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My birdwater boxcab

Modeling
#1

I picked up one of Bruce Birdwater’s 7/8s boxcab kits (http://www.birdwater.com/EngineKits.html) earlier this year and finally had the time to get a round tuit. The plywood box kit was modified a bit by closing off one door and cutting out the bottom frame to expose the wheels and rods of the LGB 2090 motor block. I gave the box a couple of plaster skim coats and added rivet strips at the edges to give it a steel look. Many of the detail parts are from a partially built, 1/16 scale 1914 firetruck kit picked up on eBay for $19 ($1 for the kit and $18 shipping as it was big!). The four cylinder engine was chopped down to a two cylinder and sits on the lead weight from the 2090. Amber LED lighting inside and out, a cigar tube fuel tank and a battery, lunch box and coupler pockets from Bill Martinsen finish it all off. Some pics - front

back

interior

-Brian

#2

Very nice, Brian. Great work. It’s hard to believe it started off as a plywood kit; I love that rivet detail. :wink: You should send these pictures in for display on his site.

#3

Brian,
That is really cool.
Ralph

#4

Excellent work! I am very taken with whimsical models that also look good, and this one hits all the keys for me.

tac
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#5

vurra interestink!

#6

Love the interior!

#7

Great work Brian. Keep that stable growing. Like your road colors

#8

Well done, young fella!!!

#9

Very Nice. Strong lines, looks like it is built to work. I like it.

#10

Cool!
Now are you gonna hook up coolant lines to that radiator so it doesn’t overheat?
:wink:

#11
David Russell said:
Cool! Now are you gonna hook up coolant lines to that radiator so it doesn't overheat? ;)
Did you miss the coolant line?? Look again. Radiator is in the back.

Very nice Brian. I may get bit by the 7/8ths bug yet.

#12
Jon Radder said:
Did you miss the coolant line?? Look again. Radiator is in the back. .
Son of a gun it is!!! EVEN BETTER!!! Very nice!
#13

Even added a lunch box! Kewl!