ninety nine cents opening gambit....

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ninety nine cents opening gambit....

Postby ScaleCraft » Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:54 pm

https://www.ebay.com/itm/O-SCALE-CAST-B ... 3949468775

Photos of that quality require a smack up the backside of the photographer's head..

But it's LIKE an E-8.
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Re: ninety nine cents opening gambit....

Postby E7 » Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:08 pm

Burner Bait! :shock:

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Re: ninety nine cents opening gambit....

Postby bob turner » Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:23 pm

I am slightly more discerning. Might be Baldwin Model Locomotive Works.

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Re: ninety nine cents opening gambit....

Postby ScaleCraft » Sat Jul 18, 2020 1:45 pm

Couple of interested bidders....all the way up to $2.25 now.
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Re: ninety nine cents opening gambit....

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sat Jul 18, 2020 2:15 pm

ScaleCraft wrote:Couple of interested bidders....all the way up to $2.25 now.


B unit there, too Has trucks..... Balanced ballast for the boat, :wink:
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Re: ninety nine cents opening gambit....

Postby bob turner » Sat Jul 18, 2020 8:21 pm

Roof contour is too flat. Stick with Adams & Son.

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Re: ninety nine cents opening gambit....

Postby E7 » Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:59 am

bob turner wrote:Roof contour is too flat. Stick with Adams & Son.


Sorta like a conversation about which one is cuter, the Wicked Witch of the East or the Wicked Witch of the West.

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Re: ninety nine cents opening gambit....

Postby bob turner » Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:00 am

Pick the one with the better body. Call it a one-bagger.

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Re: ninety nine cents opening gambit....

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:36 am

bob turner wrote:Pick the one with the better body. Call it a one-bagger.


Get both; need them one on each side to balance the boat.
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Re: ninety nine cents opening gambit....

Postby bob turner » Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:47 pm

I was thinking of witches. I would not use these things for anchors or ballast, let alone models.

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Re: ninety nine cents opening gambit....

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:57 pm

bob turner wrote:I was thinking of witches. I would not use these things for anchors or ballast, let alone models.


Think you need 3 or 13 witches.......
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