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Yet another Kline Hudson comes in for the swap!..Tales From Harmon Shops

This one belongs to Chris A. ....Chris has opted for the works!...MTH chassis, large Pittman motor, ERR Cruise, fan smoke, and much more,....this time, I thought I’d share a more in depth method on how the MTH chassis actually gets mounted to the Kline shell, as that’s the key to a good looking model,....fortunately, Kline’s front mount standoff is a dead ringer with MTH’s so no work to do there, ...all of the magic is in the back,...the rear standoffs have to go bye-byes to make room for the large Pittman. Then I cut a new mounting deck from 1/8” steel plate. The new plate is machined to mount the MTH chassis to the Kline shell.......the MTH chassis is carefully milled down on the reverse side to accommodate the correct ride height as it sits on the new mounting plate. Thus, we now have a perfect level sitting locomotive,......the last picture is Chris’s Kline shell mounted on the MTH chassis.....after I mount the motor, and do some testing, I’ll disassemble and chemically blacken all the new parts, as well as the MTH chassis & drivers as per Chris’s request,....stay tuned quiz kids!...lots of irons in the fire!!...lots of builds to get to this spring & summer!!..

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