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I love these kits, and have put together three so far. It runs slow but loud. Hope you enjoy, I'll be sure to keep this thread updated. -Cody Country: Canada | Posts: 1324 MikeC Administrator Premium Member Posted - 08/01/2005 :  11:41:42 PM     Cody, this is looking great! Two things I especially like: the hoist house boiler (very nicely done!) and the fencing and cribbing in the last photo (excellent weathering!) You've got a great start on your mini! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm a busy man. I have a railroad to run. Visit the Central Missouri & Southern Country: USA | Posts: 21584 MikeC Administrator Premium Member Posted - 08/01/2005 :  11:41:42 PM     Cody, this is looking great! Two things I especially like: the hoist house boiler (very nicely done!) and the fencing and cribbing in the last photo (excellent weathering!) You've got a great start on your mini! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm a busy man. I have a railroad to run. Visit the Central Missouri & Southern Country: USA | Posts: 21584 PaulD Crew Chief Posted - 08/02/2005 :  01:03:30 AM   Cody, Excellent mini! My favourite gauge. (is there any other??) Us narrow gaugers lean towards the same kits, I have the keystone boiler and 2 of the Boxcabs, Cliff sure did make em slow running but the Mabuchi's do scream in protest. Is the ore car a Koppell side dump? Keep us posted as you move ahead. PaulD Country: Australia | Posts: 935 PaulD Crew Chief Posted - 08/02/2005 :  01:03:30 AM   Cody, Excellent mini! My favourite gauge. (is there any other??) Us narrow gaugers lean towards the same kits, I have the keystone boiler and 2 of the Boxcabs, Cliff sure did make em slow running but the Mabuchi's do scream in protest. Is the ore car a Koppell side dump? Keep us posted as you move ahead. PaulD Country: Australia | Posts: 935 acousticco Fireman Posted - 08/02/2005 :  03:03:15 AM     Thanks Mike & Paul! I'm glad you like the boiler, thanks for not mentioning the coat of dust, I can't believe I've been working on a square foot layout for almost 2 years! And speaking of boilers, dose anyone know how this would be connected to the winch for the hoist? I'm going to use a two drum winch kit from Rio Grande Models for the winch house. The ore car is another Grandt kit. The poor thing was converted from HOn3 to HOn30 and then back again (I did the same thing with a Bachmann Porter, I guess I've never been good at making up my mind...). It wobbles like crazy but dosen't derail. -Cody Edited by - acousticco on 08/02/2005 03:04:48 AM Country: Canada | Posts: 1324 acousticco Fireman Posted - 08/02/2005 :  03:03:15 AM     Thanks Mike & Paul! I'm glad you like the boiler, thanks for not mentioning the coat of dust, I can't believe I've been working on a square foot layout for almost 2 years! And speaking of boilers, dose anyone know how this would be connected to the winch for the hoist? I'm going to use a two drum winch kit from Rio Grande Models for the winch house. The ore car is another Grandt kit. The poor thing was converted from HOn3 to HOn30 and then back again (I did the same thing with a Bachmann Porter, I guess I've never been good at making up my mind...). It wobbles like crazy but dosen't derail. -Cody Edited by - acousticco on 08/02/2005 03:04:48 AM Country: Canada | Posts: 1324 Rick Administrator Premium Member Posted - 08/02/2005 :  06:25:50 AM   Cody, your mini looks great. Thanks for the pictures. Country: USA | Posts: 17740 Rick Administrator Premium Member Posted - 08/02/2005 :  06:25:50 AM   Cody, your mini looks great. Thanks for the pictures. Country: USA | Posts: 17740 nalmeida Fireman Posted - 08/02/2005 :  06:28:45 AM     That's a great looking little layout Cody, I like the boxcab a lot. _________________________ Nelson Almeida [Portugal] My home at the web: http://www.modelismoartesanal.eu Country: Portugal | Posts: 2028 nalmeida Fireman Posted - 08/02/2005 :  06:28:45 AM     That's a great looking little layout Cody, I like the boxcab a lot. _________________________ Nelson Almeida [Portugal] My home at the web: http://www.modelismoartesanal.eu Country: Portugal | Posts: 2028 Tyson Rayles Moderator Premium Member Posted - 08/02/2005 :  07:56:10 AM   Hi Cody, neat looking mini you have there! Please keep us updated. Mike Country: USA | Posts: 10169 Tyson Rayles Moderator Premium Member Posted - 08/02/2005 :  07:56:10 AM   Hi Cody, neat looking mini you have there! Please keep us updated. Mike Country: USA | Posts: 10169 teejay Fireman Posted - 08/02/2005 :  10:42:06 AM   Thats a neat looking Micro , but I'm jealous ! .I could never get my Grandt lines boxcab to run more than one foot without a push . Infact when I started on RRL in '03 , I asked for any suggestions on making it run . The wipers and short wheelbase seem to be the issue , especially on turnouts with the wheelbase . You don't have that problem on the Micro . Terry Country: Canada | Posts: 5832 teejay Fireman Posted - 08/02/2005 :  10:42:06 AM   Thats a neat looking Micro , but I'm jealous ! .I could never get my Grandt lines boxcab to run more than one foot without a push . Infact when I started on RRL in '03 , I asked for any suggestions on making it run . The wipers and short wheelbase seem to be the issue , especially on turnouts with the wheelbase . You don't have that problem on the Micro . Terry Country: Canada | Posts: 5832 Drew Fireman Posted - 08/02/2005 :  12:24:54 PM   Really nice work, Cody! I like it a lot! Really looking forward to seeing more of this one! -Drew- "Life is all the stuff that happened while you were making other plans." 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