Maine Central HH660

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I just finished an O scale Alco HH660 for a guy



Man those O scale locos are big

[Smoke]

That looks fantastic, and yes they are big. I have a O scale GP30 that I am painting, the thing is massive!!

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Thanks Guys. The only thing about this model is I can't get the interior out to paint it or put glass in. At least not without soldering. It's too bad because teh windows atthe back are soo big they are screaming for glass. Oh well, the guy is happy with it

[DRLOCO]

Man--If I ever had the space, I'd switch to S or O--I really like that large stuff...especially as I get older and it keeps taking more and more Makers Mark to keep a steady hand while detailing
(I'm in my 30's but I can see the writing on the wall from here)!

I take it those cab windows are too big to use Micro Scale's Crystal Clear? Also, remembering back to my High School Biology class, I recall the teacher(a model railroader too) saying he used the thin glass cover slips (that you would use to cover the slide before putting it under the microscope) made really nice windows...he just CA'd them in from the outside...

I have a funny railroad story involving a switcher and those handbrakes inside the cab.
I was told once that an old head engineer had a new fireman on his first day. He told him that He (the engineer) would work the brakes, and told the fireman to grab "That wheel over there" and steer. The fireman, dutifully following orders steered using the wheel all shift, then at the end of the day, the engineer, a dry man, said "Kid, tie a handbrake on the engine for me."
"Sure thing, sir, where is it?" the fireman asked...
As the engineer walked out of the cab, he said "That wheel you been playin' with for the past 8 hours, turn it till it stops."

Railroads LOVE a good practical joke!

[lvrrmodeler]

I can't wait for ATLAS to deliver the HH-660 in HO, my two on order will be painted LV (as delivered) and CNJ.

RAH