centipede tender

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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does anyone know where to look online besides ebay for extra centipede tenders the ones that were used on the 4-8-8-4 and 4-6-6-4?

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Hi asta,

Mate, as far as I know ebay is about the only place you have to choose from. I’ve done a lot of searching for UP stuff in different places, but I haven’t come across any. Doesn’t mean they aren’t around though, so good luck.

Cheers,

Warren

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Are you looking for brass…plastic…h.o…N

Have seen the plastic variety at several swapmeets ,Brass centipedes are almost impossible to find by themselves

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Actually if you are in HO you are in luck. Con-Cor offers the old Monogram static model of the UP Big Boy as perhaps you know. http://con-cor.com/instock/hodeskit.htm

And Bowser offers a conversion kit for the tender to give it metel wheels and current pick up so it is a working model.

#150681 Elect. & Conver. from Con-Cor Big Boy Kit

Dave Nelson

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Bad news - ConCor’s all sold out & dosn’t know when will be back in![:(]

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There is/was an all plastic display Big Boy, like 10 bucks or so like the 4-6-4 was, and Bowser made a retro kit to use it behind the Big Boy of theirs. I was lucky to find a brass one at a show, so mine is now extra…maybe I can still use it…or not…

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Sorry to hear that. The Con Cor kit is that static $10 or so desk top Big Boy that another poster is talking about. I see a lot of the unbuilt kits at swap meets so I think a dedicated searcher could find some at reasonable prices. I was able to score a Rivarossi or AHM tender at a swap meet for $8. I didn’t need it but it seemed so reasonable … put another way, over the years I have spent a fortune saving money.

Dave Nelson

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i am needing them in HO scaleand prefer plastic (cheaper price)… i have seen the big boy monogram model on ebay quite often and the tender the big boy uses is not much different the the one on the 4-6-6-4… with the conversion kit and the monogram model the tender can be a working unit on my layouy?

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Yes the Monogram Big Boy Tender with the Bowser Electrification kit can be turned into a fucntioning HO scale tender quite easily.

Monogram first came out with the Big Boy about 1986.

It has since been released by Con-Cor under licence.

The model was re-relased two years ago under the Revell label and is the same kit.

Hope that helps in finding what you need.

James

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[#ditto]

AIN’T THAT THE TRUTH !!! LOL [(-D]

Cheers,

Warren