kennyb posted:I remember seeing a lot of these way cool "Frankenstien" creations made by a fellow whose name is Gary Anderson a few years ago on You Tube.He made quite a few "prototypes" out of old Marx and Old Lionel stuff. They were all one of a kind items.
He even did a Pennsy T-1!!!!The guy put a lot of work and creativity into the stuff he did.Look up Gary Anderson on You Tube,and some of the videos should come up. It was great to Checkout his creations. I believe someone else posted the videos of his creations,but if you look they are on there.
Alive and running!!!Everything he made Ran, Mr.Anderson had small radius track to top it all off,so he could not get a lot of his creations to take a curve.Had he had some "096" or even "072" they would have probably been able to take those curves.
Everything he made RAN GREAT!!!!! For this to work on smaller radius curves,you would need the type of motor setup Lionel used on the Flying Yankees,where the "BALL" or "PIN" on top of the motor would act like it's own articulation setup.I have thought ALOT myself about fashioning up one that way,maybe this winter
I will try to make a couple like these in the winter, just for the purpose to see if I can make something that;s a FREAK and different from everything else out there. Thanks for sharing your find.I am sure where there is a will there is a will,there is a way to make them to where you could use them on tighter curves.-kennyb
P.S.-It is Two shells "spliced" together,he shows the process he did on the You Tube Videos, Mr.Anderson seemed like one heck of a nice gentleman,there was a lot of work involved into doing something like this,but he seemed to love every minute of it
I have two of Gary’s customs. One cab forward and a “Challenger”. His Challengers were also 4-6-6-2’s. Mine is on the bench right now getting a K-Line power chassis so it will have much better pulling power. I also have a rear truck in the mail to correct the wheel configuration. Gary has made 19 so far, most Challengers but I think 3 cab forwards. He makes them from Marx 333’s. I put many of the videos on you tube for Gary.
Steve
