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8 ton Climax kitbash from HLW railcar

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#1

I’ve been building one of the four wheel, 8 ton Climax A engines by kitbashing an HLW railcar this winter.

I finished building the two cylinder engine this week for the little 8 ton Climax loco.

I used patent drawings and photos from “The Climax Locomotive” book for my reference. I cut the engine block from pine on my bandsaw and used dowel rods and other wooden parts for the engine block and fashioned bolts from .080 Hex styrene rod for bolt details. The reversing gear is all done out of styrene rods and strips. I chose an industrial green color for now and will ‘grimy’ it up later. working on the steam feed piping now. The water tank will come next and i will relocate the railcar headlamps to a lantern on the end of the loco when I mount the water tank.

I have posted photos of my progress to date on my photobucket site. The photos are just mock up. Nothing will be glued in place until all the details are final, painted, and weathered.

http://s1065.beta.photobucket.com/user/flatrat1962/library/8%20ton%20Climax%20engine

You may have to click on the far right side of the link and click on it to jump to the photobucket site.

#2

Finished up my winter projects just in time to start spring yardwork. The little Climax kitbash, Lot’s of N scale projects finished, and also painted my new Big John loco black to look more like a logging loco.
All this little industrial loco needs now is a little more weathering, some firewood in front of the boiler, ore loads, and an engineer. Runs great on the test track.
So there you have it…from HLW Railcar to 8 ton Climax loco. Easy kitbash.

Click on the right side of this link:

http://s1065.beta.photobucket.com/user/flatrat1962/library/8%20ton%20Climax%20engine

If it doesn’t open right up click on my library and 8 ton Climax engine.

#3

Your library is difficult to get to because you used spaces in it’s name…

(http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u395/flatrat1962/8%20ton%20Climax%20engine/LittleClimaxlocotrain_zps93b9a923.jpg)

#4

Looks great. You have a shot of the painted Big John?

#5

Thanks Shawn for the comment. I post on several forums and to friends off forums so still use photobucket often to share photos.

I liked the looks of the Big John Loco you have that was in GR a few issues back and I’ve seen it in a video. I think the original red looks like a circus train so I disassembled it, painted the red bits satin black and the roof ultra flat and then painted the side cab windows flat red and some details in cab. I’ll slap a number on it, weather it and call it done.

Got to add a ore load to the climax train this week and going to Doc Watson’s Monday to see if some of the engineer figures he has laying around fit right in the Climax cab.

Here’s link to Big John photo. I’ll load some stuff up here in an album when i get a chance too.

http://s1065.beta.photobucket.com/user/flatrat1962/library/Big%20John%20repaint