Wow that could have been sweet, Wonder why it was never finished…
Nick S. said:
Wow that could have been sweet, Wonder why it was never finished…
ADHD
David Russell said:
Any progress on the 628?
I love them BIG Alco’s
Went through and updated the pictures, will be reworking this project soon, still stumped on the trucks, the alco trimount trucks on the lgb is nothing like whats on these beasts
What about modding some USA SD40-2 trucks ?
For me, a D&H fan, the trucks on this ALCO is very significant to the demise of the ALCO/D&H relationship, basically these trucks destroyed tracks and were hard to maintain, which was a final blow to ALCO and the D&H
the wheels are not centered like SD40-3 trucks
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This was my last attempt at regular alco trucks like 4 years ago
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Ahhhh…nice I see the offset now …once again like I have always said “it’s what the eye catches and scale matters not”. Had you not brought that to my attention I would never have noticed.
Truth!
I have a PC HO unit some where. I think it’s a 5 series though
What about a four wheel truck with a dummy axle spaced closer in front? I made a truck out of a block of wood with BBrg axles fastened to it.
this engine is a dummy right now with truck blocks made of wood
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Joe do you have pics of how you put your trucks together
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There are grooves cut into the block to keep the axles straight.
I’m thinking 3 axle passenger trucks can be modofied a lot easier and just making the 628 a dummy
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Apparently Joe, we were both taaking pictures at the same time, kinda like the block idea to set the wheels in and space the wheels correctly, then I can rip apart the passenger trucks and use the boxes and springs, then make the arch parts, hmmm
I cut down a set of USA SD sideframes to 1/32 scale. It wasn’t bad. I used a razor saw and mitre box. They glued up well. I was going to cast them solid out of plastic and never did.
that middle axle is solid and floats in a cable clamp. The end two axles are ball bearing and are screwed on tight.
My design!
Mark Dash said:
I’m thinking 3 axle passenger trucks can be modofied a lot easier and just making the 628 a dummy
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Don’t look bad at all
edit for page 2
rebuit the grill section added the hood, added tape to the tank
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added front rails, sanded more off the top of the cab to get a better shape, roughed in all the windows
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roughed in the rear railings/ ladders
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Why is it after you build something, you then find awesome plans of what you just built??
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Mark, better yet. I scratch-built a Cessna 152 in 1:48 scale because I couldn’t find a kit for it. Then, not even a whole month after I finished it, I found an inexpensive kit for a 1:48 scale Cessna 150. I was so mad.
Well luckily i will not worry about anyone building an alco century unit for atleast 1-2 years, so I won’t have that problem