I know the Brits had some odd looking engines, but.........

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I know the Brits had some odd looking engines, but.........

Postby herronpeter » Tue Jun 06, 2017 2:57 pm

.............seriously??? They seemed to have borrowed some of our Yank descriptive terms for their listings. "Superb!!!!!!!!!!" OMG

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPERB-SCRATCH- ... SwcB5ZNvde

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Re: I know the Brits had some odd looking engines, but.........

Postby RDSRR » Tue Jun 06, 2017 5:20 pm

Well, it is kind of cute :lol:
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Re: I know the Brits had some odd looking engines, but.........

Postby ScaleCraft » Wed Jun 07, 2017 12:36 am

Didja notice the flanges on the drivers are soldered to the tread?
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Re: I know the Brits had some odd looking engines, but.........

Postby herronpeter » Wed Jun 07, 2017 11:59 am

A "superb" job of scratch building. Love the center rail pick-ups!!

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Re: I know the Brits had some odd looking engines, but.........

Postby E7 » Wed Jun 07, 2017 12:22 pm

Pretty fair chance that the prototype came out of "Thomas and Friends"! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: I know the Brits had some odd looking engines, but.........

Postby up148 » Wed Jun 07, 2017 1:52 pm

Very "old school", but someone had fun building and owning it.

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Re: I know the Brits had some odd looking engines, but.........

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Jun 07, 2017 2:02 pm

up148 wrote:.....someone had fun.........


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