Thursday, October 30, 2008

Bachmann HO scale Santa Fe extended vision caboose...


Rebuilt from parts found in the barn loft haul, I don't know if it's an accurate model but it has a very nice multi-tone paint job nonetheless. I've since changed out the trucks to roller bearing type. Shown here compared to Tyco's massive model of the same car, I find it interesting that Tyco put a see thru stack on the chimney---a detail found on very few high end models, much less toys---yet still made it at least 15% too large.

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Yep...the stack on the Tyco car was installed that way in the factory...sigh...

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