Removable Cab Conversion

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Previous post was rambling and not to the point. I remember sometime in the 90's (maybe later) seeing a magazine article about converting a normal soldered in place steam engine cab into a removable cab. I think it might have been in O Scale News, but not sure. If anyone remembers this article or has any insight into accomplishing this I would appreciate your comments.

Thanks,

Butch

[sarge]

Butch, FWIW its your dingus but I'd sure as hell not do it. Let me be the one to most strongly council against doing such a thing.

Even if you might not be the victim, the next guy who would pick up the loco in the time-honoured fashion of one hand on the cylinders and the other under the cab eaves will have a nasty surprise coming. I found that out the hard way with a Westside KTM streamlined Hudson; they came with a removable cab. Every one that came across my workbench after that had the opposite operation, the cab getting soldered on properly.

Poke-able doors, windows, hatches, sand-covers, are collector masturbation opportunities and invite damage. A removable cab is well beyond that and invites destruction.

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Thanks Sarge, you've gently awakened my common sense loose.....every now and again I find I need that. Sometimes I'm great at coming up with interesting concepts/ideas that are not remotely practical. And yes, all the sliding, opening, workable and scale sized whatsits makes handling O scale models a serious PITA. I'm awake now.