No, sketches are vague. No prototype info. A google search indicated the YOHNP kit was supposed to be based on a Southern Pacific prototype, but had steel bays and a flat roof. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
HHMMM. A mystery of sorts. A very interesting looking cab. Looks to fit right into a mid 70's MW grey motif huh?
I haven't decided what direction I'm going to go with that yet. I'd like to actually use it, so it may get caboose red and used as a shuttle or restricted pool caboose. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
A while ago, I built the same kit. I got it used from a donation to my club. It was missing some parts, but it was free, so it wasn't a big deal. I couldn't really figure out how to get the steps and end sill on right, so my couplers are WAY too high. It has since been scrapped to repair some other wood kits. Your kit looks much better, but it is slightly different than what mine was. Mine had some slightly different parts, mainly on the roof and doors.
Some very neat projects lately. Both the slug and the caboose. Thanks to you both for showing progress!
These two items just left the workbench. Engine facility I had been reluctantly working on for 2 weeks and the oil loading platform kit which I received, assembled, and painted on Saturday. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Just built that same Pike Stuff 2 stall engine house myself last year. Most paint the roof white. Mine is still stock blue but I think I'll go with white too.
My roof was stock blue also but a few hours before I snapped that photo I decided to get crazy with the frog tape and gray primer. Can you show yours with the white roof? I'd love to see it. I still need to make a foundation for mine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I wanted to change out the crew in my Bachmann K4. I didn't take any "before" pictures, but the crew in the B-Mann Consol is the same: ...and "After" I used some old AHM figures; have always thought they were pretty good quality...the Consol itself will be next! Mark in Oregon
If this plan doesn't fall through, this will be the hardest model I have ever built. This will also be my first styrene scratch build. (I have scratch built some large non operating cardstock models before) I won't be starting off easy, I found a pretty crazy prototype to build. A while back I saw a picture of a Santa Fe Mallet. This was no ordinary articulated locomotive, this was the infamous 3300 class. Built in 1911, they were a semi-production run of the 1158 class. They had a front set of drivers that was articulated to the rear, but instead of moving under the boiler, the boiler was also articulated with an accordion style joint and moved with the drivers underneath. This didn't go too well, because the bellows filled with cinders, so it couldn't compress going into curves, which resulted in it popping open on the outside of curves. Earlier 1159 had a ball joint to fix that problem. They were all scrapped, or had the front articulated half removed to make a 2-6-2 locomotive. I have been doing CAD drawings, since I cannot find real blueprints. I have found some engineer sketches with some basic dimensions and a few photos to get the piping somewhat accurate. I printed out my left and right elevations to hand draw color coded piping diagrams. I will go print out another set after I dimension everything. I am looking for some locomotives to scrap for this project, as well as a good was to make the articulated boiler. 3/4" PVC pipe is almost exact for the boiler, so I will proably just use that.
I think the late Bill Schopp, the old time master cross-kitter (the term used back then) who was well known for tearing into expensive brass engines and building different ones out of the parts, once did this engine for his column in RMC. I seem to recall him using a piece of threaded brass tubing for the bellows. It looked somewhat coarse but If you have a lathe (or know someone who does) this part could be either threaded or form turned (better) from either brass or perhaps nylon or for a more realistic action it could be 3D printed from elasto-plastic by Shapeways.
You may have just saved the day. I was thinking about doing a rigid piece that floats in between the two, but your Shapeways advice is a big problem solver. I didn't even know they printed in a material like that. Would you happen to know what issue that was in, or where I could find that article?
I don't remember offhand. Pretty sure it was in the mid-late 60's. As far as the elasto-plastic, I have never used it but was considering using it to print some diaphragms a while ago. Looks worth a try.
I just went through the RMC archives on Trains and found it in the September 1968 issue. Do you remember if there are any plans, diagrams, or pictures in it?
Not as I recall, but it was a long time ago and as I recall, Schopp didn't include many drawings in his articles. I thought it was cool but way beyond my budget back then and not in my scheme of things , so I didn't take a really active interest in the article.
My eBay shipment came in today, so I took it apart to start my 3300. I unscrewed everything, so now it is just parts. I kept the gear train and frame together.
Finally applying lettering to several locomotives and rolling stock. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk