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Model Forum / General / Railroads / July 2009Meet "Frank". (Contains Actual Model Railroad Content!!)
Short for "Frank N. Steam". Found an unused Balboa S.P. MK-5 chassis on eBay and bid low figuring to use it for parts if/when mine broke down. Got it, and it sat untouched in a box for two years. Then about six months ago I found an old Westside S.P. Whaleback tender at a swap meet; exactly the sort that frequently showed up behind MK-5 Mikados. Bought it thinking I could letter it for the Sud Pacifico de Mexico and swap railroads with my MK-5 by simply swapping tenders. And then just a few weeks ago a virgin (unpainted) Balboa S.P. MK-5 boiler shell showed up on eBay and I got to thinking "Ya know, you already *have* 2/3 of another locomotive just sitting around..." so I went ahead and bid. Had to cast my own lead boiler weight, but I had the original one to copy so that didn't prove too difficult (the burns have healed nicely), and after a week or two of fitting the boiler shell to the chassis (You thought they were mass-produced, and that parts would automatically interchange? HO-HO! It turns out that "Hand-built" means they were all slightly different!) Anyway, herewith the results: Sud Pacifico de Mexico Mikado # 853. The heaviest class of steam engine that ever ran on the S.P.de M. And notorious for bending the then 60-pound rail into interesting new shapes. http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/3645193774/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/3645189518/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/3644377671/sizes/o/ She still needs a little weathering on the boiler, but she runs just fine, and fits onto my 90' turntable with just a scale foot to spare at both ends. A serendipitous locomotive. ~Pete > Short for "Frank N. Steam". [...] > A serendipitous locomotive. > > ~Pete And good looking, too! ;-) wolf k. > > Short for "Frank N. Steam". > [...] > > A serendipitous locomotive. > > And good looking, too! Thenk yew, Wolf! I'm partial to medium-sized steam locomotives with short, fat boilers. In fact, this is sort of my ideal... http://www.gdlines.com/GD_Galleries/locomotives/slides/34alone.html ~Pete > Anyway, herewith the results: Sud Pacifico de Mexico Mikado # 853. The > heaviest class of steam engine that ever ran on the S.P.de M. And > notorious for bending the then 60-pound rail into interesting new > shapes. Very nice indeed. Are you planning on modeling the "interesting shapes" as well?  SignatureIntelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw > > Anyway, herewith the results: Sud Pacifico de Mexico Mikado # 853. The > > heaviest class of steam engine that ever ran on the S.P.de M. And [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Very nice indeed. Are you planning on modeling the "interesting shapes" > as well? Heh. My trackwork has *always* featured "interesting shapes", and when I was primarily modeling logging railroads I told myself that it was prototypical. Now I just hope everything stays on the rails. ~Pete >Anyway, herewith the results: Sud Pacifico de Mexico Mikado # 853. The >heaviest class of steam engine that ever ran on the S.P.de M. And >notorious for bending the then 60-pound rail into interesting new >shapes. > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/3645193774/sizes/o/ That's pretty damn gorgeous, especially for a kitbash. * Signature* PV something like badgers--something like lizards--and something like corkscrews. > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/3645193774/sizes/o/ > > That's pretty damn gorgeous, especially for a kitbash. Thank you, PV. Scratching and kitbashing structures for the layout is one of my more favorite things to do, but I lack both the tools and the skill to scratchbuild a brass locomotive. However, right now I'm in the middle of building a line-side propane business yclept "Strickland Propane", and printing out the decals for same.* *There's a joke in there somewhere, but if you've never watched "King Of The Hill" it's probably a "whoosh". Sorry. ~Pete > However, right now I'm in the middle of building a line-side propane > business yclept "Strickland Propane", and printing out the decals for > same.* > > *There's a joke in there somewhere, but if you've never watched "King > Of The Hill" it's probably a "whoosh". Hmmm - sort of like Furzenloser Fuels - "Around here, if you smell gas, it's Furzenloser!" SignatureSteve > She still needs a little weathering on the boiler, but she runs just > fine, and fits onto my 90' turntable with just a scale foot to spare [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > ~Pete As usual, Very Nice work! I'm particularly impressed at how well your work stands up to hi-res digital scrutiny. With or without weathering ... > As usual, Very Nice work! Thank you. I appreciate it. > I'm particularly impressed at how well your work stands up to hi-res digital > scrutiny. With or without weathering ... Well, most of that is Balboa's work and not mine. ~Pete |
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