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Ok Mr Starbuck, your move
« on: April 12, 2025, 09:55:20 PM »
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@Jim Starbuck , you won't.

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Re: Ok Mr Starbuck, your move
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2025, 10:12:38 PM »
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Re: Ok Mr Starbuck, your move
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2025, 11:07:56 PM »
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So it that a 22-tonner?  :trollface:
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Re: Ok Mr Starbuck, your move
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2025, 12:13:37 AM »
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I can’t place my finger on it, but . . . something’s missing. 🤔

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Re: Ok Mr Starbuck, your move
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2025, 01:08:16 PM »
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Quote from: davefoxx on April 13, 2025, 12:13:37 AM
I can’t place my finger on it, but . . . something’s missing. 🤔

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I dunno what you're talking about. It's just the "sports model" now! lol
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Re: Ok Mr Starbuck, your move
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2025, 04:55:34 PM »
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Quote from: Ed Kapuscinski on April 13, 2025, 01:08:16 PM
I dunno what you're talking about. It's just the "sports model" now! lol

Its not the open top convertible model though.
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Re: Ok Mr Starbuck, your move
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2025, 05:59:16 PM »
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Don't poke the bear.   :D :D
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Re: Ok Mr Starbuck, your move
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2025, 07:06:22 PM »
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What's the story behind that one..?
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Re: Ok Mr Starbuck, your move
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2025, 08:50:42 PM »
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Quote from: learmoia on April 13, 2025, 07:06:22 PM
What's the story behind that one..?

Conjecture: one prime mover in the shop for major repairs, we gotta get work done, does it run at half power?
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Re: Ok Mr Starbuck, your move
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2025, 08:52:02 PM »
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"Jim Bob heard something about chop noses being better for switching"
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Re: Ok Mr Starbuck, your move
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2025, 09:12:38 PM »
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It is just a generator for the electric motors in the trucks. We use the same wire at work. It is called DLO for Diesel Locomotive cable. It has a liner inside so it is easier to bend.

https://www.centralwires.com/dlo-cable-uncovered-definition-construction-and-applications/
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Re: Ok Mr Starbuck, your move
« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2025, 12:29:44 AM »
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(From Spookshow's site.)

Well, if you made a vertical cut just in front of the truck mount...
And a horizontal cut just below the dimple to hold the shell on.

... And if you had a smaller motor...................
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Re: Ok Mr Starbuck, your move
« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2025, 05:51:44 AM »
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I wouldn’t cut up a Bachmann chassis. The Kato 11-105/6/7 chassis would be an excellent starting point for this with one truck powered and the other attached from below the chassis would make the empty end. A 6x10 or 6x12mm motor would work nicely. Those are low voltage so a Zimo MN250 decoder would be needed. The stock motor might work too. Fit the stock worm directly onto the motor shaft eliminating the swivel coupling and move the motor closerto the gear tower. Keep the retaining cover to hold the truck in the chassis but now the truck swivels under the worm. Make resin copies of Bachmann truck side frames and overlay the Kato trucks after sanding them smooth. Carefully chopping out one hood of a Bachmann shell then filling between the walkways with styrene will make a floor to cover the chassis.
This would be a very doable build.
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Re: Ok Mr Starbuck, your move
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2025, 03:16:13 PM »
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They should put the bed of a Chevy pick up back there and call it an El Camino!
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