Hey everyone. My TTn3 adventures continue with my newest creation: a Ford Model T in 1:120 scale! Started with a for Model A pickup and scratchbuilt parts from there, including old-style headlamps, a larger cabin, sloped back, and even a steering wheel. Take a look! BTW I know those lights and wheel rims are unsightly, to say the least. I'll add lenses and touch up paint to fix those later. Remember, THESE ARE TINY and will never be seen from 2 inches away on a layout. (I FIXED THE UGLY HEADLIGHTS, BTW. A PICTURE IS HERE & BELOW. LOOK TWO POSTS DOWN) Here it is next to my work-in-progress TTn3 Pacific Coast Railway #106. Note the old fat circles I called lights. They have been henceforth replaced. (The real #106 for reference) TTn3: 3-Foot Narrow Gauge. N Scale Track. Try It.
those fat cirles called headlights... Here's what I attempted to make for headlights. Came out far less than decent, I suppose...I'll have to fix them later...
Fixed those fat circles-light things Here's what the Model T looks like now, after a desperately needed light and rim fix. Can anyone post pictures of real model T's so I have an Idea of what the many different variations of the Model T look like? This was a really simple bash of an n scale GHQ model A kit, so If I model the 1920's, I can just make all sorts of different Model T's with slopebacks, flatbeds, 2 rows of seats, one row of seats, trucks with tanks, mail trucks, open top, closed top, canvas top, shrimp stew, barbecue shrimp, coconut shrimp, shrimp gumbo--that's about it.
AH HA! I love it. Even looks like the vertical lines one sees in older headlight lenses. Friend of mine has a Model T, I'll see if he's got pitures handy.
Thanks! BTW those lines are purely accidental. Just scratch marks in the paint from when I applied the silver to the lenses. If I've learned anything from this, it's this: 1) Never be afraid to correct mistakes. 2) TTn3 is absolutely crazy.
May you never again question the choices of some to go into Honorably Oversized. Coruse, I'd be making the same mistakes, except they'd actually be seeable without a microscope.
Nice! That's why a rebuild of an N scale Model A works for a Model T in TT. They're a bit narrower and can be built taller to fit in 1:120 scale. I'm still questioning myself of my future in model railroading: do I faithfully model the SD&AE in n scale? Or do I throw it all on the line and dive into crazy Scratchbuilder's Zone: Pacific Coast railway TTn3? Or can I combine the best of both somehow? Nahhh... Wait...one sentence in a book I read may change everything...
If not combined to a single layout, I definitely recommend SAVING everything from one scale or the other. You're N scale layout is only 2x4 right? That should easily fit into storage should you chose to focus on TTn3, yet remain easily accessible for those days you want to run your awesome N scale Kitbashes!
You can do both! Join with so many of us who have trains in multiple scales- We are also known as rubber gaugers.... If you do dive into TTn3, I'd hold onto that N for a while. Don't sell it immediately. So many people I have known, part with it all, then wish to have held onto things. Boxcab E50
One sentence changes everything... According to the pacific coast railway book, after the PC was abandoned in 1942, many of the structures including the wharf, roundhouse, depot, warehouses etc. were still standing and the Port San Luis Transportation Company--which still operated the machine shop & warehouse in San Luis Obispo--proposed rebuilding the line as a standard gauge railroad, though said line was never built. :tb-biggrin::tb-biggrin::tb-biggrin::tb-biggrin:I think I found a way to kill 2 birds with one stone: I can model the proposed rebuilt Pacific Coast Railway in 1944, modeling my favorite parts of the PC line--Harford wharf, SLO yard, Sisquoc & Palmer branches, & Los Olivos--after the original narrow gauge, but in N scale with my SP connies and tenwheelers! Here's what I can make as far as an engine roster that parallels the PC roster. Two of the engines (the C-8 and T-31) I already have and just have to reletter for the Pacific Coast Railway. That would save me lots of money!! 2-8-0 #105-SP C-8 2-8-0 #106-SP C-9, both used for mainline freights and passenger trains. 4-6-0 #110-SP T-31 4-6-0 #111-SP T-31, both assigned to gravel trains out of Sisquoc. GE 70 Tonner #120-one of bachmann's upcoming N scale models, used as a yard switcher and occasional use on the wharf or with short passenger trains when 105 and 106 are busy (which they will be). It may be a long time before I have a layout of this size, but It'll be much easier and satisfy both of my interests: Pacific Coast rails and SP steam! For now, I can start building engines, structures, and more until the space for a layout opens up.
