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Thanks for the comment. I have the newest legacy big boy. I weathered the tender and stopped there cause I figured I’d try make a video weathering it. Maybe I can do a side by side sound comparison video with the sunset model too. I really do like the sounds on the sunset model. Thank you for watching.

@@jdogaugemodeltrains522 Absolutley! Love your layout and weathering too! I was wondering, does your third rail big boy have one or two speakers with its ERR upgrade?

@@zechariahfrink3707thank you for you compliments on the layout and weathering. The sunset model only has one speaker.

@@jdogaugemodeltrains522 is it the one that came in the err sound kit or a bigger Lionel fat boy?

@@zechariahfrink3707 it’s a fat boy speaker

Hi Ralph. Thanks for watching my video and commenting.

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Thank you. You really can’t beat MTH. I hope you can find one

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Thank you. MTH did a great job with that loco

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Thank you. A lot of my figures have a European flavor.

I wish Atlas made more of them. I run 2 rail passenger and freight so I had to add a lot of weight to them to get them to track well. Before the weight, I was getting a lot of derailments.

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Thank you. To change the couplers it was pretty easy. Just unscrew the shell from the frame take it off. The couplers unscrew from the frame and unplug from the circuit board to take them off. Model comes with mounting pads for Kadee coupler so mounting is easy. Putting the shell back on is probably the hardest part cause it’s real tight to squeeze all those wires back into that tiny shell, but take your time you can do it.

@@jdogaugemodeltrains522 sounds good and thank you for explaining. I'm glad they are starting to make 3-rail models kadee-ready. Again nice work!

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Hi, thanks for watching the video. I usually like to use the 805 or the 740 couplers. Sometimes I may use a longer shank if necessary

Thank you. The way I weathered the track was a combination of airbrush, paint brush and Rusty rail pen. I sprayed the ties with the brown and then sprayed the track and roadbed with a wash.

Thank you. I think those Challengers are real nice models. I can’t wait to see Lionel’s version

Yes, it’ll be interesting. I passed, prefer 3rd Rail version and own both 3900s & 3800s with different custom pilots. Awaiting parts to complete a large sand dome version now. If you bought the Lionel version, hope you enjoy it.

I didn’t order the Lionel. The new stuff is too costly for me, but I still like looking at it. The way you are customizing yours will make a awesome model even better. They sound really great.l would love to see him those models. Thanks for commenting.

Thank you. I’ll be doing a how to weather video with the Lionel 4012 soon if you are interested

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Thank you. I think they look good going slow, but I also don’t have a lot of space to get them really running full throttle either

A legacy upgrade would be awesome. I think they still use the same tooling, so that would pretty much give you an equivalent of Lionel’s latest Challenger.

@@jdogaugemodeltrains522 Little at a time, I've been very fortunate to get Bruk Bannister to do a couple of upgrades for me. He upgraded my JLC C&O Allegheny and my B&O EM1 from 2000 both to full Legacy and they are great. I still like the John Will upgrades because they give you everything that Legacy does except for whistle steam and quilting whistle. Unfortunately it does not eliminate that TMCC lunge when you first start the loco up. I think an ERR board takes care of that. You did that with your loco and I'll bet it starts up much better.

@@ralphmiller2265 your Allegheny and EM1 must be pretty awesome. The ERR board did help with that tmcc lung. The only quirk I had with the ERR boards was when I powered my layout with a z4000. I have a tendency to move the handles slowly and when I was starting up operations it was sending these into conventional mode. I know that’s how they’re supposed to function but it drove me crazy because I only run in command mode. However I also had a ton of problems with newer legacy equipment running with the Z 4000. A lot of the Legacy locos wouldn’t run at all on my scale trax layout. I pulled the Z 4000 and put in a couple 180w Lionel bricks and all my issues went away.

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That’s a great idea. Thanks for that tip.

Thank you. I really like the sound of it

Thanks David I try to keep them realistic to scale.

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Thank you Hunter. I should have some more videos up later in January

I’m gonna have to check that out. Thanks for the heads up.

Thanks I haven’t seen any Right If Ways locos but I will check them out.

Some of the ground covering and adhesives are Woodland Scenics products. I use a lot of different manufacturers for scenery products. Scenics express sells a lot of the stuff I use.