8/30/2016
Further progress on RI's late TA
Most of the basic design finished - now application of the triple stripes and more details are to do
8/13/2016
Rock Island TA w/o skirts in 1/29
Adding to my RI-roster in 1/29 I started to build an EMC TA. As a starting point I used an Aristo-Craft FA (sold for parts).
Stretching the body, adding the rear chamfer and designing a completely new nose area has been finished as well as lowering the whole body ('countersunk' the high-heeled FA-trucks)
Stretching the body, adding the rear chamfer and designing a completely new nose area has been finished as well as lowering the whole body ('countersunk' the high-heeled FA-trucks)
7/24/2016
RI cars so far....
Set up with baggage-RPO
Baggae-RPO with express-baggage
RI baggage express #4385 to #4399 in 1/29
Another head-end car for my growing RI-fleet: baggage-express car #4385 to #4399, built in1956 by ACF.
The car was built by joining two smaller USA-Trains box cars and using modified LGB's streamliner trucks
Current status
The car was built by joining two smaller USA-Trains box cars and using modified LGB's streamliner trucks
Current status
6/19/2016
Some Baggage & RPO-cars in 1/29
RI #9006 with a RI baggage-RPO car
Using an Aristo-craft baggage-RPO the car got an arch-roof and modified baggage doors and trucks were shifted toward the car's ends; additionally kinpins were relocated toward the trucks' centers.
Santa Fe baggage and baggage-RPO car
Relocated trucks, new doors, Santa Fe's typical lower side sills and modified monitor roofs were main modifications of Aristo's HW cars
Using an Aristo-craft baggage-RPO the car got an arch-roof and modified baggage doors and trucks were shifted toward the car's ends; additionally kinpins were relocated toward the trucks' centers.
Santa Fe baggage and baggage-RPO car
5/27/2016
5/11/2016
RI #9006: further progress
Missing a few touch-ups and before application of rivets (decals by Archer)
4/04/2016
Rock Island motor baggage car #9006 in 1/29
Started another motor car in 1/29.
Rock Island's #9006 was shop-built using a PS heavyweight, two diesels of 400hp each and a pair of two-axle power trucks.
A picture of the protoype can be seen here:
RI motor car #9006
As usual (and in this case, prototypically) an Aristo HW was used for the shell & roof (the rest of the HW will be used to stretch another one to prototypical 85' length). Trucks are from an USA-trains NW-2 with several modifications.
Rock Island's #9006 was shop-built using a PS heavyweight, two diesels of 400hp each and a pair of two-axle power trucks.
A picture of the protoype can be seen here:
RI motor car #9006
As usual (and in this case, prototypically) an Aristo HW was used for the shell & roof (the rest of the HW will be used to stretch another one to prototypical 85' length). Trucks are from an USA-trains NW-2 with several modifications.
3/28/2016
Peoria & Pekin Union RR #200 - a powerful streamlined switcher
Davenport & Besler's one-of-a-kind streamlined center-cab switcher built in 1938
Peoria & Pekin Union RR's #200 has two 190hp-diesels under each hood, so 760hp in total. It has full width hood with nicely rounded edges.
The cab has inclined front panels pointed towards the center where the exhaust stacks are encased.
Unfortunately there is not much information in books or in the net - all photos are a 3/4-view at best which making an dimensions' estimation rather difficult (with no 'reference' in the photo)
Prototype photo from Don Ross collection
Model is built in 1/29 scale using parts (trucks, frame & cab) of USA-Trains' GE 44t.
- frame was extended app. 1.5"
- two cab were cut & spliced together
- plain side walls and slightly rounded top of hood are from 0.80" styrene
- interfaces of side walls and hood's top panel are made from card board tube
- All areas will be covered with GRP to stiffen and smoothen the surfaces
Basic subconstruction
Peoria & Pekin Union RR's #200 has two 190hp-diesels under each hood, so 760hp in total. It has full width hood with nicely rounded edges.
The cab has inclined front panels pointed towards the center where the exhaust stacks are encased.
Unfortunately there is not much information in books or in the net - all photos are a 3/4-view at best which making an dimensions' estimation rather difficult (with no 'reference' in the photo)
Prototype photo from Don Ross collection
Model is built in 1/29 scale using parts (trucks, frame & cab) of USA-Trains' GE 44t.
- frame was extended app. 1.5"
- two cab were cut & spliced together
- plain side walls and slightly rounded top of hood are from 0.80" styrene
- interfaces of side walls and hood's top panel are made from card board tube
- All areas will be covered with GRP to stiffen and smoothen the surfaces
Basic subconstruction
3/06/2016
ATSF #1: further progress on trucks
Almost finished ATSF #1's trucks.
Power trucks from USA-trains SD-40, using the side-frames as a basic subconstruction with electrical pick-up and fastening provision to the unit's body. Equalizers were made using parts from LGB Alco trucks' side frames.
Some overspray as well as some just added details (back-up light casinf, rear door (missing on Hallmark's H0-model) ans door latches (missing on the H0-model as well) has to be revised.
Finally more resemblance to the prototype...
Power trucks from USA-trains SD-40, using the side-frames as a basic subconstruction with electrical pick-up and fastening provision to the unit's body. Equalizers were made using parts from LGB Alco trucks' side frames.
Some overspray as well as some just added details (back-up light casinf, rear door (missing on Hallmark's H0-model) ans door latches (missing on the H0-model as well) has to be revised.
Finally more resemblance to the prototype...
2/27/2016
In between: SF baggage-mail combine in 1/29
A more or less generic Aristo-heavyweight baggage car was modified to a Sante Fe prototype:
All-steel baggage-mail combine #2024-2038 of 1927, with Pullman-style trucks.
Main spotting feature of most (later) SF heavyweights is the lower channel side sill (simulated by a L-shaped profile fabricated from stayrol strips and attached to the car's floor.
Trucks were moved to prototypical position towards the end of the car. Doors' and body's windows were modified to resemble the protoype. Underboy details were added (e.g. steam traps, generator)
Lettering and paint touch-ups are on the to-do list.
All-steel baggage-mail combine #2024-2038 of 1927, with Pullman-style trucks.
Main spotting feature of most (later) SF heavyweights is the lower channel side sill (simulated by a L-shaped profile fabricated from stayrol strips and attached to the car's floor.
Trucks were moved to prototypical position towards the end of the car. Doors' and body's windows were modified to resemble the protoype. Underboy details were added (e.g. steam traps, generator)
Lettering and paint touch-ups are on the to-do list.
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