besides the kadee and new wheels
what kind of addons have you added
I added a few parts to my aem-7 like a power routing cable made of brass
its kind of hard to find that part and the spot that it looks great on…
Ken
puttin the biggest athern engine in an athern sw7 for puttin contests
why not use
Detail Associates HO MU Air Hoses
K
my lay out is to small
Working Strobe Lights on my HO CNW power
is it just a bulb
or did you need to wire a circut board ??/
thats something I have yet to add
bet that makes a statement
K
One of my favourite parts of the hobby.
Wayne
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One of my favourite parts of the hobby.
Bachmann Santa Fe Northern: new front end, scratchbuilt all-weather cab, kitbashed centipede tender.
Proto2000 USRA 0-8-0: completely re-piped, front frame extended to accomodate CN-style front end, modified rear frame, running boards lowered, modified cab roof and tender, extra weight added to double pulling power.
Athearn USRA 2-8-2: minor cosmetic changes, including lights, numberboards, stack, air tanks, and cab roof wind deflector, along with modifications to the tender, as seen, and the addition of electrical pick-up. Also modified to increase pulling power: a pair of these locos will pull a 100 oz. train up a curving 2.5% grade. I’ve done four of these.
Model Power E9A: only a few cosmetic changes here: new numberboards, handrails, and air intake grilles. The icicle breakers on the roof are scratchbuilt, using .010"x.030" brass bar.
Model Power E7B: built from two A-units. Most of the body panels have been replaced with .010" styrene, to allow for a thin visible edge around the numerous air intakes. Detail Associates brass “chicken wire” in all of the openings, which are see-through.
CNR 2-8-2 (brass) complete Elesco fwh system added. Done for a friend.
CNR 2-8-2 (Athearn) Conversion to match a CNR prototype. Also done for a friend.
Bachmann USRA 4-8-2: modified to a free-lance Mohawk, using a photo of a NYC Hudson as inspiration. Lengthened front frame, to accomodate an all-new front end, a complete Worthington fwh system, and a new trailing truck. The running boards were raised, and new piping and air tanks added. The turret shroud is .010" styrene, as is the cab-roof wind deflector, and the tender has been modified, including an open coal bunker, as on all of my steam locos, to allow for a loose load. Extra weight added to increase pulling power.
now thats what I was talking abought
K
Alan (and Ken), thanks for the kind words. As far as modified locos go, that’s about all of which I have photos. I do have seven locos lined up for some work though, including a brass USRA 2-10-2 to be converted to a CNR T-3-a, and a brass CNR T-2-a, which needs a few added details (for the same friend). Also, a pair of Bachmann Consolidations, one of which will be made into a CNR N-2-b, and the other to a Grand Valley loco, although hopefully with an exposed Coffin fwh and a slightly different arrangement of appliances. I also have two Bachmann 4-6-0s, which were going to become NYC F-12s, although I’ve already change one to piston valves, so they’ll probably become Grand Valley engines. The last loco is a fifty-year-old John English Pacific, one of my first steamers. She was modified with a Kemtron all-weather cab many years ago, and lettered for CPR. Later, I re-detailed it, and added a scratchbuilt tender, lettering it for my own EG&E. The latest plan calls for removal of the Elesco fwh, and replacement of the all-weather cab with something that matches the appearance of the Bachmann Consolidation’s cab. I have a spare Bachmann tender to replace the present one, then the back-dated loco will be painted in the Grand Valley paint scheme. She still has her original open-frame motor, and is a smooth runner. I added pick-up shoes to the loco last year, as the driver tires are brass.
Wayne
Wayne, you do some nice stuff. I really like the TH&B loco’s.
For us mere mortals -
I’ve added some engineers and firemen. I got a package of 8 of them, Broadway Limited, for about 6 bucks. Just normal looking guys, racially diverse, wearing clothes that wouldn’t cause a fuss in a roundhouse or at Wal-Mart. They were nice and thin, though, so they fit easily in the cabs.
P2K Proto 2000,sw-1200, added flexicoil trucks,Hancock air horns, airhoses,painted and weathered for NH.
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.P2K GP-9, with added water tanks and Hancock air horns, plus weathering
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Wayne, not only nice locos, but great layout shots, I like your buildings too.
Thanks, Dave, and thank you too, Mike. Nice work on your New Haven locos: the weathering really brings out the finer detail of the Proto2000 body shells, too. MisterBeasley, are the figures you refer to suitable for use as-is with steam locos, or are they more modern in dress? Except for the NW2, my locos are run by phantoms. [:D] Six bucks sounds like Broadway stuff that I can afford.[tup]
Wayne
They are dressed in ordinary shirts and pants, not bib overalls. A few have caps, but not anything that marks them as train people. I found this package at my LHS. I’ve found a number of “old stock” gems that have been on the shelves with their original price tags for years. BLI is still listing them, for $8. I may have been wrong about the price I paid, but it’s not a big deal anyway. Here’s a shot from the BLI page. I found that the Caucasian figures had Zombie-like pale complexions.
Thanks for the info, MisterBeasley, I’ll have to check at the LHS.
Wayne
http://www.the-gauge.com/gallery/files/3/5/9/9/100_5553.jpg
I’d like to have some three unit orphans
nice…
Ken
Thanks Ken. When I decided to backdate my modelling era, I sold quite a few '60s and '70s era freight cars at the LHS. Many were custom painted and lettered, with added details like metal grabs and steps, and sold quickly for good prices. Even cars that I lettered for my own free-lance Elora Gorge & Eastern sold rapidly and at premium prices. I was surprised that these three seemed to generate little interest, although it would be difficult to put decoders in them, unless some of the lead weight was removed. I think that that, plus the free-lanced roadname, tended to scare off potential buyers. The other items that didn’t sell were the two E-units shown earlier, along with a matching 11 car train. The cars were, for the most part, Rivarossi smooth-sided “1930s” cars, with Kadee wheels and couplers, plus custom interiors and added weight. The two baggage cars, in matching paint, were from ConCor. The passenger train set was supposedly bought, and the hobbyshop held it for the buyer while he tried to raise the cash, but after 3 or 4 months, I gave up and brought it home. The other things that I offered for sale were these four RS-11s, pictured below. Two are Atlas, not modified too much, except for the paint, while the other two are from Lifelike (old Lifelike: I call them Proto-no-thousand). These had handrails cast as one piece with the walkways, gaping pilots, and a single powered truck, with the motor mounted right on the truck. They ran very poorly, but I bought them., many years ago, because they were the only RS-11 available at the time.&
The Strobe lights are just the Proto 2000 strobe/beacon castings, that have been drilled out, the roof of the cab had a whole drilled in it large enough to fit a GOW bulb and loosly glued in, the GOW bulb was wired to the Decoder. Everytime I run them People comment on them, every now and then they sinc up and the first unit flashes, and then it goes down the line of power and then comes back. If you’re ever in Durand Michigan at the train station and you see some CNW GPs and SDs with working strobes are mine.
Jay, I don’t have time to drive all the way to Durand tonight [:D]; any chance you could post a picture?
Wayne