Question for 4884bigboy

[Anonymous]

4884 you always say that you have a double track main line on your 5 by 8 layout but do you have any yards, sidings, crossovers, ect. on your layout[?] Just curious. I need to get some [zzz][zzz][zzz].!

[Anonymous]

Sure dougal, I'll have yards and passing sidings and regular sidings. Can't wait to start my benchwork.............. Just out of curiosity, do you have a layout?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

Sure dougal, I'll have yards and passing sidings and regular sidings. Can't wait to start my benchwork.............. Just out of curiosity, do you have a layout?

Our layout is the Allentown Scranton and Northern. The line runs between Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Buffalo, New York. The line we will model is the our fictional Lehigh division between Allentown and Scranton, PA (home of Big Boy 4012). Our layout will be J-shaped and will be around 10 x 16.

P.S. Con-Cor sells a dummy big boy kit for 27 bucks.
Their website is www.allrailroads.com/instock . Click on "Desktop models" to get to the mighty 4000. I don't know if it's wheels turn but if they did you could put two big boys in front, the kit snaps together so it should be easy to build.

[Anonymous]

dougal,

Like 4884BigBoy I too have a similar sized layout, 5x12, under construction and have 2 mains, 2 crossovers (to under-table return loops) small yard and sidings. http://members.cox.net/dbhuff/dsrr/

[nfmisso]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dougal
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P.S. Con-Cor sells a dummy big boy kit for 27 bucks.
Their website is www.allrailroads.com/instock . Click on "Desktop models" to get to the mighty 4000. I don't know if it's wheels turn but if they did you could put two big boys in front, the kit snaps together so it should be easy to build.

This is the old Monogram model, and you can often find it on ebay for much less.

[ndbprr]

Geez!! I paid about $5.oo for one years ago and threw it away it was so awful in my opinion.

[nfmisso]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ndbprr

Geez!! I paid about $5.oo for one years ago and threw it away it was so awful in my opinion.

As far as a scale model of a Big Boy goes, it is excellent, much better than Rivarossi, and even Trix, because it does not have the compromises needed to run on a layout.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I've seen those on ebay. I'd get one in UP markings, of coures. Can you beleive they have it in C&O, DM&IR, B&O, and Rio Grande markings!? If you ask me, very unprototypical.

[Anonymous]

There's one sitting on my desk next to the keyboard as i write this.

It is a UP bigboy, it comes undecorated so you need to paint it after GLUEING it together and there is a sheet of decals that have lettering for the first 15 locos in the series (4001-4014) (i seem to remember).

It makes a nice display peice although the handrails leave something to be desired.

Thewheels are loose in the axle slots so you can turn them but they don't rotate freely and teh flanges are scale size so they won't stay on the track well and the articulation is correct so you would need enormous curves for it (think 48" like with brass big boys).

I would agree that the detail is really better than the rivarossi model as there are fewer omissions.

if you can't afford a working model you can always get this one to keep you going until you can get a trix one or something!

neil