Chuck

Right down to the stove...no friggin' way!! A masterpiece!!

Yep, looking great! Rata tat tat tat tat!

I see that Bachmann is going to make the Aristo E8's!

Finally got back to work on this. I did straighten the frames in a hydraulic press but once they got back to the original shape they both cracked...typical die-cast metal repair headaches! 🤔 So I made reinforcement plates for both top and bottom then mounted with 4-40 screws. For the tops I used some brass plates... For the bottoms I used aluminum.... I use Kadee Couplers which worked out pretty good! And the height is good enough! 🙂 The thing has srung axles so once all put together with the heavy die-cast shell I'm hoping that the ride height settles a bit. Now time to slap some black paint on the repairs!

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Very nice! Wood putty paste...clever as it looks good!

Very nice! 👍 How'd you achieve the Zimmerit look??

More outstanding work! Here's something that Ray dug up. 2 different views of the same scene. "Nutz"...some brave bastards facing Tigers....

Well g gauge is the track gauge and the proper scale for the track is 1:32...any other scale is narrow gauge like 1:29 is actually narrow gauge running on G scale track.

Pretty friggin' cool! 😎

MTH is still in the game!

MTH just dropped the 2026 offerings! https://www.mthtrains.com/news/958

Geez, A shorted out driver because of a manufacturing flaw. And in typical USA Trains/ Ro style they say "tough shit"...and sell you a "new" set of drivers for $300.00

Well I finally got back onto this project. I straightened the truck frames out and one snapped so I'll mechanically repair it. A change in life event happened last week as I couldn't breathe which ended up being a triple whammy of Influenza B, which cause Pneumonia because of Emphysema/ COPD. A few days in the hospital under Pulmonary Care straightened that out and now go back for Cardiology... USAT used a striped tach for the OEM QSI sounds....