Got this from a small Japanese manufacturer named Cosmic. It’s an etched brass model of a tiny AEG switcher operating in Japan, but the appearance is just generic enough that I think it could fit in with most regions! It’s a nice quality kit too, and easy to build.
Another great Darth Santa Fe video! What a cool little industrial switcher. I could see that basic engineering style employed in a great number of locomotives ranging from small critters up to some big chunky locomotives. The precision of the folding and angles is very impressive.
There’s room for a flywheel in there, as well as some added lead for weight.
I like how you add little inserted bits of info too into the video. Thanks for sharing! Dan
Another nice job, Darth. I haven’t had time to watch all the way through. But, did go searching for a source. Where did you get yours?
Thanks! I ordered mine from here: 1/80(HO) DEKI 3 (with Motor) (Unassembled Kit) (Model Train) - HobbySearch Model Train HO/Z Store (1999.co.jp)
I think they’re made to order since the website usually shows them as out of stock, so you just have to wait a few weeks after placing a backorder.
Hi Darth,
Excellent video! Neat critter! Of course I had to order one.
It looks like there might be enough room for a decoder and maybe even a speaker.
Cheers!!
Dave
Honorable Bonsai locomotive-san! It resembles the “Joe Cushing” of 1893 (i suppose there’s only so many ways a two axle steeple cab can look…)
“B uilt by GE in 1893 as 650 volt DC only; Built for Columbian Exposition then sold to Manufacturers RR 12/1896; in 1901 rebuilt by GE c/n 1607; Once fell through open draw into the Quinnipiac River when Tomlinson bridge opened unexpectedly; Sold to Joe Cushing RR as #1 in 1905” and "1 was built by General Electric in 1893, #1437, for General Electric for the Columbian Exposition. It was sold as Manufacturer RR 1 in 1893 and became New York New Haven & Hartford RR 1. It was rebuilt by GE in 1901, #1607, and sold as JCRR 1 in 1905. It was purchased by GE for preservation in 1948 and given to National Mus
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Superb engineering indeed!
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The “complex pantogragh” is called a bow. The simple one is a a trolley pole and would either have a wheel or sliding contact shoe
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If you assign the loco to switching your carfloats, it may need a reacher car to keep to locos weight off the floatbridges. There’s your excuse for additional pick up wheels.
Nice kit. How was shipping from that site? They have a lot of interesting stuff, such as tenshodo power trucks that are a quarter of the price of a stanton drive… I plan on building a self propelled crane
There’s much more to the ‘modelability’ of Joe Cushing’s railroad in Fitchburg. One of the other locomotives might be a kitbashing ‘possibility’ too…
Site says hot linking not allowed
Strange – I bent over backward to post only the URL to the .jpg file, without using the ‘image’ tool.
I edited the link in the post to the whole page, not just the image: see if that works any better.
Hi Overmod,
The link works now.
Dave