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ANOTHER GREAT FRISCO RAFFLE!

Hallmark HO 182-187 class 4-4-0 on eBay...

Discussion in 'Steam Locomotives' started by TAG1014 (Tom Galbraith RIP 7/15/2020), Mar 20, 2012.

  1. TAG1014 (Tom Galbraith RIP 7/15/2020)

    TAG1014 (Tom Galbraith RIP 7/15/2020) Passed Away July 15, 2020 Frisco.org Supporter

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    TAG1014 (Tom Galbraith RIP 7/15/2020), Mar 20, 2012
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  2. Jim James

    Jim James Staff Member Staff Member

    I want it!
     
    Jim James, Mar 20, 2012
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  3. pbender

    pbender Member Frisco.org Supporter

    I almost bought one of these years ago at a train show... Wrong scale, but a nice model... And appropriate until the end of the steam era....

    Paul
     
    pbender, Mar 20, 2012
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  4. SAFN SAAP

    SAFN SAAP Member

    Hmmm...interesting. I'd like it too. But it's so such a stretch. It's already at $26.00.
     
    SAFN SAAP, Mar 20, 2012
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  5. Jim James

    Jim James Staff Member Staff Member

    Isn't it post 1920s? It looks maybe too modernized for my era. Still, I've always wanted brass.
     
    Jim James, Mar 20, 2012
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  6. pbender

    pbender Member Frisco.org Supporter

    That is dirt cheap for brass... Which is why I bid on it....

    Paul
     
    pbender, Mar 20, 2012
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  7. pbender

    pbender Member Frisco.org Supporter

    1928 to 1929 was the rebuild date.

    Paul
     
    pbender, Mar 20, 2012
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  8. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Don Wirth might weigh in and correct me, but it is my understanding that most of the Hallmark stuff looks pretty good but doesn't run worth a darn.
     
    klrwhizkid, Mar 20, 2012
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  9. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    I tinkered with mine when I put a DCC decoder in it. Tweaked the pilot truck spring which was too strong and lifted the font of the engine and added as much weight over the drivers and inside the cab as I could. It runs like a champ now and pulls the little 3 car local passenger train around with ease. Biggest problem with the engine is cosmetic. The cylinders are only about 60% of the size they should be. I built new ones for mine and wasn't crazy about the tender so built a new body for my 184. The decals that Hallmark furnished with it are incorrect also. Not everyone is as much of a nitpicker as I am. I think the prototype engines were little dolls. A short line tourist road would be neat with the whole roster consisting of the 6 of them and some HW passenger coaches.
     
    frisco1522, Mar 21, 2012
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  10. renapper (Richard Napper RIP 3/8/2013)

    renapper (Richard Napper RIP 3/8/2013) Passed away March 8, 2013

    Don,
    why not write an article about this conversion for the Meteor, just wirte about what you did and give us some pictures t go along.
     
    renapper (Richard Napper RIP 3/8/2013), Mar 21, 2012
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  11. Jim James

    Jim James Staff Member Staff Member

    I'm turned off by it already. Too much tinkering.
     
    Jim James, Mar 21, 2012
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  12. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    I guess I could write about it if I could remember. I did it over 20+ years ago. Right now, I'm working on another NP to Frisco 736 conversion and have been taking photos with submitting them in mind. I decided to sell my 728 that I did 30 years ago and do another one after doing the 739 for a friend.
    Otherwise, I don't have anything else in process right now.
     
    frisco1522, Mar 21, 2012
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  13. Jim James

    Jim James Staff Member Staff Member

    Missed it by $25. What a kick in the teeth.
     
    Jim James, Mar 25, 2012
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  14. pbender

    pbender Member Frisco.org Supporter

    I put in my one bid, and knew it wouldn't hold up....
     
    pbender, Mar 26, 2012
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