cheap but pulls well

[Anonymous]

my latest effort - just finished with an aristocraft power truck - a bit too powerful really . rest is completely scratchbuilt from plasticard grained with a saw blade , cd cases for windows and a wedding cake bell on the front . was only going to be grey as primer but it looked nice so just lettered it up and left it.

[Ray Dunakin]

Very nice!

[Anonymous]

well thankyou kindly Ray . I enjoyed building it and it runs well.

[vsmith]

Very well done!

[John Richards]

Now thats "Class"

[Anonymous]

Thankyou for all the kind comments - very much appreciated

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

Looks great, much better than what I'm creating and if is that powerfull why don't you use it as loco and pull a small flat to carry mail, baggage, little grandmas getting grocheries?

[Anonymous]

thats a good idea sg - maybe a short one or a real short box car, Ok off to the workshop with my saw... thanks for the idea

[Anonymous]

As my wife has just pointed out I have  loads of unfinished projects and wouldnt it be a good idea to finish the armoured train , rake of 3 hopper cars , signal tower, repaint of baggage car  etc etc ...

Hope you model goes well sg - would like to see the end result.

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

The model is a 2-4-4-2 locomotive and it is so dificult to do anything with the loco without drivers. I might just go cayotic and use some old HO drivers off a pair of european 4-6-2's. It'le work right? Maby despiration is setteling in......

.....armored train?

[Anonymous]

yes armoured - based on a polish one from the 30s

http://wio.ru/rr/ww2sov.htm

built two railway guns and fancied something different

 

Ideal solution to your problem would be some aristocraft motor blocks as used in Rogers loco - not cheap tho

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

Those look good, just supply train behind each one and the trenches between them.. That would work save for two reasons: one i'm building a budget loco, and the other is that its a logger and need's dimunitive drivers for traction. I need some about one inch diameter insted of 1 3/4 inch. aha, I just thought of a way to save that tender, thanks for the springboard!      

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

Tried to save the tender but failed. My idea was to cober it in Metal but it wouldn't sit right so I broke out the hammer. demolishing the car but got the metal to the right shape.