OH, oh! Old Timers disease kicked in. You're right. Flash Gordon, of course. Did Buster Crabb take that role. Maybe that memory is off, too. Mike Foth and I were just kids, I eight, he seven. Meanwhile that Baldwin looks more and more like a DS 4-4-1000 every time you put in a photo.
Tom ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of JOHN E. HENNING [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 10:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} The Madness Continues... It's flash Gordon, not Buck Rogers.... --- In [email protected], Thomas Baker <bakert@...> wrote: > > Ming, > > Forget about Buck Rogers and ruling the universe. You're much better at > modeling a DS 4-4-1000. > > Tom > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Andre > Ming [laming@...] > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 10:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: {S-Scale List} The Madness Continues... > > "Bwhahahaahhahahhaaa! > > (Evil laugh in the background. Then the announcer says in his best Ronnie > Radio voice...) > > As Ming The Merciless dementedly continues to obsess and slave over the > diabolical plot to create Frisco DS-4-4-1000 #241 out of an AM S-12... will > the innocent Dale be able to escape his evil clutches this time while Ming > is preoccuppied with his madness???" > > Wow... that sounded pretty cool. Wish I would've seen that episode. > > Anyway... > > Coming along on my current project. Thought I'd post pics. (Signed glossy > 8x10's available for a small fee.) > > This round is still a round of crappy pics... but at least they're not as > crappy as in as crappy as the crappy pics posted before. (Whoa... that's a > lot of crap.) > > First up is a simple workbench pic. I tried to include the cab window > template I'm making for when I do a "windowed" version of a DS-4-4-1000, as > well as the modified and ready to be drilled "Y" hand rail brackets for the > ends. > > http://www.vscalecreations.com/3rail/SLSF241b.jpg > > Next is a pic of the engine on the layout. Seems my lighting attempts are > marginally better over on the layout. > > http://www.vscalecreations.com/3rail/SLSF241c.jpg > > Lastly, here's a comparison photo illustrating the different modifications > made thus far to turn an S-12 into a DS-4-4-1000. > > http://www.vscalecreations.com/3rail/SLSF241d.jpg > > If you'll look closely, you'll see my falsies in all of the above. (Are > they showing?) > > In all, I'm becoming more pleased as S-12 things are removed and DS-4-4-1000 > things are added/etc. I think the little AM Baldwin is turning out to be > quite a little gem to work with and we're fortunate to have it available! > > However, I shudder when I think of exactly HOW I'm going to fit a decoder > and speaker w/encloser in this thing. Reckon' I'll cross that bridge when I > get to it. > > Ming The Merciless > aka Andre Ming > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
