KriegslokBR52
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They have me beat by 10:1It's amazing to think 1:1 only took 6 to 8 weeks to build in their heyday.
They have me beat by 10:1It's amazing to think 1:1 only took 6 to 8 weeks to build in their heyday.
To be fair, they also had a lot of helping hands.They have me beat by 10:1
And sheer power of will. Here's a WWII locomotive building film. No need to explain what "side" it was, as that will very quickly be obvious But i like to watch those for pure historical and inspirational value:To be fair, they also had a lot of helping hands.
Nice video.And sheer power of will. Here's a WWII locomotive building film. No need to explain what "side" it was, as that will very quickly be obvious But i like to watch those for pure historical and inspirational value:
That looks pretty amazing.Continuing with the valve gear through mid december:View attachment 160105View attachment 160106View attachment 160107View attachment 160108View attachment 160109
Short film shows the proper valve guides. Had to do them twice because first ones were not providing enough support. Through out the rest of december on weekends i've basically had to fine tune everything, little soldering, little shaving of metal and out came pretty well working mechanism:I'm building pretty humble layout just to be able to play around and run some equipment, so to ease off a little work is progressing on kitbashing that Penn Line decapod into L1 mikado. Few days ago finally got the front air reservior with deck on top soldered:View attachment 160116View attachment 160113View attachment 160115
At the same time i replaced that pizza cutter rear trailing wheel with nice flanged dark metal one:View attachment 160114
That's really coming along, looks great.I was at the train show in Timmonium last weekend and must say, really great show. A man was there from New York with a lot of detail parts; steam, diesel and electric. I was able to find just about all details for the decapod, including a pretty rare water pump casting for engineer side under cab placement. The only parts i'm missing for detailing are castings of mechanical lubricators which go under the walkways just after cylinder blocks. Picks from last night after some more soldering and with chimney and some boiler straps done:View attachment 161662View attachment 161663View attachment 161664
I was still fighting stubborn metal on the firebox to get it in shape and to fill up the holes. Have to get this done before i start putting on the walkways. After the walkways i'll be able to start fitting in the accesories.
Amazingly in the area where i live (Pennsylvania), it's fairly easy to find narrow gauge western stuff on train shows, even K series mikados which need a little work. Probably because modeling goes with territory and most modelers here model what they see. The brass builders most likely stamp the larger pieces because if photo etched, would be too flimsy. One of my challenges is exactly what thickness brass to use. I like the rivet detail, but need strength.A difficult thing to make the brass upper works. The Japanese Brass producers undoubtedly use photo etch components to a great deal, that and lost wax castings. I would like to make a narrow gauge loco but the running gear quite beyond my current capabilities, though 3 D printing could do a good job on the upper works. I had an old roundhouse 2-8-0 outside frame for which I added a lot of printed detail parts and a new tender for DCC but somehow I screwed up the running gear which now binds. As I have 3 K27 Mudhens which do work, so a back burner roundtuit project.
Yours is an ambitious project and one I am sure will be always satisfying for the challenges overcome!
Oh snap!Living in interior Alaska the nearest Hobby Shop is 400 miles away so no train shows.
Cheers: Tom
Yes they are. Here is one oldie with a little odd proportions:Great examples of the Iron Analogue Industrial era!
Cheers: Tom
For the 2-8-0 tender I made, copied one of the D&RGW K-27 tenders including the very copious rivet work. 3D is good for rivets, but they cause the computer to slow to a crawl worthy of 1990. Good photos of the 4-6-0, has the proportions of an early engine, maybe as things transitioned from wood to coal.Yes they are. Here is one oldie with a little odd proportions:View attachment 161676View attachment 161677View attachment 161678View attachment 161679
Love that rivet work on the tender. This was in Antonito, CO. last August.
Definitely got your work cut out on the loco, but even so, got yourself a really nice looking loco.While collecting the rest of details for L&NE decapod i also got the plans for booster eguipped tender printed to proper scale. This past weekend there was a huge train show in Allentown, PA so i went. Scored this old Penn Line I1 decapod which is a little beat up, but has the superdetail kit installed and those kits are hard to find.
Who ever had it last did not know what he was doing, as even the side rods are installed upside down. I was able to ask lower price without the tender. After some fiddling with it hooked up a temporary tender which was generally found on K4 passenger locomotives and L1 mikados. Runs pretty good.View attachment 163152View attachment 163153
What i like is the long distance tender which was attached to road engines. Unfortunatelly Penn Line and eventually Bowser only supplied tenders with three axle trucks like those for passenger equipped M1. One stand had the eight axle tender, but i didn't make it before show closed. So on sunday drove there again to pick up the tender. Besides horrendous paint job and Baltimore and Ohio decals the tender is allright. This is after stripping the paint:View attachment 163158View attachment 163159View attachment 163160
And it pulls like a beast, cast metal.Definitely got your work cut out on the loco, but even so, got yourself a really nice looking loco.
Wonder how many cars you'll end up pulling with it ?And it pulls like a beast, cast metal.
Not sure, but the BLI one supposedly is capable of almost 70 free rolling cars, and this one is heavier. Probably not enough layoutWonder how many cars you'll end up pulling with it ?