Hi Troy
I ordered mine from Wholesale Trains;NY. Fortunately,I have someone who can bring them over for me. I will let you know how it performs. Sounds good value at $37.
I have just noticed that some feller is selling two on Ebay
Ian
How did this thing about typing in capitals get started, have I missed something ?
By the way the above Ian is not me.
Doesnt anyone want to talk about the USS Missouri. I.m not interested in that other junk.
Rgs
Ian
powlee did you ever get your 20 tonner??? if you did ,how do you like it . Ben
Hi Ben
I did not purchase Moe in the end. Vic recomended the Hartland Mighty Mack. Unfortunately the firm I ordered it from did not did not deliver it to my friend before he came back to the UK for a visit. So it sits in his house in Texas until he comes over again. Should be a nice christmas present to myself.
Ian P [banghead][
Ben just keep posting and playing with your trains it’s a hobby I have been on diability for 10 years so ito had to learn differnt ways to work on my trains jmozz
It seems an age but my Mack Switcher has finally arrived in the UK. It was a combination of late delivery and my boss not coming home from Texas for a while.
It runs well. I can see that it needs a little roughing up as it does look too plastic and lacking detail. A winter job. All in all, a bargain price.
Thanks Vic for the recommendation.
All the best
Ian P
powlee
you finally got it , its about time ?? its should run like it’s made of gold . good luck with it . Ben[:D]
Ian, you are correct about the original finish looking too plastic. Mine was originally the factory yellow, but I repainted it Caterpillar yellow and it made all the difference in the world. In addition I changed the windows and some of the details.
The key to getting it apart is to remove horn from the roof, then reach in with a small screwdriver to push out the plastic rods that carry light to the headlights. If I were you, I would try to avoid removing the motor block since I have heard horror tales about the plastic tabs breaking off.
Enjoy your new Mack!
Regards,
Bill C.
South Jersey
BENNY, JUST KEEP ON TRUCKIN AND THEY CAN STUFF IT!!! I TOO AM SHOUTING!!!
Ian,
You got that right! I always said that the USN was plain stupid to get rid of the class when 80% of the world’s population still lived within the range of it’s guns! They can say what they want about thier bird farms and quick retribution from them, but it takes time to target, launch, and attack from a couple of hundred miles offshore. Can you imagine the reaction of a bunch of insurgents sitting around thier campfire when a shell the weight of a volkswagon drops on them out of nowhere???
I felt that they should have taken the BB’s and done a Maersk Line Manuver on them. Maersk had some big steam turbine container ships that they just cut the bottom of the engineroom out of and dropped the steam plant right out for scrap and then put some big slow speed diesels back in. Heck, both B&W and Sulzer have diesels in excess of 60 thousand HP; and each shaft on the BB was 50 thou! This is that old soapbox thing again, but I really think they could have cut fuel costs by 50 or 60%, crew size by 60%, and other operating costs commensurately. They say that today’s world of warfare is a putting out the fires kinda thing, the BB would have been very useful in today’s scenario!
CAPT BOB
where are you in DELAWARE i get down to indian river twice a year, to the inlet to do some fishing ,april or, may and september ,or october if you are near where I COME THROUGH may be i can see your set up, E-MAIL me, threw the mag. and i’ll send you some pictures. I am near Hershey pa. BEN
Thanks Bill
I took my loco to my club the day I got it. Between all of us we could not work out how to get it apart. Why was there no instructions. You are right about the clips. Won`t even go near the engine block. It was only when the frosted glass panel fell out that it dawned on all of us. Thanks for the photo. I take it those are replacement gas cylinders as mine are semi- sunk in the chassis. I bought the green version. Thought I would be different.
All the best
Ian P
Ian, the cylinder is made from the two halves (one half borrowed from the other side) glued together and fastened in place with brass rods. I also had to fill in the deck with a little piece of styrene. On the other side I placed a bell, not visible here.
Regards,
Bill
HMMM
Here’s a shot of my Mack Family Gathering where you can at least see the placement of the bell.
Regards,
Bill
IF YOU WANT TO SHOUT - SHOUT! If you don’t - don’t! Personal choice rules on this forum and there’s no need to over-regulate sensible people enjoying their hobby, just like Rene doesn’t!!
Enjoy,
Kim
[tup]
HEAR, HEAR KIM,
Well done, couldn’t have said any better myself.
Walt
Ian, follow Bob C.'s advice , use an Xacto razor knive or a needle plyer to pull the headlight out from both sides, the roof will come off then and you can remove the frosted glass if you choose and add a cab interior without any additional dissamebly. I did mine the hard way when I repainted it and undid the motor block first and worked my my from the bottom up. The secret to the motorblock tab is to use a small flat screwdriver to gently move the tab just enough to free the block. Its a pain but I’ve done it twice now, but when I get to do a new cab for them I’m following Bill’s method. You’ll find it irresistable to NOT modify this Pup, it just begs to be bashed and detailed and modified. I hope you enjoy. Vic
Thanks fellers for the advice. Bill, your photos look great. I also intend fitting knuckle coupling.
All the best
Ian P