New Tender started

[Anonymous]

Hi all,
I just started a new tender for my Porter to provide power when going over frogs.
Heres some pics.


And yes those are headphone things attatched to the truck.
I didn't take pictures till i put it in between the bookends to hold the couplers in place.
Scott
BTW how do you turn on HTML?

[Anonymous]

Heres the tender with the deck and coal bunker ready to be stained.

Scott

[Anonymous]

I have finished all the woodwork and it is awaiting stain.

Scott

[Anonymous]

Here are the modifications to the locomotive.
Testing the continuity.



Here is the tender stained.

Scott

[John Busby]

Hi trainmaster1989
While not to my tastes that is certanly an interesting looking tender.
Has it worked out the way you hoped as far as stalling goes.
One small coment how does the crew fill the water tank? cannot see a filler cap in the
pictures.
regards John

[Anonymous]

John Busby,
Thanks.
I haven't yet tried it at Fairplex, however it has worked in all my tests.
The filler cap is going on today. I wanted to get the tank secure first.


Here are the latest updates:

The fuel bunker with filler styrofoam inside


The tender cradle


The filler cap


The completed tank


More to come soon.

Scott

[aljay]

Looks good Trainmaster, but some of the pics, didnot show up.

I would like to see the finished tender.

[Anonymous]

Aljay,
Thanks
Sorry about the pics. Geocities has an hourly data transfer limit and so it must have been down. Were the ones that didn't show up the latest ones?
I'll keep this post updated. Almost finished.
Scott

[ghelman]

Nice Trainmaster,

What is the background on this kind of tender, like when and where was it used?

[John Busby]

Hi gelman
Stevensons ROCKET at the Rainhill trials[:D]
ie at the dawn of railway history. I am sure there are US equivelents in the early days of your railroad history
regards John

[Anonymous]

Ghelman,
Actually I made up the design, however it does seem reminiscent of the Rocket; (maybe it's not as original as i thought :-)
It was used in the pacific northwest (at least i think that's what dad called it) during the late 18 hundreds to early 19's, hence the sea gull you see in the completed pictures. The Railroad is in an area similar to that of Calico Ghost Town.
Here is a shot of the tender nearly completed i just need to paint the couplers a rust color.

more to come soon
Scott

[Anonymous]

I ran the car at Fairplex and it worked perfectly.
I forgot the camera though so i don't hae any pictures of it.
Scott

[ghelman]

Looks good. Keep the photos comimg. thanks for the bit of history John.

[Anonymous]

Here is the tender with the chassis and couplers rusted




How do i simulate water stains?

Scott

[aljay]

Hi Scott,

Yes the last 2 photos of the filler cap and the finished tender. Here is a pic of the hopper cars that I am working on, hope this works. Try this link and let me know if it works http://ca.geosites.com/[e-mail]/trains.html

[Anonymous]

Aljay,
it nearly worked, a little tweaking and i got to the page.
those are awesome cars they look great. Will you post photos of the finished product on that page?
BTW i don't think the forum likes html which is probably why it didn't work. if you just type in the address it should just convert it to a hyperlink automatically.
Again, great models.
Scott

[aljay]

Thanks Scott,
I tried to get the link to work but gave up after changing it so many times.

I will post the finished photos on the same page along with some of the other cars I have built,

Al

[vsmith]

Neat! this looks really good! I might give one a whirl for one of my Porters!

[Anonymous]

Aljay,
I'll keep watching the page then.

Vsmith,
Thanks

Here are some picks of it with rust stains on the tank.



I've been doing really small steps lately because i have school.
Any suggestions on how i can make it better?
Scott

[Anonymous]

I think i solved the picutre problems
i put them all in a yahoo photos album
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/trainmaster1989/album?.dir=e9f8&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/trainmaster1989/my_photos
Scott

[aljay]

Great idea,I think I will try Yahoo also. the tender looks great, what did you use for the rust? it turned out well.

AJ

[Anonymous]

Aljay,
Thanks
I just used some rust weathering chalk.
the chassis was floquil rust colored paint.
Scott

[aljay]

Hi Trainmaster,
I updated the hopper photos, and will post better pics tomorrow.

http://ca.geocities.com/[e-mail]/ trains.html

You asked about water stains, I use black ink thined down with water . Gives it a nice look. Try it on some scrap wood first..
AJ

[Anonymous]

Aljay,
those new pictures are awesome.
Scott

[Matt/Wisc]

Hello all,

Where's the pictures? The only thing I'm seeing are red Xs.

Matt

[Anonymous]

Matt,
I' moved them here so that they would work all the time
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/trainmaster1989/album?.dir=e9f8&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/trainmaster1989/my_photos
Scott

[Matt/Wisc]

Scott,

A nicely done project; Thank you for the link to your pictures.

Matt