love on first sight, Super 381 and 408E

Dutch willy

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Yesterday i was surfing on the net , looking for info of a H0 model us F3.

Then there the apeared , i am in love .

The lionel super 381 and the 408E, problem O gauge, so the question is , do the excist in G , lats say as a kit .
They are not chaep :( 1000 up to 1399 dollars vor 1 loco .
No not col;ectebles , new models 2016.

As mike als ready told me , the crocodile come nearest , but any info would be Helpfull


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Neil Robinson said:
The green loco may be inspired by the Bipolar locos.

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You could be right, though my first thought was the GG1 which of course has been made by LGB and USA Trains. How about one of these Willy?
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PhilP said:
Does a Bipolar engine have a happy end, and a sad end!?
:):(:giggle::giggle::giggle:
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I have bipolar disorder and trust me, there is nothing happy or sad about it. :shake:
There again, I don't look like the green loco :whew:
 
Dutch willy said:
Way to big for my layout , en tooooooo EXPENSIF :)
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Can't do anything about the cost.. But if LGB it will go round R1 curves.. - It may well look silly, and side-swipe the scenery, but will go round the curve.
 
Well i love them both .. in my eyes its just to show people the fiarety of trains , and i dont need , or can affort these kind of moddels , i like Items witch need a second life , ore TLC :).
Part for the children , part for showing .
I hope to own someday a real steampunk loco , in the UK is a man who realy build nice Steampunk loco,s
 
Dutch willy said:
Yesterday i was surfing on the net , looking for info of a H0 model us F3.

Then there the apeared , i am in love .

The lionel super 381 and the 408E, problem O gauge, so the question is , do the excist in G , lats say as a kit .
They are not chaep :( 1000 up to 1399 dollars vor 1 loco .
No not col;ectebles , new models 2016.

As mike als ready told me , the crocodile come nearest , but any info would be Helpfull


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I think VSmith made a similar looking loco a while back, converting the bodyshell from a plastic toy and putting it on a suitable g scale chassis. Had a quick look, but I can't find the thread, hopefully I'm not imagining it.

Vic?

J.
 
Well even a orignal model woald be nice , fitting a LGB ore Piko bast G scale is not the problem .
Try to find a chaep model is the problem , even broken is way expensif .. an OLD one even more , more then the new model 2016
 
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Definitely a model of the Milwaukee Road Bi-Polar electric locomotive. MTH makes some beautiful reproductions.

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Wel the Model of MTH is olmost the same , but in my eyes , it does,nt have the magic of the lionel super 381, by the way way,s 30 pound ,
There is a second model with is popular in amrika , the super 381 brute , ways 50 poumds and in length 7.1 cm



In this video you see the differents :

 
In the 'start' picture of the second video..
I initially thought 'Whoa! That short green and cream coach is way too tall!' .. .. Then I realised it is a building in the background. ;):rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
Yeah, I've never found a satisfactory explanation for the bi-polar locos - in electrical terms, what is it?

I mean, you could also ask the same question about its looks :D:D
 
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