[Under The Hood] Replacing Broken Marker Lights on Lionel Scouts, Etc.

M. Mitchell MarmelOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

As seen here: https://ogrforum.com/t...16#72805549161148316

Got a 244 in the mail from a Mercedes-Benz chum of mine, and I decided to recreate my very first train set from 50 years ago...

It was a mish-mash of mixed pieces that my father had gotten from a work chum who had an extensive Lionel collection in his basement, but I loved it to death and it still exists in the care of my nephews in Boise.

This 244 was missing a marker, so I decided to replace it.

Step 1: 5/16" styrene tube, cut to length.

Step 2: Cemented in place with Testor's styrene cement.

Step 3: After the cement dried, a little Testor's model putty in the back and a dab of flat black paint.

Step 4: Added jewels for that Lionel bling look.

You can hardly tell the repair from the original!

This method is usable for most locos with a missing marker; if the boiler is diecast, I recommend using JB Weld instead of styrene cement.,

Mitch

5/15/179:48 AM

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MiggyOGR Forum Member

Wholly GreenMarkers Batman!! Saweeeeeet! I absolutely love it Mitch... (now for a followupquestion, led micros to light them ?) sir James has a video. Do you add the ditch lights and a firebox light? (SCOT, settle down and put up an oval to run on for crying out loud........"he sez to his-own-self" scott.

5/15/1710:07 AM

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MiggyOGR Forum Member

(mitch, not to hijack your post, if I got two GI-Raffes, and a rescue boxcar from Post war, and put in a "see-saw" mechanism with tiny-micro-servo-5-volt with diode bridge, and cut two hatches in the top of the boxcar....... they could peek out at each other as they travelled around the track.....ala "Sherriff and Outlaw car".

You are the originaltor of the GI-Raffe (why the GI?) so this is me asking permisson kind sir....) I should email you a sketch for your approval... (salute Mitch my friend)

5/15/1710:13 AM

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M. Mitchell MarmelOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Miggy posted:
Wholly GreenMarkers Batman!! Saweeeeeet! I absolutely love it Mitch... (now for a followupquestion, led micros to light them ?) sir James has a video. Do you add the ditch lights and a firebox light? (SCOT, settle down and put up an oval to run on for crying out loud........"he sez to his-own-self" scott.

Sure could! Just get an LED lighting kit from Gunrunner John!

Miggy posted:
(mitch, not to hijack your post, if I got two GI-Raffes, and a rescue boxcar from Post war, and put in a "see-saw" mechanism with tiny-micro-servo-5-volt with diode bridge, and cut two hatches in the top of the boxcar....... they could peek out at each other as they travelled around the track.....ala "Sherriff and Outlaw car".
You are the originaltor of the GI-Raffe (why the GI?) so this is me asking permisson kind sir....) I should email you a sketch for your approval... (salute Mitch my friend)

1) Could be done. Send me the sketch!

2) Like many good things in life, "Gi-raffe" comes from an old Bugs Bunny cartoon:

http://www.supercartoons.net/c...ws-in-manhattan.html (3:00 mark)

Bugs Bunny: Eh, what's up, dogs?

Dog #1: What is it?

Dog #2: Hey, maybe it's a giraffe, the giraffe!

Spike: Nah, that ain't no giraffe. A giraffe's got a long neck like this

[Pulls on Bugs' neck]

Spike: Hey, fellows, it's a rabbit.

Dog #1: Oh, a rabbit.

Spike: Dog pile on the rabbit!

Dogs: [as they all jump on top of Bugs] Dog pile on the rabbit! Dog pile on the rabbit! Dog pile on the rabbit!...