Large Scale Central

It was raining, I was bored

Modeling
#1

So I started working on a critter. One HLW mack base, one Larry G Scale gen set, one slightly mangled LGB 2017 cab, and some acrylic

With an idea roughly based on Plymouth practice, I started sticking it together

B’mann air tank and seat, Aristo toolbox on the other side, wooden 55 gallon drum for a fuel tank. I need to make a couple control levers yet…

Hood cut down from a plastic toy dozer, now waiting for the glue to dry so I can putty in the goobers…

I don’t have a power brick, so it will have to be a dummy for now… unless somebody has a cheap brick or wants to make an offer on the shell?

#2

first color coat. Kim wanted red… it’s red. It might glow in the dark, too

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/critter/P5220001_01.jpg)

#3

I’m kinda partial to red myself :wink: Ralph

(http://www.lscdata.com/users/cabby/_forumfiles/RSTOCK032Sm.jpg)

#4

A Kalamazoo sand dome (yes, Plymouth actually did it that way, looks kinda goofy to me too), a Just Plain Folk engineer, and the second coat of colors. It’s starting to look like a locomotive, I think…

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/critter/P5230002.jpg)

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/critter/P5230001.jpg)

#5

Did you give that engineer a nice, padded chair?

#6

Doug, he got a B’mann coach seat. Probably quite a bit better than the stamped tin the real ones had… Anyway, while I was at it, I decided to cut the bottoms of the sideplates at an angle to make it more Plymouth-ish

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/critter/P5230002_01.jpg)

Front view… rather ugly, isn’t it?

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/critter/P5230003.jpg)

Rear view

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/critter/P5230001_01.jpg)

Still needs a bell, couplers, and brick

#7

Way to go Mik, it looks great, those gen-sets sure work well on the Mack chassis

(http://gold.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Whadahellizit4%20pic1%20TooEasy.jpg)

I call this one the “too easy” bash. Time to grime yours up :smiley:

#8

Thats looks great. Nice work as always

#9

Got some stuff to finish this in the mail yesterday. Some of you will take one look and tell me that I got the absolute WORST possible power brick. You may be right, but it was cheap…

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/critter/P6070007.jpg)

Yes, it’s a B’mann trolley drive. It’s wimpy and noisy and has a set of wheels that have a bit (maybe 1/16") of wobble - but at least they wobble together so it stays more or less in gauge, and it has skates for (maybe) decent power pickup… Did I mention that it was cheap? On the UP side, it came with some rather nice looking sideframes… And it was cheap!

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/critter/P6080010.jpg)

The block has a bit longer wheelbase, but is lower than the HLW drive, so I made some wooden spacers

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/critter/P6080009.jpg)

I think it looks pretty good at least, and the prototype probably only wanted to pull one or two cars anyway…

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/critter/P6080011.jpg)

Next is a few end details, couplers, and some side handrails…

#10

As per usual Mic, you seem to make great models out of anything you can get your hands on!!!

#11

Thanks, but as Kim says, too bad I can’t make it pay the bills… Maybe they’ll be actually worth something after I’m dead and gone, or maybe pigs will fly.

#12

Nice creative use of a molded generator!

#13

Maiden run…

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/new%20AV/P6120006.jpg)

Them danged freeloading stowaways are at it again!.. Where’s Donald?

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/new%20AV/P6120005.jpg)

It doesn’t pick up quite as well as a Stainz, so it was a bit jerky on the dirty track. It also wanted to run like a scalded cat or stall. I suppose I’ll need to clean the rails and try it again.

#14

Looks great and fits the railway nice.