Syntax, please, Mr H. My English isn’t up to convoluted semi-questions, and in any case, I’m only building one, not multiples. I had thought that I might somehow pursuade AccuCraft to make a few for those who might want one, after the style of Aster and the Challenger canteens. Thye would probably, given the nature of the remarkably small market, cost ITRO $1500 each… There are, of course, skiiled craftsmen over in Canada - Alan Wright comes to mind for a start - who could whittle one of these things out of a shoebox and couple of pieces of bent wire and string, and STILL make it look good, but I sure as heck am not an Alan Wright.
What I intend to do is to make a drawing for each scale - the correct, 1/32nd scale and the common US ratio fo 1/29th, and let the builder make up his or her own mind which to use.
If Mr Dashnaw can make trucks with the correct wheelbase for each scale - I’d bet that correct diameter wheels would not be hard to find here in yUK or over in the USA for either scale, it then depends on the availability of the finer detail - glad-hands, couplings and so on, as well as the tank top fillers and air tanks on either side. The rest of it is down to the individual modeller’s skill and engenuity.
Mind you, I’m not sure why anybody would want to make one of these things in any scale ratio other than 1/32nd - there are no CPR Hudsons made in any of the large scales except 1/32nd, and this particular item of rolling stock is unique to the CPR.
For Mr Dashnaw - I’ll be photo-shopping one of the better high-quality images I have to show the corrected elevation view of the truck - with dimensions in both scales. After that it’s up to you.
tac
PS - the reason why you can’t see the loco on Google earth imagery of its home - Ogden Yard ,Calgary AB - is that it is stored inside the loco shed.
