There is an article on making an O&W inspection engine #26 based on the 4-4-0 General which might give people some ideas.
http://www.newvispub.com/portal/albums/displayimage.php?album=17&pos=3
Go to this link:
http://owrhs.org/richs_models.html
Scroll down to "Inspection Car #26. Here is the comment. Click on Inspection car #26 at the site and you will see a photo of the model.
In case you cannot find it. http://owrhs.org/rich_inspection.jpg
I have about seven JPGs showing the project I found some years ago. Recommended manufactures and part numbers are listed. Kemtron is one mentioned and I have the Kemtron to PSC cross reference numbers.
Rich
Inspection Car # 26 passing the Crystal Run station.. She started out as a Mantua General. The car sides are from a Roundhouse old time passenger car (yes I know it has one too many windows); the front and rear ends are Grandt Line doors and windows. The staircase is made of styrene, and the roof is a piece of North Eastern passenger car roof stock, covered with paper strips to simulate tar paper. The tender was wrapped with thin cardboard embossed with rivets, and the wood load was replaced with coal. Paint is Floquil Tuscan with a coat of gloss, weathered black for the roof, and engine black for the frames. Champ decals finished the up the job.
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
Hello well I have been working on a lot of stuff and this was one its not done yet. But here is my inspection - loco . It was a 4-4-2 or 4-6-0 not to sure found it at a show and put on a old pass car it still needs some odd and ends . What do you think? Thanks Frank
ragnar wrote: CNJ831 wrote: Ahhh...the wealth of misinformation and half-truths one can find on this forum!The Piker (i.e. a cheapskate version) and Oscar (ObServation CAR) were part of Walthers "tongue in cheek" series of novelty rolling stock craftman kits from many years ago. They were briefly re-issued as plastic RTR more recently but these are now very pricey collector's items. The cars are each only 2.5" long and could hardly be adapted for use convincingly on any 0-6-0, 4-4-0, or similar mechanism.Models of inspection engines have been offered commercially a number of times down through the years, including examples by Red Ball (LV's "Dorothy"), OMI's example (the CNJ's "Star"), as well as by others. For the more serious modeler, one of Mellor Model's conversion guide booklets offered step-by-step instructions on building one in HO, basing the superstructure on an MDC shorty Overton coach, plus a modified Mantua mechanism. MR and Trains have both had illustrated articles concerning the prototypes, while RMC has presented construction articles for these in both HO and O scale.CNJ83Anyone have any idea which issue of RMC had the H.O plans?
CNJ831 wrote: Ahhh...the wealth of misinformation and half-truths one can find on this forum!The Piker (i.e. a cheapskate version) and Oscar (ObServation CAR) were part of Walthers "tongue in cheek" series of novelty rolling stock craftman kits from many years ago. They were briefly re-issued as plastic RTR more recently but these are now very pricey collector's items. The cars are each only 2.5" long and could hardly be adapted for use convincingly on any 0-6-0, 4-4-0, or similar mechanism.Models of inspection engines have been offered commercially a number of times down through the years, including examples by Red Ball (LV's "Dorothy"), OMI's example (the CNJ's "Star"), as well as by others. For the more serious modeler, one of Mellor Model's conversion guide booklets offered step-by-step instructions on building one in HO, basing the superstructure on an MDC shorty Overton coach, plus a modified Mantua mechanism. MR and Trains have both had illustrated articles concerning the prototypes, while RMC has presented construction articles for these in both HO and O scale.CNJ83Anyone have any idea which issue of RMC had the H.O plans?
Ahhh...the wealth of misinformation and half-truths one can find on this forum!
The Piker (i.e. a cheapskate version) and Oscar (ObServation CAR) were part of Walthers "tongue in cheek" series of novelty rolling stock craftman kits from many years ago. They were briefly re-issued as plastic RTR more recently but these are now very pricey collector's items. The cars are each only 2.5" long and could hardly be adapted for use convincingly on any 0-6-0, 4-4-0, or similar mechanism.
Models of inspection engines have been offered commercially a number of times down through the years, including examples by Red Ball (LV's "Dorothy"), OMI's example (the CNJ's "Star"), as well as by others. For the more serious modeler, one of Mellor Model's conversion guide booklets offered step-by-step instructions on building one in HO, basing the superstructure on an MDC shorty Overton coach, plus a modified Mantua mechanism. MR and Trains have both had illustrated articles concerning the prototypes, while RMC has presented construction articles for these in both HO and O scale.
CNJ83
Anyone have any idea which issue of RMC had the H.O plans?
There were two HO construction articles. The first appears in the July 1960 issue of RMC and there is a second article in the April 1961 issue for another example of these engines.
CNJ831
Here are two:
Delaware Lackawanna & Western's A
Lehigh Valley 1 (Which I think was Dorothy but not positive)
Here is what New Haven came up with:
http://images.lib.uconn.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/rr&CISOPTR=22&REC=9
These things had to be very warm in the summer!
Hello that oscar looks great. I might try that but I would like to try this one
this is the one I found frist. what do think of it ? Frank
Actually, the Piker was a single car. The Oscar was similar, but with an observation platform.
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
I started an inspection loco project in N scale a little while back. Havn't worked on it in a while though. (I was playing with the photo editing software)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/N%20Scale%20Trains/Projects/acz.jpg
Among other things, the body needs to be lowered I think.
Hello I found a photo of the Readings Black diamond
this is not #100 but its the only photo i could find. This photo comes from the reading site. I think this would a fun but hard to project to do Thanks Frank