Looks good Mike. Take a look at the 3M tread tape in the aisle with masking tape. It comes in up to a 4 inch wide roll, I think. Just got back from a club meeting and I was discussing your project and the other quirky W&OD engines with one of the old timers.
-Brian
Not bad for a college professor, not bad atal…
Mike,
That’s coming along really well. You chose a most interesting and unique prototype as well. Very nice!
Thank you all very much for the encouragement. I’ve never really tried modeling anything before. It’s fun. I’m feeling optimistic about it.
One problem may be the detail parts–the model is in 1:29 (yes, I know) because most of my rolling stock is 1:29. Blame Bruce Chandler–he said it was good to be consistent!
Anyway I’ll need trolley poles/bases, two of those round “trolley catchers” that kept the poles from shooting up if they lost the wire, but also a bell, polling pockets–can I get away with 1:20/ 1:124 stuff from, say, Ozark miniatures or Trackside details? Or should I assume I’ll need to make everything? Light Rail products makes a lot of great stuff in 1:24
Doesn’t Aristo have a 1:29 trolley car out now? Maybe parts from them or scavenge from one of the models?
Part of the problem with the parts places is that you don’t know what size it really is. Sometimes I think they state that it’s 1:20, when it originally started as a 1:24 part. It’s hard to really determine the actual scale, which is why I really wish that they would give dimensions in mm or inches. That way, you could figure out what size bell you really need based on the prototype you are modeling.
When it comes to making my own stuff or buying, I try to envision how I might go about making it. If I can’t come up with a good way, I’ll buy it. But lately I’ve been making things. Before I would have tried to buy railings for my logging caboose, but I found it was stronger to make it myself. And, it looks good enough. I guess that’s the other thing; you have to decide if you will like what you build, or would be happier buying it.
It’s fun to go to some of the craft or hardware stores and just browse through the aisles; sometimes you can find stuff you can use as a base for a neat part.
Mike,
Looks to me, like it’s coming along rather well… Good work…
OK, mike, whatever happened to this project??? I was looking forward to seeing the finished motor…
It’s sitting under a pile of debris in my workshop. I redid the roof because the prototype had a completely flat roof. But then I got discouraged by doing the windows and the door at each end.
Then I got istracted by the 0-6-0 I made
I’l get back to it, probably next week, after I finish grading papers…
The Holidays are always a great time to have a major project going. Around here, there is more time to fiddle than you would originally think there is, it just comes in small bits and you have to be ready to take advantage of it. Lots of time for glue or paint to dry, if you have the 15 minutes to apply it.
Mike, I also look forward to your details on this Freight Motor. I’m surprized you scrapped the roof line, I thought that was going well.
Mike,
I agree with Ric, I like the rounded roof detail and looks like you had it nailed! As for the round window trim …have you looked at plumbing escutcheons(spelling?) that instantly came to my mind. I know they make them in brass,copper,nickel,steel, Jimmy Hoffa(concrete),iron and pvc I’m sure for 1" …They could make for nice detailed window trim. After jumping back and forth between page 1 and 6. I think you had it moving along quite well and it looked great to me? But I’m no expert …they all chimed in on the beginning of the project.
Dave
Well I let it sit for a long time because I got stuck on some details that seemed like they’d be really hard, then I got back to it and they turned out to be no sweat
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The local man who actually saw the thing running in 1945 or said that the roof was flat–completely flat. So I redid it. The portholes are done with 1 inch PVC pipe, which I just could not cut thin enough, so I cut it as thin as I could and then attacked the rings with a random orbit sander. There’s PVC dust all over it. I need to go over it with some finer grades and try to even them out so they look less like spearmint lifesavers. They’ll always be too big. I’m encouraged though. Long way to go yet
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I’m not at all sure how I’m going to do the railing–maybe a couple sizes of styrene tubing? It looks like the original was just made out of galvanized plumbing pipe. I’m also not sure how I’m going to manage the pilot The original again:
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There’s that freight motor.
Nice to see it again.
Ralph
Mike, am glad to see you got back to it… It’s really taking shape…
Keep us posted, Mike…it’s looking good!
I like the flat roof. It no longer shows any of it’s boxcar heritage - that’s good!
mike omalley said:
I’m not at all sure how I’m going to do the railing–maybe a couple sizes of styrene tubing? The original again:(http://www.lscdata.com/users/lownote/_forumfiles/26small.jpg)
I would use wire and solder for the railing. Ralph
Mike it’s looking really good glad to see you got back on it.
As far as the railings go,Plastruct has most if not all of the plumbing fittings you would need. And, if you look in some of the other scales you’ll find brass fittings that may work.Remember that just because it is a 2’ fitting in say"O" scale doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be close to 1 1/4" in 1/29th.
Dave
The freight motor looks great! What an interesting project. As for the railings, they look to me more like regular brass railings with round connectors than plumbing pipe and fittings.
Like these here: http://www.wagnercompanies.com/brass_and_stainless_tube_railing.aspx
I wonder if brass tubing and round plastic beads or round plastic head dressmakers pins for the connectors would be doable.
You’re right–that’s probably what they were. I was hoping to go up to the ECLSTS tomorrow and poke around for parts to use on the freight motor, then again on Saturday with my wife. Got myself a day off tomorrow. But I got home from work a little while ago and it looks like my daughter is getting sick. So probably no ECLST tomorrow!
