of 1:27 to 1:32. I, at first, was going to start from scratch and make molds, but before I do, I am going to try to reduce the size of the LGB model. The height has to be reduced about 1 inch and the width about 5/8th of an inch. I am going to keep the length and call it phase VI. I will use the F7 trucks, as it is the same tread. I will redo the side frames from the LGB to make them look similar and use MTH electronics and also battery powered. If it doesn't look good, than I will someday start from scratch and do it the right way, we shall see. Here is the first cutting of some of the parts and tomorrow I will mill about 5/8ths of an inch from the center of the roof and the bottom section. I will probably have to make patterns for the front end and the rear to make them look proper. I am sure if any LGB lovers see this, they would like to shoot me for cutting up such a beautiful model. Bob.