i'm scraching a o-4-4 forney an i need help

[Anonymous]

I thought I'd help with the visual, for all of your posts.[:)]

[kstrong]

Ram,

I've been that route with a Forney scratchbuild as well, using a Northwest Short Line motor block with extended axles as a base. It's since met the scrapper's torch, so I don't have photos. I'm not sure the Aristo blocks will work for you. The axle ends are tapered so to keep the wheels in gauge, so it will be difficult to extend the axles for the flycranks outside the frames. You'll likely find yourself making new axles and boring out the wheel bushings to accomodate them. Not impossible, but not fun and not necesary.

I'd personally start with the Bachman 0-4-0T porter and go from there. It's an inside frame job, but many forneys (such as the one I'm modeling) were. These locos are cheap enough, with mail-order houses selling them for less than $100.00. This way, you'd also get the valve gear, which is a B***H to make yourself. I'm not sure how the Bachmann wheels are attached to the axles, but it may be a bit easier to extend them for outside cranks, also. (And you can simply attach the existing valve gear to the cranks instead of the wheels.)

The passenger truck will likely be overkill, and probably a bit too long for under the rear of the loco. A freight truck will suffice nicely. Most forneys had archbar trucks like those that are under Bachmann and LGB freight cars. Bachmann's releasing kits in the very near future which will provide you with an ample supply of trucks, not to mention cars to run behind the loco.

Later,

K

[Anonymous]

hi all
i am sorry i thought a o-4-4 forney was 0-4-4 forney . i had not seen a forney befor i did this past summer when on a trip to the hobby shop and i got there 15 min. befor thay openned so i looked thrue the glass and dreamed and dreamed. so the only forney i know is the lgb#22 and one on ozarks site under projects

aristo-craft 4wheel diesel power truck thay have a scrsw in the wheel add counter blancies and rod points
the back truck is a stolen bachmann off a pass. car bachmann metal wheel sets.
i have some pics of a lgb log forney , iam going to use it for a branch of a coal mine on my 8ft Gn15 indoor layout.

go heare for { http://photos.yahoo.com/ramcdarmont }some forney pics

i do thank you all for the help and when i get my digital cam back no line, i'll send some more pics.

thank all ram

[vsmith]

Rampage, more info please, what are you using as a donor, what kind of forney are you trying to build, how far are you, and what are you having trouble with? Pics would help.

[kstrong]

Ram,

If you could offer some more info about what kind of forney you're looking to model, that would help. Being a narrow gauge guy, my first thoughts go to the maine 2-foot forneys, but you could be looking at something along the lines of the Chicago elevated forneys, a plantation or industrial forney...

My first thought if you're looking for photos and the like would be to do a google search for "maine 2 foot" or "forney" or similar. You're bound to turn up photos that will assist. Plans are harder to find on the web, but unless you're looking for a specific loco, they're largely irrelevant anyway. A handful of good photos will go much farther with a freelance model than a plan will.

Give us a few pointers as to the direction you're headed, and we'll be able to offer a bit more help.

In the mean time, check out the following:
http://www.mylargescale.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=21420

This is the progress I've made so far on a 3' gauge forney I'm building from an Accucraft Ruby chassis. I've made some additional progress in the past few weeks, but I haven't taken updated photos as yet.

Later,

K

[Anonymous]

hay al
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![xx(][:(][8][B)]
don,t know way i started this one whith out all my pics,and peeks but i did ?
i have some but not all i need and i could have used some better pics f/b/l/r/ and drivers ,i have some but a weed is in the wrong spot,some one forgot to to cut the grass.
so if any of you can HELP i,ed love it , a link,e-meil,pics,blueprites[:D]it all can be used .thank you

ps i'ed like the blueprints[:)][8D][:D][:p]

thanks agin .ram