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MRC/Roundhouse 2-8-0 and Athearn Genesis 2-8-2 The classic kit will be detailed to be close to a Frisco connie.

MRC/Roundhouse 2-8-0 and Athearn Genesis 2-8-2
The classic kit will be detailed to be close to a Frisco connie.
gna, Feb 23, 2009
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    • renapper (Richard Napper RIP 3/8/2013)
      The Athearn 2-8-2 really needs a Frisco Coonskin headlight bracket supporting a pyle-national headlight. Alll parts are available in Brass and the headlight can be lit with a LED.
    • w3hodoug (Doug Hughes RIP 03/24/2021)
      I also started one of those MDC 2-8-0 conversions years ago. I replaced the cylinders with a vertical, rather than slanted, configuration and added Bowser valve gear. Front ladders were added. I also got a brakeman dog house scratch built from styrene for the tender. Then, like so many other projects, I lost interest. It's a big engine for a consolidation. I also have one of the Athearn mikes. It will pull the tender, but not much else. So many to-do projects, so little life left!
    • Bob
      @renapper Where, oh where does one buy one of those? I am also doing up a 2-8-2, (4136 as shown in Louis Marre's Frisco in Color, page 11, bottom).
      @w3hodoug, Mine is a cast pot metal loco, (can't find a maker) and it will pull 36 cars on the level with curves. Am going to also install sound, etc.
    • gna
      @Bob
      renapper passed away a few years ago. Are you asking about the Coonskin headlight bracket and pyle-national headlight? You can get the parts from Precision Scale, in both brass and plastic.
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