Good Buy for a SF modeler

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The following link is for an A/B set of OMI F-3's that are repowered by Doug Cockerham. If you are a SF modeler it's really a good buy IMHO, because the repower is almost worth the cost and nicely painted OMI F-3's are pretty close to worth the starting price in stock form. So combine the two and you have a nice opportunity to pick up a set of F-3's that should run forever. I know Doug's drives are old school now and not as quiet as Jay's or others, but they are as bullet-proof as any drive on the planet. Opinion.

There's also a SF E9B (I believe) that is very nice as only $650. Both good prices IMHO.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OMI-ATSF-A-B-F- ... SwnHZYdC9B

Interesting, I believe these items are coming from the estate of the lady modeler (can't remember her name, but recognize the EB sellers name) who used to frequent the ATLAS forum and some others. She passed away I was told several years ago. I think see was an elevator repair person and fell and had some back problems. It seemed to be all downhill from there for her.

BH

[R.K. Maroon]

For what it's worth, I have been buying from this seller off and on for about seven years. Every model I have bought from him is first rate -- nicely finished, runs out of the box. He told me stories of an old swap meet that used to be held on some fair grounds somewhere in Los Angeles, under the grandstands of some stadium.

Jim

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Interesting, I believe these items are coming from the estate of the lady modeler (can't remember her name, but recognize the EB sellers name) who used to frequent the ATLAS forum and some others. She passed away I was told several years ago. I think see was an elevator repair person and fell and had some back problems. It seemed to be all downhill from there for her. BH

Don't know if this stuff belonged to her, but the lady you mention was Lisa Marie T., out of Utah as I recall. Posted on 3rd Rail (until it was shut down) and OGR. Seemed to be a nice person, but as Butch says, a lot of health issues.

Seller used to post here way back. I have bought an item or two from him years ago, and he is a straight shooter/nice fellow.

Rich

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That's her Rich, but I could have her and this seller's ID confused, as I do that. I remember buying some things from Lisa a decade ago and thought she used the same seller ID as this current listing.

BH

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That's her Rich, but I could have her and this seller's ID confused, as I do that. I remember buying some things from Lisa a decade ago and thought she used the same seller ID as this current listing. BH

Butch, Seller is definitely a gent from CA (note Anaheim on the listing). Tino = Florentino. I'd bet Bob and Jay know him. Haven't noticed him selling much lately, but I don't look all the time, and you can never see it all. I would not be afraid to buy from him, good guy.

I have no idea what Lisa Marie's Bay ID might have been. She was a pretty prolific poster on the forums and all of a sudden dropped out of sight. Wasn't too hard to figure what happened considering her health issues. Sad....seemed to be a genuinely nice person.

It's H*ll getting old!

Old Rich

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I have no idea what Lisa Marie's Bay ID might have been. She was a pretty prolific poster on the forums and all of a sudden dropped out of sight. Wasn't too hard to figure what happened considering her health issues. Sad....seemed to be a genuinely nice person.

It's H*ll getting old!

Old Rich[/quote]

I resemble that remark. Put some muck mats in our pond this weekend and I'm still hurting. Damn near killed me.

BH

[stephen neill]

It is Tino. Yes, Jay and I and others know him. He is a good guy that sells good stuff. He had signed up for OSW but wasn't there. I remember Lisa Marie, but I strongly remember, maybe wrong, that she was from the Chicago area, maybe she moved or maybe I am just wrong.

The SF diesels are nice, I intend to bid.

Steve

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Butch,

Sent you a private message.

Rich

[Mitch]

I remember Lisa Marie, but I thought she was from the Truckee area on the old SP (UP) line. I recall she two railed locomotives that weren't available as two rail engines. And yep, it sucks to get old.

[bob turner]

She installed a Ford engine in a Toyota pickup. She was building an aircraft. I was thinking Salt Lake.

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Butch,

Sent you a private message.

Rich

Can't find it Rich.

BH

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She installed a Ford engine in a Toyota pickup. She was building an aircraft. I was thinking Salt Lake.

I think that's a bingo Bob. That jogged some old memory cells. She was a very unusual woman in what she enjoyed working on. Never met her and only talked to her once.

BH

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Butch,

Sent you a private message.

Rich

Can't find it Mitch.

BH

Butch, Should be at the top right side of the page when you sign on. Will Be: PM 1 (or however many messages you haven't opened.

Rich

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She installed a Ford engine in a Toyota pickup. She was building an aircraft. I was thinking Salt Lake.

I think that's a bingo Bob. That jogged some old memory cells. She was a very unusual woman in what she enjoyed working on. Never met her and only talked to her once.

BH

For some reason I think Park City. Indeed, she was into some different stuff for a female.

Rich

[bob turner]

Yes. Park City. And at the end she was apparently severely restricted in mobility. Talented. We do not see that many women in the "build stuff" mode. There is Keri-Anne, in New England, who is building a Piper Cub from scratch. She is a superb welder and a true craftsman.

There are now lots of female pilots and engineers, a few airplane mechanics, but very few model train scratchbuilders if any at all.