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Pete in Kansas posted:

I made a few  things since I had a lot of time off over the Holidays. Here are a couple of pictures of my latest projects a standard gauge 38 shell in B&M maroon and a 33 shell in B&M Bluebird. By the way the flash kind of washes out the maroon, it's really a very nice burgundy color ( Rustoleum Burgundy).

The 38 is decaled but not touched up or clear coated yet, the 33 need decals and few finishing touches. 

I found out something I didn’t realize when I put these two on the bench together. I always thought a 38 was just a 33 with different wheels and frame, turns out the 38 is an inch longer than the 33 such as larger cab side windows and longer hoods. At the moment I don’t have a 38 chassis so I think I’ll make some spacers and use one of the 33 chassis I do have.

In this photo a 33 and 38 are lined up and you can see how much longer the 38 really is.

The 33 in this picture will be the fraternal twin to the one I'm working on now.

The 2 Bluebirds on a train should look pretty good especially with my 117 Caboose. When I run the maroon 38 I can use my other B&M maroon caboose.

Love 'em Pete, fantastic job.