I have a bunch of N-scale re-runs: Here's a Kato F-7 unit I painted. The grab irons are made from stainless steel tubing. Only recently have manufacturers like Atlas, Life-LIke, and Intermountain offered N-scale C&O decorated locomotives, so I have been slowly painting my own. Here's a heavily modified Life-Like caboose - the Microscale decals are too big so I printed my own. The end ladders and chain are from Micro-trains, while the rest of the end rails were scratch built. I made the ladders touch the roof by carefully holding the tip of a soldering iron close to the curved part, until the ladder softened enough and sagged down to the correct height.
Here's an N-scale Atlas 0-8-0 hauling a Dimi-Trains work train. Here's an N-scale Kato 2-8-2 pulling some IM C&O box cars with Viking roofs.
An N-scale GP-7 with dual headlights and the early paint scheme. Some Atlas GP9s: I painted so many of these that I don't even look at the pre-painted ones that are available now.
N-scale RSD-12s, repainted Atlas/Kato units. Hopefully Atlas will introduce updated mechanisms for these.
N-scale C&O RSD-7s, made from MRC RSD-15 shells on Atlas dash 8 chassis with Atlas C-630 trucks. The pilots and end rails are modified Atlas parts. The drop steps were built from etched venetian blinds and some scrap plastic. I cut off the MRC fuel and air tank sides and epoxied them to the Atlas chassis.
An N-scale C&O RSD-5, with added details. I've got two more of these in the works that I have corrected the exhaust stack and headlights on. Once again, now that I will have three of them, Atlas has announced them in N-scale, even with the same road number 5575.
Oldrk, that's some good stuff! Is the FP7 from Model Power? I picked up an Atlas NE-6 caboose in Clinchfield - I'm going to try to remove the "C.R.R." and the "Radio Equiped" symbol and then put on the C&O decals. Hope it looks OK - I'll post a pic when I'm done.
