Hi all, over at MLS I’ve started a buidling log for another Whadahellizit and I thought I’d share it over here. I’m adding another loco, Pedro, to keep the first one, Napoleon, company. Afterall where would Napoleon be without Pedro.
This one is using the left over cab from an LGB Atlas I used for the Po’mans Forney…
Heres the basic pieces, the Mack chassis, LGB cab and a sprinkler pipe boiler.
PS Heres the first Whadahellizit, Napoleon, an HLW Mack modified into a steam tram.
Styrene bunker in place, it was suppose to be steel, but I screwed it up so out came the scribed sheathing , covers a world of faults
Bunker and rear of cab each screwed down w/ 2 brass screws each.
Backhead detail added, its a thin sheet of styrene embossed w/ rivets and detail added on top
Boiler in place
Making rivet strips, a blunt nail in a pinvise, thin styrene and then cut into strips
Strips added to the smokebox
Adding strips to the tank
Major construction finished’
back
side, sorry for then bad pic but this was try #3
Vic;
What do you do with all these little engines you produce. You seem to be constantly building a new and more marvelous piece each time. Just out of curiosity what is the ratio between the number of engines and cars that you have. It would seem to me that your engines out number the cars.
Update: I’m done with adding details, I added a bit more than I thought and like the results enough that I think I’ll add additional detail to the first Whadahellizit as well. I added sandpipes, grab bars, smokebox dogs, and I have crew figures that look nice and will permanently fix them in place after finish I painting it.
I’m planning to match the paint scheme more along the lines of my 3 LGB Porters. Silver smokebox, black boiler, black cab w/ green panels, zinc-oxide green interior, black bunker, red tank.
Should look nice when finished. Will add pics when I can
…and Yes, I do actually have more locomotives than rolling stock, what can I say, I like building engines alot more than frieght cars
