I've only recently learned how to post photographs, and at the present time, depend on my daughter to do the photography. She's promised to show me how to use her camera, but until she returns, along with her camera, I've only a limited number of pictures to share. Most of them are already posted in other threads, so, while I'm waiting for her return, I offer this for your perusal.
The 8414 started out as a Proto2000 USRA 0-8-0. After adding enough weight to get it to pull well enough to make it worth keeping, I stripped all of the piping from the loco, and disassembled it. To accomodate the CNR-style front end, I lengthened the frame between the pilot and the cylinders, then built a frame extension behind the rear drivers to duplicate the appearance of this area as seen in a prototype photo. The running boards were removed and the mounting slots filled, then new ones fabricated and installed in a lower position. New air tanks were cut from brass tubing, then filled with molten lead to improve tractive effort. A new headlight and scratchbuilt numberboard were added, along with all-new handrails and piping. The cab roof has been modified and raised numerals from Athabasca Models added. On the tender, the coal bunker has been opened up to allow for a loose coal load, and new handrails applied. Both locomotive and tender got new footboards built-up from brass bar. The model was airbrushed with Floquil paints and the lettering is from Microscale.
The reason I've posted this here, rather than in Scratchin' and Bashin' is because even I have to admit that it's kind of a gratuitous post: I mean, nobody really asked for this picture or asked how to do this. I figure that here, most people just expect to see a picture. I hope you enjoy it.
Wayne
The 8414 started out as a Proto2000 USRA 0-8-0. After adding enough weight to get it to pull well enough to make it worth keeping, I stripped all of the piping from the loco, and disassembled it. To accomodate the CNR-style front end, I lengthened the frame between the pilot and the cylinders, then built a frame extension behind the rear drivers to duplicate the appearance of this area as seen in a prototype photo. The running boards were removed and the mounting slots filled, then new ones fabricated and installed in a lower position. New air tanks were cut from brass tubing, then filled with molten lead to improve tractive effort. A new headlight and scratchbuilt numberboard were added, along with all-new handrails and piping. The cab roof has been modified and raised numerals from Athabasca Models added. On the tender, the coal bunker has been opened up to allow for a loose coal load, and new handrails applied. Both locomotive and tender got new footboards built-up from brass bar. The model was airbrushed with Floquil paints and the lettering is from Microscale.
The reason I've posted this here, rather than in Scratchin' and Bashin' is because even I have to admit that it's kind of a gratuitous post: I mean, nobody really asked for this picture or asked how to do this. I figure that here, most people just expect to see a picture. I hope you enjoy it.
Wayne