I started scratching an On30 loco body for the MDC box-cab chassis.
The only commercial parts are the nut/bolt/washer detail, an MDC spark arrestor and a couple of offcuts of scribed siding.
It needs a bell, sandbox/dome, lights, stirrups, grab irons, weathering and lotsa junk that goes with such a loco.
Considering the type of chassis on the boxcab i'm surprised how easy it was to get the new superstructure to fit onto it. It's made of balsa with scribed planking glued onto it. The cab is thick styrene sheet and the coal will be calcium chips painted with neat india-ink.
Here's three pictures of it as far as I've got in 3 days.
Errol
The only commercial parts are the nut/bolt/washer detail, an MDC spark arrestor and a couple of offcuts of scribed siding.
It needs a bell, sandbox/dome, lights, stirrups, grab irons, weathering and lotsa junk that goes with such a loco.
Considering the type of chassis on the boxcab i'm surprised how easy it was to get the new superstructure to fit onto it. It's made of balsa with scribed planking glued onto it. The cab is thick styrene sheet and the coal will be calcium chips painted with neat india-ink.
Here's three pictures of it as far as I've got in 3 days.
Errol