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by ge_rik » Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:02 pm
philipy wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 3:11 pm
We wanna see a picture of his face when he sees it!
Me too!
Thanks for the interior pix. Always intrigued to see how others fit all the bits into their locos.
The cab looks great btw
Rik
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by -steves- » Mon Jul 29, 2019 2:28 pm
ge_rik wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:02 pm
philipy wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 3:11 pm
We wanna see a picture of his face when he sees it!
Me too!
Thanks for the interior pix. Always intrigued to see how others fit all the bits into their locos.
The cab looks great btw
Rik
Mine is always messy I am afraid, safe, but wiring tidiness was never my strong point
It used to be but it's so much hassle undoing it all when you have to take it apart, lol
Quite pleased with the cab for a quick but of cream and a couple of paper dials. I use those dials on everything as I have tons of them, lol
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by -steves- » Mon Jul 29, 2019 2:35 pm
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by philipy » Mon Jul 29, 2019 3:07 pm
All very nice Steve, although I'm not too sure about the shiny steel centre buffer on the maroon one.
Philip
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by -steves- » Mon Jul 29, 2019 3:12 pm
philipy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 3:07 pm
All very nice Steve, although I'm not too sure about the shiny steel centre buffer on the maroon one.
Thank Phillip
The silver buffers were ones my step father made out of ali and wanted them on his loco, to be fair he normally does a much better job of them than those. If it were mine they would be choppers and black, but each to their own
Here it is from the side but prior to being finished, so no handles or grab rails etc
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by philipy » Thu Aug 01, 2019 2:16 pm
Thanks Steve, well done
He is obviously chuffed
with it, seeing is face.
Philip
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by GTB » Thu Aug 01, 2019 2:24 pm
-steves- wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2019 1:53 pm
Well as promised I took a couple of pictures.
He''s got a smile on his face, so you did well.
I would think you made his day on two levels. It's a nice little model, but more importantly I would think, it was you that built it for him.
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by tom_tom_go » Thu Aug 01, 2019 2:27 pm
It's a lovely gesture, well done.
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by Peter Butler » Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:00 pm
Well, if that is him at 90, my guess is you will be doing it again in another 10 years!
The best things in life are free.... so why am I doing this?
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by FWLR » Fri Aug 02, 2019 6:25 am
Just seen your thread Steve. what can I say. Firstly "5 days" wow, it takes me all my time to think about what to do next...
Seriously, you have done a 1st Class job on his surprise. It's something to be very proud of for both of you.I know what you mean on the wiring too, mine is not that brilliant, but it does the job.
By the way, my BIRTHDAY is in September......
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by DonW » Fri Aug 02, 2019 7:53 am
A smile like that makes it all worthwhile
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by -steves- » Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:40 am
Thanks for all your kind comments. Phil (my step father) had a wonderful couple of days for his birthday and was over the moon with his special present, truth be known it actually bought some tears to his eyes, I have never seen that before in the 40 years I have known him . It has gone down that well with other like minded friends that I am building a couple more complete loco's to sell to club members. So much for just building chassis hey, lol
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by ge_rik » Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:03 am
That seems to have gone down well, Steve. And gift-wrapped too ....
Rik
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by -steves- » Mon Sep 16, 2019 9:56 pm
I built and sold 2 more loco's as I mentioned above. They showed them to a couple of people and now I have 2 more on order from another 2 club members, lol. They are going down a real treat I am pleased to say. One of the guys that purchased one ran it for 2 hours at the club the other morning and it was still going. I didn't think the batteries would last that long, again, pleasently surprised.
The chassis will continue to be built once I finish these 2 loco's which I will get to work on after a short holiday soon.
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