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Offline NSMoWandS

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Atlas C40-8W
« on: December 07, 2011, 11:38:00 AM »
Just a heads up... Atlas will be making a new batch of C40-8W's in Conrail paint, and NS patched Conrail paint in HO scale. 



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Re: Atlas C40-8W
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2011, 04:57:37 PM »
This should be their link. Not bad looking. http://www.atlasrr.com/HOLoco/hodash840cw5.htm

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Re: Atlas C40-8W
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2011, 04:58:50 PM »
Never had a Atlas. I have a bunch of old  blue box athearn and the newer athearn. I just got two Kato engines and thought I died and went to Heaven. How do these Atlas engines run?

Offline fireball451

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Re: Atlas C40-8W
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2011, 05:16:58 PM »
All the Atlas engines I have run smooth and quiet.

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Re: Atlas C40-8W
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2011, 09:34:16 PM »
Here's my loverly Dash8 atlas thing is a runner

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Re: Atlas C40-8W
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2011, 07:05:24 AM »
I just dry brush a little rust colored powder mixed with a flat varnish that gives it a crusty look  
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Re: Atlas C40-8W
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2011, 07:22:24 AM »
Nice looking engines

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Re: Atlas C40-8W
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2011, 11:28:59 AM »
Already ordered two... one Conrail... one Conrail patched. First rule of Government spending... Why build one when you can have two at twice the price!

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Re: Atlas C40-8W
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2011, 05:30:37 PM »
Not to steal the thread but im still waiting on my SD70M-2 from athearn it was originally scheduled for Aug.2011then moved to october now february 2012 so I need to hold off on ordering stuff

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Re: Atlas C40-8W
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2011, 07:59:55 PM »
How hard do you think it will be to make a step for the sd70 that was on ebay that was missing the rear right step you saw Badhorse

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Re: Atlas C40-8W
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2011, 08:20:07 PM »
Shouldn't be to bad just need a drawing or a really good straight from behind shot and some styrene sheets and it could be done in a hour or less!  Id trim it up square first get some scale measurements and the just fill in the areas affected or just go by the front porch its practically the same dimensions

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Re: Atlas C40-8W
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2011, 03:11:59 PM »
Well, after painting it black, and attaching a plow, and then weathering it... I doubt if anyone will notice. Ah... the beauty of dirt!

 

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