Post by Judge Doom on Oct 10, 2013 23:01:24 GMT -8
A recent incident spawned what I figure would make a good funny story thread: what's the weirdest thing you've encountered when buying a model? Odd stuff in the box? Missing parts? Weird bugs inside or packing materials? An Athearn Genesis F7A box with a Bachmann F9 in it? Baggies of cocaine instead of that Intermountain hopper kit?
I'll start out with my recent purchase: I had bought a junker loco off eBay for parts. It was a Lionel U18B shell custom mounted on a Proto 2000 Geep frame, and for ~$20 it was a decent source of drive/chassis parts for another unit. I'll admit whoever did the work did a decent job of modifying the chassis and mounting the shell on it.
I get the model, run it back and forth, and decide to pop open the shell and have a look inside. I get part of the front off and see something scurrying about where the cab is. Carefully removing the shell, I look inside and see a small live cockroach scurrying around in the shell! Mr. Roach got flushed pretty quickly, and the whole unit was disassembled and got a good scrubbing in soap (except the motor, of course).
I'll start out with my recent purchase: I had bought a junker loco off eBay for parts. It was a Lionel U18B shell custom mounted on a Proto 2000 Geep frame, and for ~$20 it was a decent source of drive/chassis parts for another unit. I'll admit whoever did the work did a decent job of modifying the chassis and mounting the shell on it.
I get the model, run it back and forth, and decide to pop open the shell and have a look inside. I get part of the front off and see something scurrying about where the cab is. Carefully removing the shell, I look inside and see a small live cockroach scurrying around in the shell! Mr. Roach got flushed pretty quickly, and the whole unit was disassembled and got a good scrubbing in soap (except the motor, of course).
