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Title: Another "loco" project....Now Completed!
Post by: WoundedBear on February 26, 2016, 05:13:45 PM
Me thinks I have too much time on my hands some days.....lol. I have always thought the SP Cab Forwards were some of the coolest looking locomotives ever built, but running an AC-12 or the likes on my little layout is unthinkable. But the more I kept looking at my layouts "big" power, a 2-6-6-2, I couldn't help wondering if I could turn one around and do a freelanced version for my shortline.

I grabbed a tanker and a tenderized version of the Mantua models and started the disassembly. Pretty soon I had a pile of parts to work with. I pulled out all the DCC harnesses and saved those. The model has a nice channel milled along the length of the boiler weight for wiring. I need to find a tender to use, but that shouldn't be too difficult. I stared at parts for a while, test fit some things together, took a few measurements, had some coffee, had some T, looked at some pictures on the net, stared at parts some more, hummed and hawed and scratched my head, had more coffee and T, found my Evergreen styrene box and some fresh blades, took a deep breath and went to town.

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The first thing to do was get a front and rear cab wall made with the roof arch defined. I also wanted to be able to use the original Mantua mounting pins/tabs for the new bodywork. I used .040" styrene, and slowly got two walls reasonably square to the chassis and each other.

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The builders at Stihl Yard's shops will utilize anything they can get their hands on. They found these doors and windows at Mr. Tichy's junk yard  ;) and with some slab steel the boys got to work. A few minor mods were required to the front window, and some of the muntins will be removed eventually. These windows even have laser cut glazing for a finishing touch later. A suitable door was selected, just for the reason that it looks like it could be a sliding door. All frames were modified a bit with a file. I used .080" 1/4 round for the front corners.

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To get rid of the sliding window look for the front window, I added a few strips of .015" X .020" strip. I think if I get rid of enough muntins to make a three light window, it should look alright.

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Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: WoundedBear on February 26, 2016, 05:14:33 PM
The next task was to cut out the front wall and mount the window. That went relatively smooth, and I turned my attention to joining the front and rear walls of the cab. The door helps keep things square as the glue sets. I used laminated styrene strips for the top cab rails. Repeated test fitting is required, as is waiting for glue to dry. This progress was made over the course of 4 solid days of model building.

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Once I had the doors in place, the windows could go in and really start to fill in the cab sides. Again, styrene strip is used to fill gaps and make square areas. Building like this also makes keeping the windows and doors at all the same height a lot easier. And some more test fitting.

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Had no .030" white styrene left, so I used some black....no difference. The walls got filled in and everything set back on the chassis to dry for a few days before I set the small windows into the rear doors. A small slit Tichy window and a short Tichy shutter will make a convincing access door rearward to the boiler. The steps need to be moved and a fairing built around the forward edge. A pilot as well.

This is where I am for now, and with racing season rapidly approaching, it looks like this will be my summer project for rainy days. DCC is a necessity, and sound will most likely be included in the build as well. I need a funky lookin tender too. That will most likely get scratch built too. I'm thinking a light on the nose instead of the roof. The roof is going to be an adventure unto itself....lol. I can see some rivet decals being used.

Enjoy my progress for now, and I will keep posting as I make more headway.

Sid

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Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: WoundedBear on February 26, 2016, 05:14:50 PM
For those of you that are interested in our racing, here's a quick update. The body is back from the fiberglass guy. We spent 40 hours or more peelin paint off it....remember this pic?

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Well it looks much better now. No more cracks and splits.....some of those old decals were structural lmao ;D Next week we drop it at the paint shop. Going back to a similar electric blue pearl and we're going to name the car Blue My Mind. Haqd a new steering box put in it and some chassis upgrades done to get a 7.50 second certification on her. We're looking forwards to a fun and exciting season.

Sid

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Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: rogertra on February 26, 2016, 10:45:27 PM
Sid.

Nice work on the cab forward.  Looks like you got the window problem solved.  Well done.

Cheers

Roger T.

Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: jbrock27 on February 27, 2016, 07:45:15 AM
Super work, all the way around! :)
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: Ken Huck on February 27, 2016, 03:06:33 PM
Wow !  I think I'll just stick to my matchsticks and bamboo skewers.

Can't wait to see it finished...both projects !

Ken
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: Bill Baker on February 28, 2016, 09:55:09 PM
Bear, you have a great amount of talent. I wished I had a tenth of that.  I've been working on a Labelle wooden passenger car for almost a year and I haven't finished it yet.  I'm trying to modify it from a closed vestibule to an open vestibule  If I ever get my camera back from my grandson, I'll post a picture of it.
Bill
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: Pacific Northern on March 02, 2016, 02:39:31 PM
Your conversion of the Mantua 2-6-6-2 to a Cab Forward looks great, once you finish your will certainly have a unique engines.

What did surprise me was the fact that the Mantua had been lettered for the Canadian Pacific Railroad.

The CPR was the only Canadian Railroad to use a mallet type engine. The CPR versions were 0-6-6-0 engines and were used for pusher service through the Rocky Mountains.  These engines while very successful were also extremely expensive to maintain and the six mallet engines were themselves converted to 2-10-0's, which proved to be ideal engines for the Rocky Mountains.

I look forward to seeing more pictures of your conversion once it has been completed.
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: ryeguyisme on March 03, 2016, 01:27:01 PM
Well certainly a neat kitbash! I am definitely looking forward to seeing more.

I do have a suggestion to make the engine look more proportionate: The boiler from a tyco 2-8-0/0-8-0
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The idea came from an article on how to make a Mantua 2-6-6-2 into a faux D&SL 2-6-6-0
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: WoundedBear on March 03, 2016, 03:37:58 PM
I like that idea Rye. I was sorta eyeing an old Pacific with the same thing in mind. Right now the biggest headache is sorting out the wiring connections at the monkey deck area. The Mantua 9 pin system may be able to be adapted in there. I have a few other ideas as well.

Sid
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: ryeguyisme on March 03, 2016, 05:36:38 PM
The neat thing about the tyco boiler is it plops right on the lower mantua plastic frame without too much modification.
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: WoundedBear on April 08, 2016, 04:01:12 PM
Well, it's been a few weeks now, and progress is slowly being made on all fronts. I haven't turned up a suitable boiler so for now I am going ahead with my plans to use the Mantua one. The tender has seen the most attention. I try to spend a little time each morning with a coffee and some T and a bit of rock n roll at the modelling bench. Some days it's an hour, others it's five or six. Some days see progress, other days it's staring and thinking and planning in my head.

I worked out how to adapt the Mantua 9 pin connector from the tenderized version and allow the tender to be disconnected. The tender itself is a Mehano medium length with the coal bunker section cut out. Then I grafted in a shortened saddle tank from a Mantua 2-6-6-2ST. This gives two distinct compartments for the oil and water. I am looking for a Frankenstein feel with this loco......something the boys in the backshop cobbled together after a few puffs too many, late into the night. No prototypes to follow, just a thought in my mind and a basic understanding of how they worked. The rest is all smoke and mirrors....lmao.

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Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: WoundedBear on April 08, 2016, 04:01:43 PM
Got the side rails for the cab in place as well as the rear doors. The doors are made from Tichy shutters, windows and some styrene strip. The roof will be sheeted with something.....corrugated tin maybe? .015" styrene would be easiest. Next will be to get wiring and pickups done in the tender and start laying out the wiring paths for the loco. Either the loco or the tender need the pickups switched from side to side.

As for the race car.....well it's getting along also. Finally got all the parts back in one place for the first time since last October. Now to get it assembled. The body is painted....Blue My Mind Pearl.....and we dragged her old azz to the annual NHRA chassis certification clinic and they saw it fit to give her a 7.50 second tag. That's means I can legally run the car as fast as a 7.500 second 1/4 mile at around 180 MPH. Maybe next year we find some more horsepower. I'm also having some graphics done on glossy vinyl for the sides of it. I'll post more pics once it's back in one piece.

For now it's back to the bench......model and/or work........and see what else I can come up with. More pics soon..........

Enjoy!

Sid

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Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: jonathan on April 08, 2016, 04:17:59 PM
Sid, I'm blown away as usual.  Can't wait to see your homemade cab forward all painted up and on the rails.

Thanks for the inspiration!

Regards,

Jonathan
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: rogertra on April 10, 2016, 08:27:19 PM
Quote from: jonathan on April 08, 2016, 04:17:59 PM
Sid, I'm blown away as usual.  Can't wait to see your homemade cab forward all painted up and on the rails.

Thanks for the inspiration!

Regards,

Jonathan


Same here Sid, just excellent workmanship.

Cheers

Roger T.

Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: WoundedBear on November 30, 2016, 12:46:36 PM
Time to resurrect a thread again...............

How time flies when you ain't havin' fun.....lol. Was a brutal summer of racing for us.....and most of our friends. I blew a motor at 130 MPH and got the car safely stopped. Others weren't so lucky. It was a year of disasters all around....very expensive.

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But....I digress..............back to the subject at hand. This here cab forward conversion. About all I managed to do over the summer was to get the thing wired with an MRC sound decoder in it and the cab structure is mostly finished now.

I had some difficulty in sorting out how to run/hide the wires between the tender and the loco and not restrict movement. Once the wires get a touch of paint they'll disappear completely. The cab roof is made up of individual strips of styrene to simulate boards. This should paint and weather up nicely. I still have to cut windows and build a backhead (or would that now be a Fronthead ???). The head lamp is going to mount above the windshield on the front wall. The square hole in the roof is for an access panel for the wiring to enter the cab.

A friend gave me some incredibly tiny LEDS and resistors......I may just attempt to light the inside of the cab. It will help show off the interior and figures that I plan to fit in there. Here's some pics of where I stand at the moment.....updates to follow now that winter is here.



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I also did some repairs for a few folks this summer. Here's a couple shots of a BLI light Mike that I'm still waiting on parts for. Bachmann ain't the only ones prone to split gears it seems.

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Enjoy!

Sid
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: jonathan on November 30, 2016, 01:10:25 PM
That cab-forward is going to be the cat's meow.  The cab roof work is astounding! Glad you survived the race season...

Interested to read how pressing on the new gear goes. Always wanted to try that.  I have a press and quarterer, but haven't had a chance to put them to use. 

Thanks for the update!

Regards,

Jonathan
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: Terry Toenges on November 30, 2016, 02:14:31 PM
Regarding the car engine - Is the box on the headers something you came up with? I've never seen anything like that.
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: WoundedBear on November 30, 2016, 02:43:50 PM
The header boxes were common on the old drag cars that used zoomie headers. They serve two purposes. First they keep dust and grit and bugs etc outta the pipes when the car is sitting. Second.....between rounds, they help hold some heat on the exhaust valves so they don't chill off too badly.

Thanks Jonathan. I can't wait to get back downstairs and get to some serious bench time again.

Sid
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: Terry Toenges on November 30, 2016, 05:32:15 PM
Thanks. I am that much the wiser now.
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: WoundedBear on December 04, 2016, 03:02:46 PM
Little update again........

Managed to get the rivet decals in place along the seams. This sure helps hide the styrene joints. I use the rivet decal sheet from Micro-Mark. In the third pic you can see that I got a first coat of primer on the cab, and also got the whole thing broke down again, and starting to get ready for final assembly and paint.

Sid

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Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: jonathan on December 05, 2016, 06:48:41 AM
Sid, brilliant of course.

Will the pilot get a cow catcher or pilot steps?  Not that it's important, just trying to paint a picture in my mind.

Regards,

Jonathan
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: WoundedBear on December 05, 2016, 04:48:47 PM
Quote from: jonathan on December 05, 2016, 06:48:41 AM
Sid, brilliant of course.

Will the pilot get a cow catcher or pilot steps?  Not that it's important, just trying to paint a picture in my mind.

Regards,

Jonathan

Thanks

Good Question

Me too

Regards

LMAO ;D
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: jonathan on December 06, 2016, 06:43:14 AM
Well... I do have a couple of thoughts about the pilot. Please feel free to ignore them--it's your loco, and a great one at that.  :)

One of the locos you borrowed parts from had a USRA standard pilot on it, and that would work fine.  On the other hand, given the shape of the front of your cab, I was thinking about a pilot step, not two steps on either side of the coupler, but one continuous step that travels the width of the cab front.  

This would suggest a locomotive that spends time doing switching.  However, this is small as articulateds go.  And I can't help thinking about the theme of your layout.  A Road/Switcher 2-6-6-2 would be pretty cool on the Lye Djeet and Stihl (did I spell it right?). Plus, you would be taking advantage of those two mounting tabs that hang down in the front.

Then of course, the tender would need steps on the end.

Just a thought... for what it's worth.  I'm sure whatever you do will be great.

Regards,

Jonathan
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: Woody Elmore on December 14, 2016, 12:06:18 PM
What a great conversion! Kudos on all your work. One question - isn't the race car a little out of scale?
Title: Re: Another "loco" project
Post by: WoundedBear on December 16, 2016, 02:45:43 PM
Woody.......thanks for the kind words. Sorry I didn't reply earlier, I didn't see your response until today. And as for the race car.....nope, it's exactly as big as it needs to be.....lol. And Jon.......a step worked and I was in no mood to invest a lot more time (or thought) in it....lol.

Well guys, I'm lookin at dates here, and this has turned into a 10 month project and not quite done yet. If nothin' else, I'm a stubborn ol' cuss.


I've been busy for the past week or 10 days. I got the beasty painted and decorated. I know right now she still looks pretty bright, but once I get the powders on it, that will tone down a lot. The base colors always look stark until they get muted. The only thing on it right now is an acrylic black wash over most painted surfaces and a gray wash over the boiler. Handrails were added......I'm still tempted to put a set of handrails on top of the tender by the plank way.

I was going to light the cab, but I'm out of space for wires in a few spots. Any more wires will inhibit it's articulation. As it stands I'm pretty happy with it. It took some self discipline to stay focused on one project for as long as this one took. And no blueprints or plans to follow.....lol. This one came outta my head. I was also pleased that I did very little backtracking in this build. Most hours spent at the bench were progress. It runs pretty well, but the lead truck is still prone to the odd derailment. I'll figure that out soon. I did get a crew inside and you'll notice a rather unique positioning of the two.

A few other thoughts about the build.......The Tichy windows I used have a laser cut glazing pack for them. The trouble is the glazing has a smoke stain on it from the laser and you can't get rid of it. I'm gonna drop Tichy a note about it. The Micro-Mark rivet decals are OK, but some of the rivets are not defined that well. Some are run into each other.....it's like the printer didn't get a true drop and smeared to the next one. No biggie unless under high magnification.

I have a BLI light Mike to repair now, and the guy wants it weathered also, so I will wait until that is ready, then make the powder mess one time instead of twice. I also have a couple buildings that need their noses powdered while I'm at it. More pics after the New Year. I'm gonna study these close shots now and see what and where the touch ups are needed.

In the mean time.........Happy Holidays ya fruitcakes ;D

Stay Safe

Sid

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Title: Re: Another "loco" project....Now Completed!
Post by: jonathan on December 17, 2016, 07:04:27 AM
Awesomesauce!  Really looks like it fits with your railroad.  What great handiwork.

I bow in your general direction, sir...

Regards,

Jonathan
Title: Re: Another "loco" project....Now Completed!
Post by: jbrock27 on December 17, 2016, 08:06:07 AM
Wow!! :o
Title: Re: Another "loco" project....Now Completed!
Post by: Ken Clark on December 17, 2016, 12:26:04 PM


    Sid

    Very impressive loco, might the next project be a larger Turntable for the layout?

   Ken C
    GWN
Title: Re: Another "loco" project....Now Completed!
Post by: James in FL on December 17, 2016, 05:20:14 PM
That was fun to watch, intriguing build to the end.
I like it.
Good stuff
Title: Re: Another "loco" project....Now Completed!
Post by: WoundedBear on December 18, 2016, 12:35:15 PM
Thanks guys.....glad ya liked it.....and hope maybe it inspires some of you to try your hand at scratchbuilding.

Ken.....no, a larger TT is not in the works. The plan for the railroad was always to have the small TT and turn the 2-6-6-2s on the loop around the mill. The TT is (on the LS&D) a relic from the days when all they had were short little engines. After the articulateds got purchased/built, there was no money left for a TT upgrade. That's our story and we're sticking to it ;D

Sid
Title: Re: Another "loco" project....Now Completed!
Post by: RAM on December 18, 2016, 01:41:22 PM
I think you should have the locomotive number on the front of the cab.
Title: Re: Another "loco" project....Now Completed!
Post by: rogertra on December 19, 2016, 10:14:42 PM
Excellent work Sid.

Makes my minor kitbashes pale to insignificance... 

Cheers

Roger T.

Title: Re: Another "loco" project....Now Completed!
Post by: Ken Clark on December 20, 2016, 12:42:10 AM


  Sid

   I ran into the same problem with a couple of in progress On30 engines, would need a 15 in TT, will likely need
to install a wye. On the bright side the prototype engines were welded construction, so no need to worry about
rivets <G>.

   Ken C
    GWN