 Joined: 02/08/2014(UTC) Posts: 786 Location: NEW JERSEY, USA
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To all forum members, Have a safe and happy holiday! Mikey  |
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 Joined: 18/11/2008(UTC) Posts: 495 Location: Oakville, Ontario
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Thanks Mikey, wishing you and the rest of the forum members a happy and peaceful holiday season as well!
Harold.
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 Joined: 20/07/2007(UTC) Posts: 809 Location: Leopold, Victoria
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All the best this festive season to one and all from down under |
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Joined: 01/03/2016(UTC) Posts: 279 Location: Colorado
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Thank you Mickey. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Frohe Weihnachten and a happy New Year.  Robert
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 Joined: 27/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: CHENNAI, INDIA
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Originally Posted by: analogmike  To all forum members, Have a safe and happy holiday! Mikey Hello Mikey! Thanks for your wishes ! I am new to this forum kindly upload or give the details of the Green Steam Loco you have posted! like which year model etc! Regards Ramprasad S V R 2016/Dec/14
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Joined: 02/08/2014(UTC) Posts: 786 Location: NEW JERSEY, USA
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Hello Ramprasad,
The lok started out as a mid to late 60's 3047 br44.
It was a gift from my grandfather for my 3rd or 4th birthday. In the late 70's I did my best to kitbash it into a br52 as marklin did not produce such a model at that time. I stole the tender from a p-8, enclosed the cab and gave it a heavily weathered black/red paint job. Later on in life it received another black/red scheme with no weathering.
One evening round 1995 after consuming a fair amount of Bacardi, I decided to introduce the old girl to the Bavarian color of the day. It was all done by hand with hobby brushes and Testor's paints. I think the boiler must be 1/2'' larger than when the lok was new from all the paint on it.
Do I have regrets? Yes. But that old girl never seemed to mind. She runs just as smooth as ever. I think there must be a million miles on it and it's just getting broken in!
A testament to the quality of these old toys.
Mikey
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