My first major scratch building project

[cheese3]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409

That is awesome Adam, and I can vouch that it looks even better in person. I wouldn't mind having one, but it could use a blue and orange Diamond-S on the Rolls' doors.[:p]

You could possibly make a whole little work train with that, using stuff from other places and kitbashing them together. That'd be cool.

And just for the record, that French "End of Train" car is a brake van. Typical on most French and British railways back then.

~[8]~ TrainFreak409 ~[8]~

Thanks for the brake van info scott.[:)]

[AggroJones]

Very intresting!

[JohnT14808]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cheese3

I have built a galloping goose! But i am calling it The Wobbling Donkey [:D]. It is made from a hot wheels rolls royce, a french end of train car, a power truck from a life like F7, and a truck from a caboose.

A hole was made in the underside of the end of train car and the power truck was inserted in the hole, the back of the rolls was cut to fit into the window area of the end of train car and the front truck was inserteed into a hole in the frame of the car.

Way cool!! Makes me want to trash a beat up Jeep I have and "blend" it into one end of a refrigerated reefer; put some Popsicle decals on it and call it "Jeepers On A Stick"....... (or something like that.)

Very good scratch building!! A very good sample of what can be done in this hobby!

[Anonymous]

Very cool! Now that's scratch-building.

[ereimer]

a Rolls Royce galloping goose ? i'd love to hear the story behind that one !

neat project

[Sunset Limited]

That's a good idea!!! Very creative!!! It falls in that catagory, like the post a note and the white out correction fluid....why didn't I think of that!!!!!! [^] Excellent!!!!

[TrainFreak409]

That is awesome Adam, and I can vouch that it looks even better in person. I wouldn't mind having one, but it could use a blue and orange Diamond-S on the Rolls' doors.[:p]

You could possibly make a whole little work train with that, using stuff from other places and kitbashing them together. That'd be cool.

And just for the record, that French "End of Train" car is a brake van. Typical on most French and British railways back then.

~[8]~ TrainFreak409 ~[8]~

[selector]

THIS has always been my understanding of 'kitbashing'. Really nice.[tup]

[Anonymous]

NICE!!

[Anonymous]

A very cool kitbash. I should build me one of them sometime.

James.

[davekelly]

I love it!!! And who cares if there was a prototype for it or not. It's sure to be a conversation starter for sure!

[NZRMac]

Very cool, keep up the great work Adam.

Ken.

[cheese3]

I have built a galloping goose! But i am calling it The Wobbling Donkey [:D]. It is made from a hot wheels rolls royce, a french end of train car, a power truck from a life like F7, and a truck from a caboose.



A hole was made in the underside of the end of train car and the power truck was inserted in the hole, the back of the rolls was cut to fit into the window area of the end of train car and the front truck was inserteed into a hole in the frame of the car.




pieces of box car door block the openings in the window area of the end of train car and styrene covers the cut wheel wells of the rolls. I sprayed a primer coat and will be painting it gray.

Any opinions or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.