andrechapelon wrote: You could try matching an Atlas RS-1 shell with their RS-4/5 frame and trucks. Then it would be a simple matter of tapering the cab a little where it meets the cruved roof section. -GeorgeThe trucks would be all wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:RSD-1.jpg You''d have to cobble up new truck side frames and it appears the axle spacing is closer the the RSC-2 than to the RSD-4/5.Andre
You could try matching an Atlas RS-1 shell with their RS-4/5 frame and trucks. Then it would be a simple matter of tapering the cab a little where it meets the cruved roof section. -George
You could try matching an Atlas RS-1 shell with their RS-4/5 frame and trucks. Then it would be a simple matter of tapering the cab a little where it meets the cruved roof section.
-George
The trucks would be all wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:RSD-1.jpg You''d have to cobble up new truck side frames and it appears the axle spacing is closer the the RSC-2 than to the RSD-4/5.
Andre
I know it wouldn't be exact, but I was thinking "close enough" would better than doing without.
Giving the feel of the locomotive without going to extremes.
"And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their father's magic carpet made of steel..."
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Thanks guys!
I didn't realize most of those engines ended up in Soviet Union, I thought some were used here hence I thought someone made a model.