Even though MR has dismantled The Turtle Creek Central Layout, the “Turtle” lives on.
Fresh from the paint shop, Turtle Creek’s newest loco hits the rails,
Intermountain F7A shell on a Stewart/Kato drive, Krylon “Fusion” for plastics paint, several add-on detail parts, and decals by Microscale.
The caboose is Proto 1000.
Very nicely done! [tup]
being a short line freak I just gotta ask…
Going to have any GP7or 9s? [8D]
Depends on what the next deal that falls into my lap is, but I would really like to get a HH SD7/9, set up to run long hood forward to carry those heavy loads thru Turtle Creek.
That’s one great advantage of a fantasy line, especially one on a tight budget, they take whatever they can get and afford.
Could somebody make a…Hem… “Real Version” of the TCC
“Real Version” ???
Do you mean a commercially produced model, 1:1 prototype, or what?
Absolutely! That’s one of the main reasons I like a freelance short line…I can have a choice of GP7/9s,SD7/9s,SW1500s or SW1200s while modeling comtepoary times.
Don’t need to break the bank either 1 or 2 locomotives will suffice.
Nice job. The TCC seems to have been one of their more popular projects. I am sure the free decals helped. I am hoping Kalmbach will publish all the articles from the series, including the branch line, the painting and decaling articles in a book format, as they have done with other projects.
The free decals were used up long ago to make a couple of cars in both HO, and N, I just really liked the logo, and when Microscale offered them for sale I loaded up. FYI, they still have a few, but when the’re gone…
It appears someone came close:
I wonder if Microscale made their decals? [;)]
Not close but,spot on…
Meet the real Turtle Creek…
http://www.lundsten.dk/railfan_pa/tckr/index.html
Being a short line nut I just had to look it up.[(-D]