Dirtbag Articulated
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bob turner
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Re: Dirtbag Articulated
Well, bump!
This thing has been running around my test loop for a half year. It is ugly, dirtbag, not detailed, and without prototype, and yet there is something about it that pleases me.
SW just sent me a book with a serious bunch of photos of the SP MM-3 - ex Verde Tunnel & Smelter 2-6-6-2 Mallets. There were only two of them, and they wound up in LA, with much better looking tenders.They had 57" drivers, which means they were relatively small locomotives - maybe not much bigger than a logging locomotive. SW's book has drawings, so I am not just working from photos.
But in 17/64 scale, I could use Lobaugh Berkshire drivers, and maybe even get away with a boiler of similar proportions. So now I am thinking about it. I have a spare Berk frame, but looking at it says that it will not make a very good six-coupled frame, so the first step is the frames. Then it is a search for drivers so as not to impact future plans for Mikados and Consolidations.
I note that I am in the middle of a QJ 2-10-2, but that is stalled while I figure out how to emboss ridges on the elephant ears. I am considering a male/female die set for two ridges, but so far I have not even purchased the necessary steel blocks.
Once I get moving on an MM-3, I will update this thread.
This thing has been running around my test loop for a half year. It is ugly, dirtbag, not detailed, and without prototype, and yet there is something about it that pleases me.
SW just sent me a book with a serious bunch of photos of the SP MM-3 - ex Verde Tunnel & Smelter 2-6-6-2 Mallets. There were only two of them, and they wound up in LA, with much better looking tenders.They had 57" drivers, which means they were relatively small locomotives - maybe not much bigger than a logging locomotive. SW's book has drawings, so I am not just working from photos.
But in 17/64 scale, I could use Lobaugh Berkshire drivers, and maybe even get away with a boiler of similar proportions. So now I am thinking about it. I have a spare Berk frame, but looking at it says that it will not make a very good six-coupled frame, so the first step is the frames. Then it is a search for drivers so as not to impact future plans for Mikados and Consolidations.
I note that I am in the middle of a QJ 2-10-2, but that is stalled while I figure out how to emboss ridges on the elephant ears. I am considering a male/female die set for two ridges, but so far I have not even purchased the necessary steel blocks.
Once I get moving on an MM-3, I will update this thread.
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