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I have had one since Cliff first brought them out. Also have several other of the early kits. Good quality and take little power.
The first show that Cliff showed the Porter off at he ran it on one 9 volt battery for both of the 8 hour days. The unit ran on a small loop of track that used one of the old large silver dollars as the inside rail.
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I've had one since soon after they came out. It's still on the railroad and reliable enough that I use it as the test loco for continuity and track checks. Still runs like a watch with the Micro-Mo drive. Somewhere I still have the superdetailing kit (mostly cab detail parts) that I might get around to installing.
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Si. wrote:
" The unit ran on a small loop of track that used one of the old large silver dollars as the inside rail."
HOLY COW !!
That's not a pizza layout...
...it's a DONUT !
Si.
Donut, or donut hole?
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Yep, I built one of those maybe 35 or 40 years back...when I could manage all the tiny details. The one I did was in On2, Mr. Grandt sent properly gauged wheels and some frame parts that were smaller (?) for the gauge. Whatta smooth runner, I wish I had kept it but got a nice chunk of change for the lokie. The equalized frame is what made it run so nice and kept the 4 drivers on the rails for proper pickup and tractive effort. Thems was the days!
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NathanO wrote: I have had one since Cliff first brought them out. Also have several other of the early kits. Good quality and take little power.
The first show that Cliff showed the Porter off at he ran it on one 9 volt battery for both of the 8 hour days. The unit ran on a small loop of track that used one of the old large silver dollars as the inside rail.
Nathan
makes me wonder, how big is a old large silver $$?
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Si. wrote: Hi Cor.
The Grandt Porter is an AWESOME kit !!
I have built the Grandt D.& R.G.W drop-bottom gondola...
...AWESOME kit as well.
The Porter kit should be made available NOW...
...loads of people would buy it !!
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Cheers.
Si.
Look forward to the build !
MEGA !! yes, sadly grandt line stoped making this beuty i still have to finish the drop bottem kits , i have severall of those Cor
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The Old Large Silver Dollar is about 1.5 inches diameter, just over 38 mm.
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thanks
maybe if this one is ready i will give it a try
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Howdy...How's the Porter coming along? Love the little Plymouth, a real "cutie".
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hi Woodie
i will contineu this week
just back from work
yes i like that litle one as well, i will make some pictures to show how litle this one realy is
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did some trouble shooting on the decoder, the porter is running on dcc like crap
build it back to straight DC and its a good runner.
found the cause, the tsunamis is not on speaking term with a faulhaber.
this means i have to find an other sound decoder (and money) for this project.
time to finish an other project, this one will be finished later
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Howdy Cor, how is the Porter coming?
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no progress so far
i am enyoing the nice weather 
to much to do outside as well
but the project will continu in time
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so you oltimers are having flashbacks 
