I'll kick it off... with some stuff I did LAST weekend, but just now got around to taking pictures of...
First a Spectrum E-33 being converted to something... "newer" I added a chopped-down GE wide cab, and a chunk from an old hustler shell to make it look more than a cab-swap. Still all placed together, so it's a bit rough and crooked... nothing a little more sanding and some MIGHTY PUTTY!!! can't handle...
Showing the original high-nose, the chop-nose, and the wide-cab.:
I also did a tender swap on a Spectrum 4-8-2. The Texas and Gulf Coast was the first RR to use oil as fuel for steamers. The long, empty stretches of central and western Texas led to the use of very large tenders.
I used an old ebay 8 axle tender with some ancient bowser brass trucks. The trucks still need some cleaning and I need to strip, paint and decal the tender, and attatch a pin to couple it to the loco. But the test run was phenominal!
(I've got another steamer in for a tender swap as well, but the whole locomotive is getting rebuilt on that project.)
oh, yes... it's numbered 1522 fer a reason... it WAS gonna become a model of the real Frisco 1522... but I never got around to it and this project was ready to do, so it will be TX&GC 1522 instead....
First a Spectrum E-33 being converted to something... "newer" I added a chopped-down GE wide cab, and a chunk from an old hustler shell to make it look more than a cab-swap. Still all placed together, so it's a bit rough and crooked... nothing a little more sanding and some MIGHTY PUTTY!!! can't handle...
Showing the original high-nose, the chop-nose, and the wide-cab.:
I also did a tender swap on a Spectrum 4-8-2. The Texas and Gulf Coast was the first RR to use oil as fuel for steamers. The long, empty stretches of central and western Texas led to the use of very large tenders.
I used an old ebay 8 axle tender with some ancient bowser brass trucks. The trucks still need some cleaning and I need to strip, paint and decal the tender, and attatch a pin to couple it to the loco. But the test run was phenominal!
(I've got another steamer in for a tender swap as well, but the whole locomotive is getting rebuilt on that project.)
oh, yes... it's numbered 1522 fer a reason... it WAS gonna become a model of the real Frisco 1522... but I never got around to it and this project was ready to do, so it will be TX&GC 1522 instead....