Meet "Frank". (Contains Actual Model Railroad Content!!)
Twibil
Found an unused Balboa S.P. MK-5 chassis on eBay and bid low figuring
to use it for parts if/when mine broke down. Got it, and it sat
untouched in a box for two years.
Then about six months ago I found an old Westside S.P. Whaleback
tender at a swap meet; exactly the sort that frequently showed up
behind MK-5 Mikados. Bought it thinking I could letter it for the Sud
Pacifico de Mexico and swap railroads with my MK-5 by simply swapping
tenders.
And then just a few weeks ago a virgin (unpainted) Balboa S.P. MK-5
boiler shell showed up on eBay and I got to thinking "Ya know, you
already *have* 2/3 of another locomotive just sitting around..." so I
went ahead and bid.
Had to cast my own lead boiler weight, but I had the original one to
copy so that didn't prove too difficult (the burns have healed
nicely), and after a week or two of fitting the boiler shell to the
chassis (You thought they were mass-produced, and that parts would
automatically interchange? HO-HO! It turns out that "Hand-built" means
they were all slightly different!)
Anyway, herewith the results: Sud Pacifico de Mexico Mikado # 853. The
heaviest class of steam engine that ever ran on the S.P.de M. And
notorious for bending the then 60-pound rail into interesting new
shapes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/3645193774/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/3645189518/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/3644377671/sizes/o/
She still needs a little weathering on the boiler, but she runs just
fine, and fits onto my 90' turntable with just a scale foot to spare
at both ends.
A serendipitous locomotive.
~Pete
Wolf K
> Short for "Frank N. Steam".
> A serendipitous locomotive.
>
> ~Pete
And good looking, too!
;-)
wolf k.
Larry Blanchard
> Anyway, herewith the results: Sud Pacifico de Mexico Mikado # 853. The
> heaviest class of steam engine that ever ran on the S.P.de M. And
> notorious for bending the then 60-pound rail into interesting new
> shapes.
Very nice indeed. Are you planning on modeling the "interesting shapes"
as well?
--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
Twibil
>
> > Short for "Frank N. Steam".
> [...]
> > A serendipitous locomotive.
>
Thenk yew, Wolf! I'm partial to medium-sized steam locomotives with
short, fat boilers.
In fact, this is sort of my ideal...
http://www.gdlines.com/GD_Galleries/locomotives/slides/34alone.html
~Pete
Twibil
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:13:38 -0700, Twibil wrote:
> > Anyway, herewith the results: Sud Pacifico de Mexico Mikado # 853. The
> > heaviest class of steam engine that ever ran on the S.P.de M. And
> > notorious for bending the then 60-pound rail into interesting new
> > shapes.
>
> Very nice indeed. Are you planning on modeling the "interesting shapes"
> as well?
Heh. My trackwork has *always* featured "interesting shapes", and when
I was primarily modeling logging railroads I told myself that it was
prototypical.
Now I just hope everything stays on the rails.
~Pete
PV
>Anyway, herewith the results: Sud Pacifico de Mexico Mikado # 853. The
>heaviest class of steam engine that ever ran on the S.P.de M. And
>notorious for bending the then 60-pound rail into interesting new
>shapes.
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/3645193774/sizes/o/
That's pretty damn gorgeous, especially for a kitbash. *
--
* PV something like badgers--something like lizards--and something
like corkscrews.
Twibil
>
> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/3645193774/sizes/o/
>
> That's pretty damn gorgeous, especially for a kitbash.
Thank you, PV. Scratching and kitbashing structures for the layout is
one of my more favorite things to do, but I lack both the tools and
the skill to scratchbuild a brass locomotive.
However, right now I'm in the middle of building a line-side propane
business yclept "Strickland Propane", and printing out the decals for
same.*
*There's a joke in there somewhere, but if you've never watched "King
Of The Hill" it's probably a "whoosh".
Sorry.
~Pete
LD
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> She still needs a little weathering on the boiler, but she runs just
> fine, and fits onto my 90' turntable with just a scale foot to spare
> at both ends.
>
> A serendipitous locomotive.
>
> ~Pete
As usual, Very Nice work!
I'm particularly impressed at how well your work stands up to hi-res digital
scrutiny. With or without weathering ...
Twibil
Thank you. I appreciate it.
> I'm particularly impressed at how well your work stands up to hi-res digital
> scrutiny. With or without weathering ...
Well, most of that is Balboa's work and not mine.
~Pete
Steve Caple
> However, right now I'm in the middle of building a line-side propane
> business yclept "Strickland Propane", and printing out the decals for
> same.*
>
> *There's a joke in there somewhere, but if you've never watched "King
> Of The Hill" it's probably a "whoosh".
Hmmm - sort of like Furzenloser Fuels - "Around here, if you smell gas,
it's Furzenloser!"
--
Steve