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All my work is now crap.
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Classic Train?...

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...can't argue with that.
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getting close...

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Mars light is only a dummy (...for now, Jim?)
cheers...gary
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Well Gary, I have the Mars light working on the computer. Now to convert it from cartoon to hardware.

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What a builder, what an engine!
(Taken from "The Mohawk that Refused to Abdicate" - Lima's Finest, page 157). I couldn't find a better sentence to desribe the whole story in short and to express my warmest admiration!

A Mery Christmas and a lucky year 2014 to all who share our hobby!

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Hi,


WOW thats all i can say, this finish is one of the best i`ve ever seen.

Merry Christmas,Chris
The light at the end of the tunnel could be a train ;)

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What is the jacket painted with?
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hollahan wrote:What is the jacket painted with?
Rust-oleum paint was used throughout; satin for the boiler jacket, hi-temp flat for the smokebox.
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NKP #753 passes a boiler test at Maricopa...

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followed by its first (and 2nd) firing.
a few bugs to work out, but overall, a fine first outing.
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Attached are some photos of Bruno Platzer's work on the tender for NKP 753.
The tender trucks and tender frame are all my parts which Bruno, of course, machined.
Those Buckeye tender trucks can really get complicated by the time all the brake rigging is applied.
The tender frame is a one-piece aluminum casting which is the only aluminum casting that I offer for the engine.
I decided to cast it in aluminum so I wouldn't need a fork lift to pick it up.

Jim Kreider
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Jim,
extraordinary fine work (and parts), as usual!
The pitty is that nearly nobody will ever see and admire this fine construction again, once the locomotive stands on the rails. What about a mirror underneath one of the shed rails?

Best regards from asteamhead
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Asteamhead wrote:...
The pity is that nearly nobody will ever see and admire this fine construction again, once the locomotive stands on the rails. ...
you're not kidding... all total there are close to 300 castings under the tender frame and most people will only see a small fraction of that work. here are links to some larger versions of those pictures to really see the detail.

http://home.comcast.net/~marxtrains/tra ... ck%201.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~marxtrains/tra ... ck%204.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~marxtrains/tra ... me%201.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~marxtrains/tra ... me%203.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~marxtrains/tra ... me%205.jpg
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