NOT Nickle Plate, rather No Known Prototype. I needed a set of cylinders for the Lombard, so I bought a 1st generation B’mann Porter off Mike Moran for $15
So now I had a (wimpy) chassis just sittin’ around doing nuthin’. A bit of digging in my scrapbox turned up a HLW mack hood that Vic had sent me a while back.
The motor box hanging off one end limited things a lot. I carved part of it away with a Dremel to make the Mack hood fit. but there’s still a HUGE amount of overhang - about 3/4" (3 scale feet) more than I really want, but there’s not a whole lot I can do about it.
To get the cab back closer to where it needed to me I had to add a plastic box to the front wall. We’ll say it’s the fuel tank, or maybe it’s a hydraulic oil tank?
The chassis with the cab floor in place.
A mock up with the cab. Not sure if I want the air tank there. I might replace it with a bell and put the tank on the left running board. To balance it out a bit more I’ll add a rear platform.
And that’s what things look like after 2 evenings of foodling with it. I think it’s really, really, ugly, but Kim says she likes it. I’m thinking of making it battery powered with a simple 3 position switch… and just let it trundle around with 1 car in tow (more than that and the cheese drive they put in these things probably won’t survive…).
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