Barry (BBT) and I have been working on a little project, to make an inside-framed 2-8-2. This can end up being about any scale you want it to be. The first one I purposefully wanted to make with only Bachmann 4-6-0 superstructure parts. Here it is in work:
I got it all sanded out and shot with paint, looks much better:
It has Barry’s aluminum running boards, a special run, as the boiler is extended 1.75". Here is a lightened shot to show details:
I made a second boiler, by moving the cab back, no boiler cut, and adding a sand dome behind the steam dome. Can’t find a photo of that, have to wait until Barry sends it all back to me (he’s putting the motor into it and showing it around). The third is awaiting return of unit. It will be a 3" sch. 80 gray PVC boiler spliced at the boiler band in front of the steam dome. This will be the closest to an EBT, according to the photos I have seen. TOC