Before Bob blows up the forums want to get this started.
What to do with A: an A/C FA1 block I got from Stan the decal man at last years SWGRS, the cast off wood cargo deck from the LBH Railbus project, a spare Big Haulers cab, and whatever I had in the parts bin?
Tune in tommorow for the answer,
same Bat Time, same Bat Channel
Wow! I think you are turning into a machine Vic! Can’t wait to see what you come up with! 
Rube Goldburg would be proud!!!
Logged back in. Site is b l o o d y s l o w to load on my smartphone. Sure hope that gets better as thats how I do 90%have of my browsing these days.
Have finished the beasty. Painting right nonow Progress pics tonight when the wife is busy watching Downtown Arbys.
Victor Smith said:
my smartphone. Sure hope that gets better as thats how I do 90%have of my browsing these days.No wonder you’re having problems reading the print. It annoys me when I have to use my 10 inch Netbook to go online, much less my Smartphone
Ralph
Well I can post these a little earlier than I thought tonight.
Dave’s “suggestion” that I needed to build something to pull all my little bashes caught my mind, I had this idea in my head and had done a couple line sketches. I have been battling a cold/flu/bug since last weekend, it blew up bad Friday so I thought no time like the present to try it. So I was able to spend some quality time at the bench, Here’s where my mind goes under the influence of some very good cold medication, the usual results end up being something zany…like this:
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It started as the wood deck of my old Mack railtruck that became the LBH railbus combined with Stan Cederleaf’s AC brick he sold me at last years SWGRS:
The base drive: Basswood, 7/8" slate car journals, and some Bug Hauler end steps
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The body is a Bug Hauler cab, with styrene body parts added front and rear to cover the openings, other Bug Hauler stuff rooftop, whatever I could find:
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Lots of pics I know but this thing is different from almost every angle, Interior pics:
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Some old LGB bits I had on the inside with styrene bashed controls:
Painting currently underway, maybe post some pics later during Dowager Abby like I originally planned.
This will live on the Harbor layout, hence the knuckle couplers, besides I think the Bmann cab makes it too wide for the Pizza.
net cost: $0.00 
Downandout Abbey is on, so now I have free time to post these.
Painted:
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(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Stan%20Boxcab%20Bash%2017.JPG)
(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Stan%20Boxcab%20Bash%2019.JPG)
This was a quick really fun bash, I hope it lets folks know that kitbashing isn’t that hard to do, and once you done a couple its becomes a great fun addition to the scale.
I have to admit this has been a fun challenge and its shaken off some of the funk I have been in recently. Seamed to me for the longest time that kitbashing was a dying art form in large scale, these challenge projects are proof that bashing is still alive and well.
This will probably be one of the last I do for a while till I get the Harbor layout’s track changes back in order. Still have a couple other things planned, but without a working track plan its kinda futile to keep building more stuff, besides I need something to do in the heat of this summer.
Not quite finish yet, still need to add some grab bars, numbers and weathering, still got till next weekend right?
That looks awesome Vic!!! Now you got me to thinkin about the bug hauler cabs I got layin around waiting for a project!
Very neat bash. Agree this “challenge” got the creative juices flowing.
Tom
Victor, neat loco…
