Nice, where'd you get the number boards? I started work on a Spectrum 2-8-0 and decided to make my own from styrene. Unfortunately, I screwed up and made them too large. However, styrene's cheap, they aren't that hard to make and they've only been dry mounted. Easy to correct. I made the mistake of taking this pic against a white background. I had lost the whistle and had to make one out of styrene rod. You can't see it in the pic, unfortunately. Things done to the loco so far: Remove the cinder deflector and the two outside roof hatches on the cab. Cut down auxiliary dome to be closer to SP prototype. Removed window sashes as SP did not use 4 pane side windows. Removed whistle from back of steam dome (belongs on auxiliary dome) and made new one from styrene rod when Bachmann whistle flew off into neverland. Relocated generator to just ahead of cab on boiler center line (forgot to dry mount for this picture, unfortunately). Replaced Bachmann headlight with Detail Associates Pyle with visor (doesn't show well in picture due to color of metal part was cast in). Number boards and blowdown spreader (underneath cab) were made with styrene strip and the piping is brass wire. The Bachmann 2-8-0 is closest to SP engines of class C-26/27/28/29. These were ex-EP&SW engines. Some of the EP&SW tenders were very close to the USRA medium as used on the Spectrum. There's a pic of C-28 #3463 on page 202 of Dunscomb's "A Century Of Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives" that's almost a dead ringer for the Bachmann. Had a large sand dome, too, just farther forward. I gotta get back on this project. Andre
If you ship it back to Bachmann and its sorta all in one piece they will fix it for about 25 dollars, a little more if they install a decoder or replace it with a new one if it cant be fixed~AlanC
This is not difficult on the B-mann USRA Standard. If you remove the rear coalboard, it exposes a slot in the back of the coal load. You can stick a jeweller's screwdriver into it and work out the load/tender deck. You then saw off the coal load, horizontally, that is. As someone has already pointed out, Ultimate N Scale sells an ATSF oil bunker. While the UNS oil bunker fits the Kato tender, it will be necessary to sand the sides of the UNS oil bunker to get it to fit the Bachpersonn USRA Standard. I speak from experience, as I have done more than one of these. Anyhow, nice work.
Oil Tender. Still debating how to do it. The oil bunker will be the easy part....the trucks is another issue. In tests it seems 2 3 axle trucks are two big. Would be nice to find a brass junker with a tender and get it for that part.
Nice work Jerry! Now I want to bash mine. Then I got it out of the box and remembered how small it is... Nice work Jerry!
Here's a good look at the locomotive on the layout showing how well the marker lights turned out. Almost look like they are on.
Yes, a 4-8-2 will look much smaller than a 4-8-4, as will........... a 4-6-2 against a 4-6-4 a 2-8-2 against a 2-8-4 a 2-10-2 against a 2-10-4 In each case, the first wheel arrangement is a First World War era wheel arrangement (or before; the first pacific appeared in 1903). The second wheel arrangement is a superpower.
Bad lighting, but heres the front with numbers under the headlight, and new airhoses. Coupler was shortened and painted rust.
Numbers on sand dome and number board. Number board was one by one. Sand dome was 37 and 13 together.....and that ALWAYS helps!
Jerry, that Mountain came out very nice! It gives me the idea of doing a small loco for my layout. Of course, the WP had Mountains...hhmmm...
