Just wanted to show a couple of photos' of my newest addition to my layout. Its a Bachmann Spectrum, HO scale 80 Ton 3 Truck Shay, painted but unlettered (steel cab). i will be adding my own decals and weathering. Here is another pic. i tried to get the inside detail of the cab. The detail in the cab is well done. You can see the open boiler. Lets see your newest or favorite locomotives; diesel, steam or electric.
Greg .. I have one of these Shays too, only mine arrived with the whistle broken off and was found laying in the bottom of the box! Did you have to take yours all apart to paint it? If so, how difficult was it to get all those little parts of the drive back together? You did a real nice job of it!
Hi Ironhorseman, thats the pits when something is broken, luckily mine was packed good, for it was shipped ground, a bomb wouldn't have hurt it Came in a box surrounded by peanuts, which our cats spread out all over the house i ordered the engine prepainted now all i have to do is put my own decals on and weather it. i will still have to take it apart to put a decoder in that should be fun. i'm thinking of using an N scale decoder.
Yeah .. mine was packed pretty well as well. The odd thing is the box was sealed with a clear plastic wrap, and the locomotive was wrapped in a clear plastic wrap too, but the whistle was found outside the wrap, suggesting that it was broken during the initial packing at the factory. I used to repair parking meters for a living. I'm looking forward to the challange of reassembling the Shay after painting.
If those are Bachmann engines, have you tried to run them yet? Does all the valve motion work, or just the drive shafts? Any of it metal? I'm curious, because I have a kit, but your engines are much newer, and I am guessing plastic.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by watash: If those are Bachmann engines, have you tried to run them yet? Does all the valve motion work, or just the drive shafts? Any of it metal? I'm curious, because I have a kit, but your engines are much newer, and I am guessing plastic.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hi Watash, it's the same shay as mine from Bachmann, mine runs like a top notch brass shay, all drive shafts work along with the side piston valve gear. Very quiet, and pulling power is great.
