Does any Manufacturer produce a Southern Pacific "4-8-0"

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Does any Manufacturer produce a
HO Southern Pacific 4-8-0" (1920 - 1940 time frame)
preferably in plastic?

Do I need to kit ba***his ( haven’t do this before)?
What model should I use( Bachmann 2-8-0) ?

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I think that TYCO had a Model of a 4-8-0 in the Late '70’s.While it’s not exactly what you may be looking for,it might be of some help to you.

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John,

Unless you are talking brass no one has an accurate model out there. I have been using Bachmann 2-8-0’s with the short vandy tenders for reasonable looking stand ins…This would be a reasonable starting point for a kit bash. You could haunt Ebay for an older brass model that could be superdetailed as well.

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Trainnut1250/AztecEagle,

Thanks for the info.

I’ll probly use the bachmann in the mean time until i’m able to get my skills up to kit bash one.

John

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You might try mating an MDC Harriman 4-6-0/2-8-0 boiler and cylinders to a Mantua 4-8-0 chassis to make a TW-8. That should get you pretty close and the MDC 7,000 gal tender is one of the ones used by the TW-8’s.

Let me know how it turns out. I’ve been thinking about doing one of those for years but haven’t yet managed to get one of those fabuluous round TUIT’s.

Andre