Just wrapped up repairs on a 2628 "Manhattan" Madison style Heavyweight from years gone by. Wasn't too much to do, just a thorough cleanup, repaired couplers, added new lights and new window strips from TT. Durn thing had the shell totally stuck to the frame, in fact the previous owner put a crease in the frame where it started to bend as he was prying things loose! Crease was straightened and is not at all noticeable now. The car looks good and rolls like a well lubricated, heavy, postwar passenger car - need I say more?
The real fun was on yet another 8111, also a bay bargain. I gave it a nice sudsy bath, removed the F/R switch and added an ACMC I had on hand from the Lionel 2020 sale, pulled the headlight and added a warm white LED and a new lens, added 2 green (missing) class lights that I had to modify with a tiny routing bit to get two very tiny green LEDs (from a Christmas tree string) to fit inside the green lens, and added a back up light, also a warm white LED and a lens. So thanks to the ACMC board, I now have directional lighting! Good Times!
The LED shown below came from one of 3 strings of 50 lites each, bought from a local discount club years back, about $12 as I recall. I will never run out - got green, white, red and blue!
I will remove the tape when all the glue holding the wires finally cures.
George
