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Baldwin Class 8-16D Mogul.
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A little more progress. I'm busy with cutting away excess plastic from the frame moulding so that the springs for the leading drivers can now be properly seen and there will be daylight under the boiler. I've carved the footboards away as well except for what is necessary to hold the motor block in place and the next part will involve shaving away most of the rear frames behind the trailing driving axle and then building up the lower part of the firebox along with cosmetic bar frames to support the new 1:20 scale cab.. Further changes will be done at the front end to get rid of the more toy-like features between the pilot and where the new smokebox saddle will be fixed in place. Using the 'masterclass' Mogul as a guide I'm going to lengthen the pilot mountings and also give the leading pony truck a longer swing radius. I guess folk are going to wonder why I should put so much effort into a New Bright loco conversion; - the simple answer is that it's very cheap fun and I can't afford to buy the required Aristocraft parts to build a Mogul. <br />I must say that the New Bright motor block fascinates me though, - more gears in it than a Dispatch logging tram lokey! I will use the motor block in its standard form, but if it proves to be a troublesome gearstripper I'll build my own replacement. <br />I'm planning on using some Ozark Miniatures castings to make life a little easier, things like their #0168 Baldwin smoke stack, #0195 Oil headlight, #0173 whistle, #0189 snifter valves, #0224 bell and #0215 8" air brake pump. They do nice smokebox door number plates too. <br />I've decided to convert the New Bright tender to a 4 wheeler, which is a whole lot easier than trying to cut and shut two tenders into a full sized 1;20 8 wheel tender. Most if not all New Zealand bu***ramway locos that had tenders used 4 wheel tenders, - so I feel quite happy about this decision even if I'm not intending to create a totally faithful copy of NZ logging practice. <br /> <br />[img]http://locomotiveannie.homestead.com/files/Beginnings.jpg[/img] <br /> <br />Cheers, <br /> <br />Annie
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