05-27-2026, 06:27 PM
Go big or go home!
Certainly could have been a whole lot simpler if I'd just purchased a replacement for the melted hood. I've had a hankering for a Bowser Executive Line locomotive for quite a while, but the price tags scared me away when I could buy an old Stewart and dress her up. The $45 prefinished shell was too good to pass up, and if all of the lighting is already installed and functional, it's hard not to try to implement. You push one domino and it snowballs. Looks like most or all of the components should be arriving on or before this weekend - if it's raining again I'll be digging in.
Certainly could have been a whole lot simpler if I'd just purchased a replacement for the melted hood. I've had a hankering for a Bowser Executive Line locomotive for quite a while, but the price tags scared me away when I could buy an old Stewart and dress her up. The $45 prefinished shell was too good to pass up, and if all of the lighting is already installed and functional, it's hard not to try to implement. You push one domino and it snowballs. Looks like most or all of the components should be arriving on or before this weekend - if it's raining again I'll be digging in.
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