Tuesday, December 29, 2009

A few steamers I am working on now :-)

I just can not get enough PRR steam I want to have them all ,and maybe someday I will.But at the rate I am going I will be long gone before I have them all because kitbashing/building Pennsylvania steam or any steam for that matter is time consuming at best.And if you want Pennsy steam or at least a fleet of steam you are going to have to spend some time "Pennsying them up" or building them from sratch.
I love the challange of seeing how close I can get to real thing I am no rivet counter but I like to be as accurate as I can be.
So here are a few of my in progress builds two l1's, two I1sa's and at the moment a lone N2sa.I am planning on building another N2sa because they almost always worked in pairs pulling coal drags out of Erie.So I am going to see how this first one comes out then work on another.

PRR N2sa scratch built pilot

Getting there on the N scale pennsylvania N2sa

My two I1sa's in progress thanks to Max Magliaro and the Zen master publication's for the insperation to give this a try

Here is onea post war L1 with Kato GS4 single slider valve gear to give it more of a PRR look and feel

Here is both Pennsy L1s this early on they have progressed a bit farther since this photo I guess I will just have to get out the camers and take a few more pics
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5 comments:

  1. KonradMarch 31, 2010 at 12:00 PM

    Hi,
    Where did you get the boilers from? Did you cast them yourself, or did you buy some pre-made ones?

    thanks

    Konrad

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  2. n scale S.P.F.March 31, 2010 at 6:02 PM

    Hi Konrad,,

    I cast my own from a modified Kato mikado boiler.

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  3. n scale S.P.F.March 31, 2010 at 6:04 PM

    Actually are you talking about the I1's if so they are modified GHQ boilers.

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  4. KonradApril 1, 2010 at 4:38 PM

    I'm just curious about how to do casting, etc. I am into Pennsy steam as well (PRR-nscale yahoo group) and want to learn how to create pennsy boilers.

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  5. n scale S.P.F.April 1, 2010 at 6:24 PM

    Konrad take a look at Smooth-on and there is a very good Yahoo casting group as well.

    Casting is an art in itself full of trial and error but rewarding in the end when you do finally get a good mold and casting.

    hope this helps a bit

    Allen...

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