Anyone can buy a Lionel locomotive and slap a couple extra details on it, but this is something special.
Indeed Will. Many don't seem to comprehend the difference between making something yourself vs simply buying something someone else made.
Pete
Nope. Build a lot of my own stuff and encourage others to do the same. However, this idea of converting an 80's brass loco to 3-rail is going to be fraught with a lot of issues that would be difficult to overcome even by a seasoned machinist. And in the end it is likely the locomotive will not look right (sunset body on a lionel frame?) will not operate well (big flanges on a scale loco) and will cost a lot of money that could otherwise be spent on another less detailed, better operating locomotive. Obviously he can do what he wants but there are a lot of experienced voices on this forum and they all seem to be saying the same thing.
