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Let’s see… only 4 months of procrastina-, errrr, parts acquiring hiatus? Not a record, but pretty bad. Navin at Aristo didn’t have a set of RS-3 pilot steps, none showed up on flea bay, either. so I had to fudge a set. They are a bit narrower than the factory ones, but better than nothing - Besides I needed a larger opening for the truck mounted coupler, anyway.
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Ray Webster sent me some of the stuff I needed, so a real big THANK YOU!! to him. One of the things was a USA smoke unit - rather than remove the Aristo one that I had worked so hard to make fit, I scavenged the fan and cast well and made up some ducting. If anybody needs the element or the circuit board, just holler.
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The other thing Ray sent was handrail stanchions - Yes I lnow they are mounted ‘wrong’, but the walkway was too narrow for 1/24 the correct way. I attached them with contact adhesive, so they should give rather than break.
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Some 1/16" brass rod, and it’s actually starting to look something like an Alco/GE road switcher…
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I like it Mik.
nice job, Mik…
Well, Kim sez I have to help clean up the house for tomorrow, so this thing is as done as it gets for a while. I still meed to put on a front coupler, and detail the rear pilot beam.
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