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    Bye Bye F7!!

    electric f7's I think I'll be able to send thephotos of where I'm at so far. The 1st photo shows the Bachman body stripped of the graphics. You can see it has no intake grills, no portholes and no rivets. The 2nd through the 4th show the splice and putty job I did under different lighting...
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    Bye Bye F7!!

    Electric F7's It's been quite a while since this thread has had any additions. I finally purchased a few Bachman F7's, the kind they use for the "Grinch stole Christmas" set and some others. It has no portholes, no intake screens and no rivets. I've spliced 2 of them and set them on an Athearn...
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    HO Bachmann Spectrum 44 ton to HOe/HOn3 Oahu Railway GE 47 ton

    Canopus, did you finish the 47 tonners ? I haven't been here for a while and wondered if I missed the finish. lv4142003
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    Some Craaaaazy HOn3 kitbashing, aka. DDm45 Frustrations

    PedroP, Over on the Decalque do Carlao web site, a guy has made a DDM45 in HO using his decals. Do you know any of the particulars about how he built it? <lv4142003>
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    HO Bachmann Spectrum 44 ton to HOe/HOn3 Oahu Railway GE 47 ton

    Did you replace the wheels with larger ones? lv4142003
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    Some Craaaaazy HOn3 kitbashing, aka. DDm45 Frustrations

    PedroP, sorry I spelled "Ferromodellismo" wrong. <lv4142003>
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    Some Craaaaazy HOn3 kitbashing, aka. DDm45 Frustrations

    PedroP what is the wheelbase on the Cruzaro "B" truck? Is it close to the wheelbase of a Athearn GP truck? And what happened to the Centro-Oeste-Ferromodleste site? Thanks <lv4142003>
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    Some Craaaaazy HOn3 kitbashing, aka. DDm45 Frustrations

    PedroP, thanks for the update. I kknew I found it on a Brsilian website. I didn't think it was powered, but it was clever using the U20C truck. See the attached photo. After I saw your last 2 photos I played around with some ideas and remembered a guy built a SDL39 truck chopping up an Athearn...
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    Some Craaaaazy HOn3 kitbashing, aka. DDm45 Frustrations

    Here is the other photo. I wish I could remember where I got it from! Joe <lv4142003>
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    Some Craaaaazy HOn3 kitbashing, aka. DDm45 Frustrations

    PedroP, I'm attaching a photo taken at a Brasilian model show/contest. I don't know who the modeler was nor where the show was held, but this is from a Brasilian website. I also bo not know if this unit is powered, but it looks great. There was another photo but I will have to find it. Joe...
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    Some Craaaaazy HOn3 kitbashing, aka. DDm45 Frustrations

    Pedrop, how do you plan to make the span bolster and power the trucks? <lv4142003>
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    Some Craaaaazy HOn3 kitbashing, aka. DDm45 Frustrations

    pedrop, was that Alumilite casting resin? I have a few friends who have done/ or presently do casting. I'll ask them about this. lv4142003
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    Some Craaaaazy HOn3 kitbashing, aka. DDm45 Frustrations

    Pedrop, how are the B+B truck side frames coming along? lv4142003
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    oahu 47t locomotive

    ALL, awhile back someone was attempting to make a GE 44 ton engine into a Oahu 47T dropcab narrow gauge unit. I believe he was gonna use an N scale mechanism. What happened to the conversion? Did he finish? (I can't find it?) Thanks <lv4142003>
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    Bye Bye F7!!

    It's not my engine. I saw the picture on the Atlas Forum and remembered someone here had speculated what the Frateschi engine would look like modified to resemble a New Haven EP4 (or is it a EP3?). The Guy who did it goes by Acela82 and he did a nice job. Very few people would know the...
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    Bye Bye F7!!

    Sometimes ones fingers get ahead of ones brain. lv4142003
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    Bye Bye F7!!

    I found these 2 photos on the Atlas Forum, a Frateschi electric painted and modified to look like a New Haven EP4, by Acela 82. lv4142003
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    Some Craaaaazy HOn3 kitbashing, aka. DDm45 Frustrations

    Has anyone made any progress on modeling the new BB EMD's or the BB GE's? Also, do you guys in South America have a decal source for EF Carajas, Vitoria Minas, and FerroNorte locomotive decals? Thanks, lv4142003.
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    Bye Bye F7!!

    Does anyone know what happened to my picture? It didn't appear and I don't know where it is? lv4142003
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    Bye Bye F7!!

    I'm attempting to uplaod the firrst page of Hegge's article, mine seem to be lighter than Bad McFads, maybe they'll be easier to see. lv4142003
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