I got a power truck from a Bachmann 45 ton side rod diesel today. I thought it would make a nice critter. I looked at one of my Hartland ore car bodies, and yup, it’s a perfect fit. More to come.
Hey that will make a great critter!!! Can not wait to see it finished [:P]
Open to Suggestions ???
From the http://www.gearedsteam.com/ website[:P]
Or maybe…
from the www.northeast.railfan.net website.
A Mack 12tonner should fit nicely on an HLW flat body[;)]
That Mack is pretty cute but that monstrosity on top is mightly ugly. This is the first time I have seen a “sandbox” on a loco.
-Brian
This is what I have in mind for the first one. It’a a mix match cab and old Mack hood, my buddy Dawg is gonna send me.
Since I have one more side rod power truck on the way, I might do a little steamer. That would negate my need for the LGB Daisy or the like. Thanks for the idea, Vic…sandbox and all. LOL.
The power truck is kinda tall, so I have to make some end bolsters. I don’t want um to look too good, because this is going to be a crappy little short line. WIth that in mind, I cut up some dowel rod, scraped it with a saw to simulate wood grain and glued three pieces together. The small 1/8" dowels go through the deck and into the bolster to give some more support, since the couplers will be attached to the bolsters.
More progress.
i bought a 45 tonner block too and i built a little critter but mine is in 7/8 scale.
PS. You can see it in my avitar but it is painted now.
That looks nice. How bout a larger picture?
I was faced with a delima. How to mount the cab. The siderod power truck has a threaded nipple in the center which allows for a retaining screw.
I had planned on using that to retain the body to the power truck. Next, I had to figure out how to mount the cab. It has to be removable, because I could not access the retaining screw in case I had to remove the body in the future from the power truck. Here is what I came up with.
The long screw in the foreground will go all the way through the critter body through the now drilled out radiator cap.
A close up of where the radiator cap was.
Now, the longer screw holds the entire assembly together kinda like a critter “sammich”. The fact that the screw is black, also makes it look like a radiator cap, so I have not lost the look. Am I genius or what?
ROBERT
The only thing I see that is wrong is the fact the old Mack bulldog engine has the exhaust manifold on the passenger side not the drivers side.
CHUCK
Yeah well, this ain’t no specific model of anything for one, and secondly, the driver’s gotta see somehow. LOL
Robert,
Tought the driver was blind [:D]. Since he crashed the last one [:-^]
Na you got it all wrong It was because red ones go faster and ol Fred thought he would test the theory[swg]
Just don’t tell the Loco Foreman[:D]
Nice little critter, though I am not sure about the end beams.
regards John
You know when I was a cop I never stopped alot of red cars/trains. All in all it was about the same.[C):-)]
Hey Guys,
Neat project! Looking forward to seeing it ready to run. What sort of freight is allotted for the shortline? Later eh…Brian.
Not sure about the end beams? Heck, don’t stop there. Gimmie ideas, man. If you gotta suggestion, I’m all ears. My idea was that it was a little logging critter that the crew just hacked together using some trees for the end beams. I’m open to suggestions, though.
cool. for the pilot you might wanta take a que from them ol’ back woot shays and use one giant block. like this
that looks great but what is a critter [:)]
A “critter” is a term used to describe small gas mechenical engines.