Any chance you would want to do a write-up when you do the long hood side? Complete with pics? I STILL need to figure out why they won't work on my high nose.
Ike the BN Freak: those are the Kato 8000s; unlike some of their engines, the paint comes right off with 91% alcohol from these Katos.
Thanks, Carl. If you get the chance, tell Mike Fifer I stole liberally from his ACTRR when planning my SP&S layout! Cheers...Bob
John Moore: Thank you. Did you get a look at my layout under construction in the North Bank Road thread?
I did and left at least one comment there reference the passenger cars that would take smaller radius and some comments on the area around Marshal on either the 1st or 2nd pages. Lyle is my centerpoint of the new planned layout and the harbor area will be a very loose representation of Astoria.
Finished all I am going to do with the Challenger or in my case 900 as they were called on the SP&S. Relocated airpumps from under bandstand to smokebox front. Relocated class lights and then renumbered as 910. Turned pilot into a solid cast pilot with styrene. Deflector shield on front pilot left on as I have a few pictures with them in place. At some point they were removed. Went with MT 1015 coupler rather than the 1016 called for. Oil bunk is a cast resin bunk and is installed as a friction fit, no glue since screw to removed tender shell is under it and rear water hatch. Left the rest of the tender alone. As said earlier too much cutting and filling to remove side tool boxes, match tender side curvature, and then try to come up with rivet lines. And My only complaint beside wishing their was some more variety in the tender types is the danged huge box that you can fit 4 of these in plus a couple of cabooses.
Thanks for the kind comments. I can finally breathe normal again. With all the parts just a press fit it was hard to handle without something wanting to come detached. Had the bell come off, bracket and all, and didn't noticed it at first so almost lost it. I now have a lot of the parts tacked into place with a little ACC except for where I need to remove something if I need to access to mechanism or tender board.
JOHN MOORE: Yeah, John, but it is, after all, just a box. Oh, you may have thought I was SP&S #750 - I'm bobbymaxwell with a new layout, too. ( I guess we have too many SP&S avatars) My layout's the one against the wall, under construction, with Kato Unitrack draped over it. Regards, Bob
Rivet lines are easy nowadays. Archer Transfers has them in various configurations in several scales, including N here: http://www.archertransfers.com/SurfaceDetailsMain.html C'mon John...complaining about too big a box is like going to a fine restaurant and complaining they gave you too much food! :teeth: Just sayin' Cheerio! Bob Gilmore
In addition to having to cut into that expensive little rascal and remove material from the tender shell then replace, there was also the underframe that also would have to be cut and maybe some interior components that would have to be trimmed. Just too risky an operation to risk a mess up on this expensive little jewel. At some point if replacement parts become available, as in a tender, then I would go back and perform the surgery, maybe. But for now I am satisfied with my results to get the SP&S look and only the strictest purist and rivet counter will even notice the small part of the tender. Also working in N scale I came to the conclusion a long time ago that it is not possible to get every detail in this scale and with that realization I've become a lot happier with being able to get 90% or 95%. As far as those so called fine restaurants I've seen some of their kitchenshboy:. And then there is the medallion of mystery meat, about silver dollar sized, with 1 sprig of overcooked asparagus, a sliver of curly carrot, three peas, all drizzled with some mystery sauce for a total of about $70 per serving that still leaves you hungry and unsure of exactly what you ate since it is named in some language I don't speak and leaves me hungrier than went I went in.:frustrated: As I said earlier with the box I thought they had messed up and sent me the HO version. However being the frugal sort I will probably use all that extra space to store some of my other big locos. Waste not want not.
Well while waiting out what seems to be a chain of never ending storms and rain I occupied myself in some bashing of a few parts left over from other things. Thus the start of the Was Ist Das 5000, the 5000 indicating horse power. Have absolutely no idea what wheel arrangement I'll end up with, or what type of tender, or if the pilot will stay the same. But it is a semi streamlined with Belpaire firebox creation.
Got my first decoder installed in my B&M GP-9 and did the basic programing on it last night. Hope to be running 100% DCC in August.
The cab to my GP15-1 (That got a little messed up...), my F40-Cabbage project, which didn't focus well but it's coming along, and now an old Bachmann caboose that'll emerge a C&O. Figured I shouldn't spend money before I try to make my own.
What timing, I photographed that unit coming through St.Paul, MN this a.m. with the Penn unit (NS 1073) leading a unit oil train. Nice work!
You know, I believe that is absolutely correct! I'm still thinking about it, but I believe you may have created a new 'old' saying. Folks who did that might learn something. Me included.
