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 Posted: 19 Jun 2014 02:01 pm
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 https://www.flickr.com/photos/53243414@N00/?details=1

The car is finished!!! Same link.

Thanks, Bobby

These cars out of the box are toys with potential. Plano is coming out with a roof walk and up grade parts. I dug this 22 year old project out of my junk box and went full bore. Deconstruction requires several hours of work that's not much fun! I replaced the end platforms, removed the bottom horizontal rib so I could thin out the top one. There's a space between the ribs on the prototype, with step I created a space. The hopper bottoms required lots of work that I'm doing now. The side vertical ribs were to small, so I'm replacing them with .060 half round styrene. It'll have sergeant couplers and 125 T trucks. I'll add updates as I go.

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 Posted: 21 Jun 2014 10:00 am
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 In process pictures, Bobby?

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 Posted: 21 Jun 2014 11:41 am
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 Herb Kephart wrote:
In process pictures, Bobby?

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Herb, click the link to my Flicker site.

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 Posted: 5 Aug 2014 10:41 am
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 https://www.flickr.com/photos/53243414@N00/?details=1

I've added the roof walk and several parts to the build. The roof walk is from the new Plano # 10930 upgrade kit. Thanks for looking, Bobby
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 Posted: 8 Aug 2014 11:57 pm
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 Excellent and precise modeling. Really fine work, thanks for sharing.

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 Posted: 9 Aug 2014 06:13 am
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 Thank you Woodie for your kind words.

Regards, Bobby
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 Posted: 10 Sep 2014 10:52 am
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 https://www.flickr.com/photos/53243414@N00/15190363571/sizes/o/in/photostream/

The model is painted but not weathered. This link will take you to the largest photo.

Thanks, Bobby
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 Posted: 11 Sep 2014 08:08 am
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 WOW, Bobby, another beautiful looking car. I remember seeing the real thin here in Rochester, New York, only labeled NYC.

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 Posted: 11 Sep 2014 10:49 am
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 Thanks a lot Berne. Yes it started out as NYC, then PC, CR finally MDT a
division of CR. The car was built in 1964, with another version in 1966.

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 Posted: 12 Mar 2015 04:49 pm
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 Finished at last.Hope you like it.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/53243414@N00/?details=1

Same link.

Regards, Bobby
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 Posted: 16 Mar 2015 10:22 pm
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 Wow! Im a sucker for the 'ol flexiflos and you nailed it.

Nice work!

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 Posted: 17 Mar 2015 05:59 am
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 Thank you Patrick, it was a fun build.

Regards, Bobby
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