Because York hauls often find there way here...
This is my haul home from Spring York 2023. Full details and commentary here for the hopper, tanker and Class A. Shown here but not yet pictured in that York thread is the N&W caboose and PS3 upgrade, both of which came from JustTrains in the waning hours of Saturday. I happened to mention the PS1 Class A above and my plans to upgrade it while buying the caboose, and "Oh? We have the PS3 steam kits here", and thus another sale
In the meantime, I ordered some microfiber cloth (like I used for the shiny Big Boy) to stand-in for the missing MTH inner wrap, after which I remembered MTH sells their own locomotive wrap+ribbon packs (60-1001), which I then ordered from T&K Hobby following a brief Google search.
Now, who does pro-quality PS3 installs in the NYC region? I could technically install this myself, but Dremel-ing out the back of the cab for the tether socket is something I don't trust myself to do well enough to look "factory". Plus I'm so low on horizontal space to work on, I haven't even installed the BCR2 I got for the 25th Anniversary MTH Dash 8 I talked about earlier in this topic, so performing such locomotive brain-transplants is out of the question in my living space. Shipping this monster is kind of questionable since the original Styrofoam is kind of loose from years of restraining 16 pounds of loco, and the outer carton is MIA. While true it would need to be packed extra securely regardless, I'd rather be within driving (or commuter train?) distance of an installer than entrust this to the great shipping apparatus.
Edit: I got someone lined up at the NJHR to install the kit. Close enough
---PCJ
