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Friday after work I picked up a sinus/head cold. I slept most of Saturday away, so woke up early this morning and went to the Wheaton, IL train show. If my wife ever finds out that I spend any money on these, I’ll blame my cold for loosing some common sense. Here we have an A-B-A set of Budd RDC postwar Lionel Chassis with heavily chopped up and badly repainted Alco shells. The trucks are packed full of heavy grease, so they need some cleaning. They all run. I found it amusing that after going through all this effort, the “artist” had to paint the horns and some inside too. The roof top radiator fans were cut out and red or green beacon lenses added for a super realistic light effect.

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In my opinion to know whether you are crazy or not one must know how much you spent on them.

  • $50 or less you are sane
  • $50 - $100 you must make an appointment with Dr.Newhart
  • $100-$125 you must spend two weeks at the sanitarium
  • Over $125 Bellevue is calling for an extended stay and hopefully Nurse Ratchet isn't working in your ward


Just kidding around. I would at least repaint them and possibly change the trucks to the correct 3 wheel trucks. Good luck with your project.

Those are the kinds of things that genuinely make me wonder “what was the prior owner thinking?” And I do NOT mean that in a snarky mean spirited way, but more along the lines of “what were they envisioning when they set out to makes those mods?”

Did they think the rooftop lights were cool or at least a neat effect? Did they believe their painting skills were up to the mental image of the intended result? Indeed, maybe they were happy with the result!

Another thread a few weeks back asked if anyone ever thought about the prior owners of used equipment. I generally do not, but when I see things like your purchase, which are quite outside what we usually see in the hobby, I do in fact wonder about the prior owner and just what it was they were going for, and did the end result match their goal.

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Those are the kinds of things that genuinely make me wonder “what was the prior owner thinking?” And I do NOT mean that in a snarky mean spirited way, but more along the lines of “what were they envisioning when they set out to makes those mods?”

Did they think the rooftop lights were cool or at least a neat effect? Did they believe their painting skills were up to the mental image of the intended result? Indeed, maybe they were happy with the result!

Another thread a few weeks back asked if anyone ever thought about the prior owners of used equipment. I generally do not, but when I see things like your purchase, which are quite outside what we usually see in the hobby, I do in fact wonder about the prior owner and just what it was they were going for, and did the end result match their goal.

My thoughts exactly.  I figured it was a youngster that thoroughly enjoyed what they were doing and the result.  Fine with me especially if it makes the hobby more enjoyable for him or her.

Gives me a flashback,...    I'm remember watching an old guy who lived in our neighborhood use house paint and a brush to repaint his 50's something Oldsmobile blue and white.   Actually looked ok from a distance, or at least better than before.   Which was better than the box cars he made from scrap 2x4s and decorated with colored pencils,...

-Mike in NC,

@ByronB posted:

Those are the kinds of things that genuinely make me wonder “what was the prior owner thinking?” And I do NOT mean that in a snarky mean spirited way, but more along the lines of “what were they envisioning when they set out to makes those mods?”



That’s what I was thinking too. There’s so much going on with these. The shells alone weren’t just two cut in half and glued together, it was one with another to extend the rear. I didn’t realize before, but the B is two frames with the motor end bracketed together. The B gets center rail power via RCA jacks plugged A to B, which alone dates this project. Someone put thought into this. Not many modelers finish these kinds of projects anymore.

I bought these in a package deal. I figure $15 each, but there was also a Navy BEEP and some other goodies. Maybe I “paid” less for these if you figure I paid more for the others.

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