Wow...thanks for information and indeed I'm impressed. These models are works of art, but I'm a brass guy and even though the price of $950 possibly would be fair for a brass counterpart, it is not for a Bachmann consolidation with a 3d printed shell for a boiler and tender. I do appreciate the work that goes into these locos and also the electronics, but that is as far as it goes for me.
I do possess the skill to construct something similar on an existing brass frame with a quality motor and gearbox from brass sheet stock, but have not done so due to time contraints. Had this model been in the $450 class, my check would in the mail.
Again many thanks for the lead....and again I was impressed with 21st century fine workmanship.
HZ
Jeff Tyrell makes a really nice 3-D printed D&H Consolidation as a ready to run model ....
http://www.accuratecustomfinishing.com/d-h-consolidations.html
Mark.
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IHC/Mehano had an altered version of their plastic 4-6-2 lettered D&H and it had a few D&H features. Not really a D&H model per se but out there.
Odd that with all those wonderful Jim Shaughnessy steam photos published over the years that there was and is not more interest.
Dave Nelson
I have the book, but I'm not out to be a D&H modeler, although I admit there are some wonderful senarios. I just want to include some D&H locos in some of my operations. Both the 4-8-4 and 4-6-6-4 are just a bit too large and the K-62 4-8-4 by NKP was...........well let's leave it at it was a "challenge". I have built the Leetown L&NE 2-8-0, but heavily modified it for Erie. Decades back my dad and I witnessed the 1100 and 1200 class 2-8-0's and found them quite interesting and then some. Some how I thought Leetown did produce a D&H loco kit, but just not sure.
Getting my existing West Virginia scenery to work for my new scheme is difficult but doable and also quite rewarding.
I do not understand why the D&H never became popular for modelers...possibly not enough equipment available, but there are some incredible possibilities and locos are quite unique. Good looking? Matter of taste!
Not sure if this is what you're thinking of, but Leetown/Lehigh Models produced a kit (sheet brass and white metal cab, fittings) of a L&NE 2-8-0 camelback E-13, on a Bowser chassis. One comes up on eBay from time-to-time.
Howard ZaneI loved modeling the Appalachian roads, but my lament was that I had zero history with them except for photos and video.
The book Delaware & Hudson by Jim Shaughnessy is quite extensive, about 500 pages including the loco roster. I'd guess that this is the definitive work on the topic.
Jim
I'm trying to expand my foray into northeast modeling which now includes Erie. NYC, PRR, DL&W, LV, NYO&W, L&NE, CNJ, and now hopefully Delaware and Hudson.
I'm interested only in steam and know of just two brass models ever done....K62 4-8-4, and a few versions of the 4-6-6-4. I seem to remember Leetown doing some diecast smaller steam models, but cannot find any information on them.
I'd love to find or kitbash either an 1100 or 1200 series 2-8-0. Any clues or items for sale would be greatly appreciated.
I loved modeling the Appalachian roads, but my lament was that I had zero history with them except for photos and video. I'm now modeling what I had witnessed growing up in northern New Jersey. I did see steam up to age 20 and I greatly enjoy modeling what I have witnessed. Working the West Virginia scenery into my present theme is a challenge, but doable and quite enjoyable.
I did live in NH for awhile during the 40's and early 50's, but never saw much of the local railroads, so the New England theme never quite took hold, but the scenery would be quite similar to what I have presently on my Piermont Division pike
Many Thanks for any help or suggestions,