Thanks for the suggestion Russ. Found this in my collection of cars waiting for work and thought why not. Only have about an hour and a half in it. It fits into nothing I run and is probably a survivor from a few I had in the early years. If I still had the coach I would have probably grafted a side from the coach on it instead of moving some windows and seeing what could be done. And just as a comparison it is about a scale foot narrower than an Atlas coach I have on the bench beside it. A regular dome car is on my shopping list along with a diner. The dome with some silver decal strips applied on the window framing would probably be close. I have a diner, dome, and baggage on my shopping list. Just may have to add a coach.
THose can actually run quite well with a can motor and plenty of break-in! Better than even recent Bachmann non-spectrum stuff. I'd n=love to see your flange cutdown method! I just posted a thread on a quickie NP Mikado in the N forum- it'll have that GHQ kit soon! I am looking forward to your pics & progress....
Custom detailed CEFX SD40M-2. It needs a few more little details and some weathering before she can be called done.
just can't let things be 'good enough'....gonna go all the way with this one....(of course, as soon as I'm done someone will produce a brass car side...!)
I almost finished these two this weekend, but not quite there yet. Two things I still need to do are add the hydraulic lifts to the truck and paint the auto ramp (although it looks good in it's naked brass colors...). Brian
Nice work on that auto ramp and car hauler! Work continues on my AS-616. I now am one stage away from reducing the main shell from HO to N scale using Naphtha / RTV. I am attempting to shrink the cab and walkways with Hydroshrink, which should only take two stages instead of four. Also, a few more vehicles shrunk down - a 1946 Lincoln, a 1949 Ford 4-door, and a 1946 Pontiac.
For the AS-616 I plan on using an Atlas GP-35 chassis with RSD-5 trucks. I haven't thought much about making a kit - we'll have to see how this turns out first.
Continue to work on the Burlington business train with a mixture of cars, Kato, Concor, Atlas, and Rivarrossi. Currently two 10-6 sleepers in smoothside and one in corrigated. The core kit which has the brass sides for a bag/dorm which are currently baking, and the Kato business car. Car in the left rear is an old Atlas combine which has had the windows of the coach area plated over. Former coach area will contain the generator for power and the baggage section will be the steam generator. Exhaust fan for the generator and a cooling fan on the roof as well as on one side where a window used to be. Steam generator details on the other end of the roof. Meanwhile the old Trix dome car sits while I decide whether to attempt to graft it onto a corrigated coach or junk it in favor of a Budd dome. Also debating whether to build a diner from the remaining core kit I have or just buy a corrigated car and whether to add a Concor baggage to the consist or again buy a corrigated baggage.
Liked the way the Atlas ran, but it was sooo fast! And not too good at slow speeds. Am working on one chassis with all wheel pickup in the tender, which I hope will help the slow speed issue. As far as the speed, well the 1016 Faulhaber with 4:1 gear shld bring me down to a smooth, quiet running scale mover. It's going to take a bit more chassis mod's to get it to fit, as can be seen in the pic. As for turning down the flanges, I think that will be done before the motor mod. Using the old motor and running it upside down in a cradle, use a GOOD fine file and reshape the flange. Use a NMRA guage and take it slow in small bits. A vacuum with a small hose by the drivers to collect the filings followed by a very thorough disassembly and cleaning, is the easiest method. A GOOD, fine sharpening stone for knives would also work in lieu of a file. I'll post pics when I have my work area set up again, and get into this.:tb-rolleyes:
These are no longer on my work bench. Does that still count? I wrote up a little bit about the model here: http://www.mugii.com/Models/Entries/2012/1/29_N-scale_LMX_B39-8E.html
Lookin' good! Using a Spectrum tender, I achieved pretty satisfying results with one of these (it had the late can motor). The decoder I installed was skippy as all hell, and the can motor had NO torque. Two things easily handled! Do you think using an earth magnet behind/next to the file is a good idea? That's how I last did it, with ferrous wheels on the loco (magnetically attracted filings) and masking tape everywhere. Still, I like your method on locos that are easily disassembled!
As usual when I take on a project one thing leads to another. In this case the CB&Q passenger cars. Digging around for info I came upon the Havelock baggage cars. Concor's baggage is relatively close except for the doors. So I've set out to do at least one while paint dries on the others. Cut out the large door and I am fabricating a set of double doors to replace it. Also enlarged the window in the small door. And yes I know there is a kit out for this car, and somebody else has acrylic sides for it in N to use with the American Limited Core Kit. However the car has been around along with a few others since they sold for about $9, the styrene is out of the scrapbox, and the price of enjoyment of doing my own makes this car a freebie.
And a comparision of the before and after. Will still need steps below baggage doors. And now time for the senior citizen afternoon nap.
This has been on my bench for a few weeks but finally finished converting into the ACTRR. Thanks , Mike
There was not much to it as they were NYC and same paint seen. I just removed the NYC printing and replaced woth mine then sprayed with Floquil dull coat and re-assembled. Thanks , Mike
