Old Coyote

Great build Neil. Very nice.

Very nice build sir. Quite impressive.

Gorgeous build sir, great detail.

... the Kellogg's / Delphi Monte Carlo owned by Rick Hendrick and driven by Terry Labonte ... box stock Revell kit, MCW lacquer, Slixx decals

... the 1996 Bud King top fueler owned and driven by Kenny Bernstein ... Revell kit, unknown decals off Ebay, MCW lacquers

Very nice build sir. Beautiful work.

Looks like you're out of your slump, well done.

Beautiful build sir, very nicely done.

Very nice builds sir, beautiful work.

Great restoration sir, beautiful work.

Great looking build. The details are marvelous.

Very very nice. I like this build.

Beautiful build sir. Very nicely done.

Typical of all your builds Wayne, this one is also gorgeous.

Great build sir, most impressive.

Great looking build sir. I love the Chevy engine. Very nicely done.

Outstanding build sir. I understand that those old JNJ conversions can be quite challenging. Looks like you conquered yours beautifully.

Great looking build sir. Very nicely done.

Great looking build Johnny. Very nicely done.

What a gorgeous build sir. Beautiful work.

No offense taken sir, I just misunderstood your first post.

You are correct. I misunderstood your original post. I thought you were saying the little switchers never existed. As for this particular unit, I have no clue what my father cobbled together to originally build it in the late 1940's. I do remember as a child seeing it running on his club's huge layout (and I remember him taking me to see the real switcher at the Southwestern Public Service plant). After my father's death in 1976, I went to the club to collect his builds and I found a lot of his stuff disassembled and in pieces and some of it totally missing (like his Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 Cab Forward). I used whatever I could find in his parts boxes to semi-restore the little switcher into a display piece. I realize it is not 100% accurate, but it is a memory of my father's work.

... The Blue Max Mustang II funny car is complete (well, at least as complete as I can get it) ..... the basis for the build was the AMT Trojan Horse Mustang II kit ....... not really correct for the Max but as close as I can get ...... after two trips to the purple pond. much sanding, body filler putty to smooth the sides, adding an extension to the rear spoiler to more accurately portray the Max, and removing the horrid rivet panels along the lower body sides the body was treated to two coats of Testors Blue Pearl enamel .... the decals came from Slixx ..... the engine detailing came from Kurt at Connkur and Charlie at Pro-Tech ..... not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but a fairly nice shelf model to add to my collection ...... Thanks for looking ....

Great looking build sir. Very nicely done.

Sorry to burst your bubble gents, but these little 0-6-0 diesel switchers did (and still do) exist. They were used mostly by heavy industry companies (power companies, steel companies, etc). See below