Super wrote
I found it a lot easier modifying Salty than Dennis because of the odd angle front of Dennis. In fact I find my "Menace" is one of my least favorite work of all my customs and might revisit him in the future. On the other hand, my "Salt Substitute" (green Salty) is one of my favorites. Tramp also has a custom red Salty which had inspired me.
Thanks Super,
That modification was one of my favourites to make. Your green salty was a fantastic conversion too, the Trackmaster 1 'saltys' really lend themselves to conversion due to the recessed face oriface which is perfect for a mesh!
Super wrote
I had given thought to using modeling filler and sanding that down to fill in the front, installing a single up high, working headlight and maybe some type of HO louver or vent for the front of Dennis along with some metal hand rails but never got around to that. I will be interested to see what you come up with.
With my 7.4v Spencer I'm halfway through defacing him, his face was moulded plastic that was painted so I had to grind the plastic away to remove it, at the moment his 'face hole' is filled with modelling putty (green stuff) it's roughly applied but I intend to rub it down and neaten it up before I paint it
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Off The Rails wrote
I appreciate the advice and it sounds like my initial assessment of these engines as well. Salty's flat, multi-part front and rear seem to offer so many customizing possibilities. With Dennis, I feel like a custom toy version of the South Park Underpants Gnomes: 1- Deface; 2- ????; 3- Custom! 😃
As for Dennis, I've not customisedhim before is his face cast as part of the body or seperatly cast then fitted? With my devious diesel (with a face cast as part of the body) I had to cut the face out of the body to fit a grill,
https://www.blueplastictracks.com/showthread.php?tid=871&highlight=Diesel
Good luck with your custom!
