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RE: What did you do to your trains today? - ripley802 - 02-18-2017
(02-18-2017, 11:37 PM)Super Wrote: I received a bunch of stuff today and have been busy with, cleaning, repairing and swapping out parts. Don't you just love when you receive items that were listed as "Junk" or "Don't Work" only to find that a little cleaning, tweek or rap of a screwdriver handle fixes them right up.
Absolutely. I love opening the packages but getting these things back up and going is a wonderful feeling as well. When you can sell a few to recoup some of the cost it is even better.
RE: What did you do to your trains today? - Ucwepn - 02-21-2017
Unboxed, modified (for blue track) and filmed Trackmaster 2 Salty today.
RE: What did you do to your trains today? - Super - 02-21-2017
Thats supposed to be Salty?
RE: What did you do to your trains today? - Ucwepn - 02-21-2017
Yep lol very box like, good repaint custom fodder though I think
RE: What did you do to your trains today? - ROKMAN1445 - 02-21-2017
All the buyers chose to be one engine, salty.
RE: What did you do to your trains today? - Ucwepn - 03-01-2017
Day 1 of my secret project, much harder than I thought hope to have a mock up by tonight, lots of cutting, gluing and sacrifices are being made haha, carry on
RE: What did you do to your trains today? - Super - 03-01-2017
Secret Project...exciting
RE: What did you do to your trains today? - Off The Rails - 03-01-2017
Hmmm.... Secret project? I'm intrigued!
I'm having trouble deciding how to do a defaced Dennis. The real 11001 had a fairly simple, unadorned front but I like the idea of a detailed front. Kinda like Super did on his Menace conversion. Also, my son decided to trade me his Salty for a new Trackmaster 2 version so now I have to decide how to convert him too! I'll probably just add a radiator grill of some kind but the idea of a GP7/9 tribute is still in the back of my mind. Anyway, I did the exploratory surgery on both and now they're all back together while I decide what comes next!
RE: What did you do to your trains today? - Super - 03-01-2017
I found it a lot easier modifying Salty than Dennis because of the odd angle front of Dennis. In fact I find my "Menace" is one of my least favorite work of all my customs and might revisit him in the future. On the other hand, my "Salt Substitute" (green Salty) is one of my favorites. Tramp also has a custom red Salty which had inspired me.
RE: What did you do to your trains today? - Off The Rails - 03-01-2017
(03-01-2017, 03:22 PM)Super Wrote: I found it a lot easier modifying Salty than Dennis because of the odd angle front of Dennis. In fact I find my "Menace" is one of my least favorite work of all my customs and might revisit him in the future. On the other hand, my "Salt Substitute" (green Salty) is one of my favorites. Tramp also has a custom red Salty which had inspired me.
I appreciate the advice and it sounds like my initial assessment of these engines as well. Salty's flat, multi-part front and rear seem to offer so many customizing possibilities. With Dennis, I feel like a custom toy version of the South Park Underpants Gnomes: 1- Deface; 2- ????; 3- Custom!