Hmmmm………….

[herronpeter]

…….price seems a "tad" high unless it’s some fancy butt collectors item.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/OLD-Scale-Mode ... 632-2357-0

Peter

[bob turner]

It is a tad high, but not completely out of the ballpark. I would give him a hundred bucks for it, and I don't even want another Lobaugh Challenger. $300 is probably in the proper range - no corrosion, and you get a spare Berk smokebox front. I bet it runs!

I think Stevenson has the proper smokebox front. They are not rare. A little work and a tender and you have a model that will bring a grand.

[De Bruin]

[quote="bob turner"]............little work and a tender and you have a model that will bring a grand....[/]
with just "....a little work..."
really......

[E7]

Aw Peter, don't tell me that solid gold boiler door is just brass!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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[bob turner]

Go take another look. To bring it to the level of an average to good Lobaugh, you need a smokebox front, a trailing truck, and a coat of paint. It appears dead straight, with no other parts missing, and even good boiler bands. Super detailing might take two evenings - three, if you want lag clamps. I always re-do the cab with rivets, but then it is no longer stock Lobaugh.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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[up148]

Are those stock gearboxes?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Are those stock gearboxes?

Bob????

[bob turner]

Yes. I did not realize it ran. I personally would cough up $200 for something like that, and I already have way too many.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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[herronpeter]

Just goes to show you how little I know about older O scale locomotives.. Who knew……….

Peter

[De Bruin]

Me too, and not to question the piece's innate value as is or Bob's assessment thereof, but I'm still smiling on those "little work" and " a coat of paint" parts. Kudo's to the seller too.

[bob turner]

Come now. You saw what I did with your brother's Challenger. This one would have been a lesser challenge. I have enough parts to knock out a tender in three days - it's just that I counted five of these (and a total of ten Lobaugh Challengers) around here. And I have fragments for an eleventh. That's why I wouldn't go over $200.