The things we do for fun.........

[rogertra]

Sid.

How easy were the dome and sandbox to remove from the 4-6-0s?

I have a few of them and want to modernize them.  Removing those 'wedding cake' domes would be a step in the right direction.

Happy New Year.

Roger T.

[WoundedBear]

One screw per dome Roger.....accessible once the shell is slid off the chassis.

Sid

[rogertra]

One screw per dome Roger.....accessible once the shell is slid off the chassis.

Sid

Excellent Sid.

Before I started stripping the bodies, I just wanted to make sure they weren't glued or cast on, like some Bachmann domes.

That'll make the kitbash way easier.

All I have to do next is find suitable piston valve cylinders to replace the slide valves.

Make them look more suitable for a 1958 class one road.

Happy New Year.

Roger T.

[rogertra]

....I tear it apart as far as I do because I find I can't paint in behind all the areas I need to if I don't remove the details. Painting the tops of the running boards green, on this model, would be difficult without their removal. The steam piping was trapped between the running boards and boiler as well....much better looking if I remove them and paint all the piping and valves separately.

Okay, that explains it.   

....All I have to do next is find suitable piston valve cylinders to replace the slide valves.....

Roger, I modernised my Bachmann 10 Wheelers by replacing the boilers with cast metal ones from Varney/Bowser, then replacing the cast-on cabs of those with ones from Bachmann Consolidations.
However, to better represent superheated locomotives, I simply built-up the existing slide valves using pieces of styrene, then applied new front and rear profiles and wrappers cut from .010" sheet styrene.  There's a little more info HERE

Wayne

Wayne.

Thanks for the link.  I'd seen your post but forgot to bookmark it, that has now been corrected.

Happy New Year.

Roger T.

[WoundedBear]

Nice work Wayne. I never realized how much bigger the large driver version of the 10 wheeler is. All mine are the 52" version and the older appearance of them was one of the reasons I chose them for the layout.

Being new to model railroading, I think at times I chose HO too quickly. In hindsight, I think an 0n30 layout would have suited my vision better, but I am happy with the shortline look my layout has. I do appreciate the type of modelling you and Roger are doing, but I need a little more artistic license to be satisfied.

Before I ever did railroads, I was a top ranked automotive modeller on the east coast of the USA. Down there, I could shoot laquer all year round, and had no pilot lights to worry about blowin my azz up.....lol. When we moved back home here to Alberta, I still needed to get my model fix, so I thought I'd give railroads a spin. So far it's a blast, but at times I miss my automotive days. Here's a couple of my auto days favorites.

Sid