Thought I’d share this over here also… I have a 1:26 Minicraft plastic model of Stephenson’s Rocket that I blew up for parts, saw a line drawing in a recent Gazette of a cool 30" gauge Santa Cruz & Felton RR 0-4-0 (the one that used the boiler from a threshing machine) and wanted to model something along those lines. Have these cool drives from HLW, found they fit the HLW minicars but needed to be poked thru the top, but
A little work and…
Now combine the line drawing, with my Rocket boiler, and a scratch cab…
Hmmmm. Interesting looking little beasty![:p] PS theres a whole mess of those self adheasive tire weights stuck inside the boiler and firebox and the motor is stuffed in the boiler. I added the sidetanks to hid where the boiler is cut to make room for the motor. Lots of details to add still, then paint and some weathering…might add a fuel bunker, or maybe just keep the tender, we’ll see. More pics when I’m finished…[:D]