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hello,

Got a few photos to share of the progress on making a Central Vermont 2-10-4, aka the 700 Class. Progress has been sort of slow, due to a new work schedule, but it's coming along nicely.

I started with a Canadian/Canadien National 2-10-2 because the CV 2-10-4 was essentially a CN 2-10-2 Class T-3-a with a 4 wheel trailing truck. I took a Rivarossi tender & cut a 1 inch section out of the middle. That was easy. What took about 3 frusterating hours was to get the DCC board in & in place because the Vandy tender does not come apart. The rear end comes off, but I seem to have fat fingers because it was almost a nightmare to get the original truck, spring, & screw held in one hand, while the other hand tries to hook the metal washer & the DCC eyelet over the screw tip. Then came the nut. Thankfully the thread pattern matched the Rivarossi threads. I put a dab of hot glue over the end of the truck screws after I got them all in place, just to make darn sure they wouldn't back out. Before I placed & reglued the rear of the tender on, I drilled out a place for the headlamp off the Bachmann tender. Four 1/4 ounce selfsticking tire weights & the mounting of the rear lamp & door.

The DCC board fits nicely inside. It got electrical tape over the entire bottom because I didn't want any short circuts. Another 5 tireweights went in the very bottom for weight & balance. Styrene cut to fit, fixed the coal bunker into a square one like the CV had. Plastistruct I-Beam heated over a candle & bent into the square shape became the "Banjo Frame" over the trailing truck. The pin for pulling is an old machine screw pressed into a piece of styrene & glued to the floor of the tender. The tender originally had a full length weight that came out & got set aside for other projects, but it was the weight that the trucks screwed into (I used the nuts & washers from the Bachmann tender) & the weight also had the pulling pin in it, that I replaced with a better looking machine screw.

The trailing truck started out as a Bennendorf 40' tanker truck that I ground down & shaped into the trailing truck shape. one wheel is a 33'' (original freight car wheel) & the bigger wheel is a 40'' athearn passenger one.

The number boards were built out of small styrene pieces. The Elesco feedwater was a kit I bought from Yardbird designs. I'm using a mix between Ambriod Proweld glue (<-- help! I need more & can't find any anywhere ), & Walthers Goo.

The photos are a little big to show the detail. I'll post one here, & if you want the other 3 images, post here & I'll post them on this thread.

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Thanks,
Rob

(EDIT _ I hope this posts after 14 seperate tries....)


Gene = after about 3 hours of hitting *refresh* after each server timeout.

Scotty = This is the only web site I have trouble with loading. I use Mozilla Firefox 2.0 (latest update) My computer is fine. My browser is fine ( I don't have any other browsers installed besides this mozilla). My ISP is a questionible thing, being Verizon/Fairpoint.

Dick = Verizon/Fairpoint up north here. Never had any trouble until recently. Recently being Sept. 3rd to be exact.

I have Central Vermont 2-10-4 kitbash project photos I want to post, considering I used a Spectrum 2-10-2 for the base, but I can't keep the site running smooth enough to let me post.


Bob

For some reason, when I try to sign in, or look at this website, as of lately it refuses to load. I get a 404 error, or a trouble message telling me the server will not respond.

Is there a reason for the sudden overload, or what?

Bob, annoyed at a full month of issues.

We up here that worked for the Central Vermont called our 2-10-4's "The 700 Class"

Red

Before I accidentally burn out more then just the headlight in my Non-DCC 2-6-6-2, Just what locomotives are compatible with with item? I got some bad advice from a freind who claimed I could run the 2-6-6-2 with this tender. The second I applied a 1/4 throttle, the headlight popped. Immediate cancellation of all power. I reattached the original long tender & with the exception of the headlight on the pilot deck, she runs just like before. But having a tender, I'd like to find out what it runs with.

Item #89902
Vanderbilt Medium-Length Tender (with Coal Load)

Thanks,
Rob

http://www.cvrma.org/pictures/MISC/m&a171.jpg

Don't know the roadname, but it's a runner up for a kitbash project on one of bachmann's 4-4-0 spectrum series

Red

Considering it's not my server, I'm surprised the streaming worked well. There's a limiter cap on there that I have no control over.

Am a bit confused as to why a Divx would play as a quicktime file, but if it worked for you, hey great.

There's one locomotive I didn't get time to tape, & that was a Broadway Limited NW2 that's been kitbashed up into an SW1. I'll have it up there sometime this week.

Thanks,
Bob

Hello,

I have gathered most of my sound units together into short video clips which I think are better then the little audio clips I have to hunt to find across the 'Net.

http://download.lavadomefive.com/members/RDFlambouyant/model/model.html

I also pose the question of what sound decoders would work best for the locomotives listed under the video links. Everything's labeled to who made it, & roadname/locomotive type.

As always tho, streaming is not of good quality, so you'll have to right-click & save the video before you get a good video with non-broken sound. Still working on speeding the site up for streaming options.

Thanks guys/gals,
Bob

you mentioned a heisler for HO gauge, somewhere in the 20-30Ton range? I got a perfect example of a fully restored 28Ton 2-truck standard gauge.

<img Src="http://download.lavadomefive.com/members/RDFlambouyant/hidden/Passumpsic.jpg">

Incidentally, If anyone is going to be in the area of St. Johnsbury/Barnet, Vermont on Sept. 9th, we will be running the steam locomotive. It's the owner's birthday, so we're making it another 'historic' run. I'll be on crew, but armed with the video camera. Occasionaly I'll be on the pilot deck recording more for our portfolio.

If the above image didn't load, here's the link to the photograph.

http://download.lavadomefive.com/members/RDFlambouyant/hidden/Passumpsic.jpg

Thanks y'all,
Bob

that's not quite what I had in mind. My question was asking if I swapped tenders, would I be able to run the 2-6-6-2 with DCC. Apperantly not.

Zytx

JV Models sells a basswood trestle kit. Now granted a trestle isn't considered to be a bridge, but maybe it'll still work?

I have the Bent jig sheets if you want to scratch build your own too.

Thanks,
Zytx

Hello,

Question on the 2-6-6-2 tender & the 2-10-2 DCC tender:

Can I switch just the tender without having the switch out the guts of the tenders in order to run my Mallet on DCC, or will I burn out both units?

Thanks,
The guy formerly known as Red

walthers still makes (or until recently) DATA only cars in bulk packs, like Bowser used to.

Zytx

yes, altho the handle is now Zytx, instead of my real name, you want the real name, look at the email Long story behind the name Zytx, too long & not on topic for a railroad forum, altho one might ask themselves this question when viewing my car:

1950's ATSF Alco switcher colour scheme, or zebra?

link to it here:
http://download.lavadomefive.com/members/RDFlambouyant/zeeb/zeeb.html


Zytx, the poster formerly known as Red.