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Nope, that's a scratch built cab, from styrene.   Same with the tender: scratch from styrene.   The boiler is a 3" OD tube, and the domes are from Accucraft; they're brass and add some additional weight.   It has the BBT drive, so there's really not all that much left from the Annie.

I'm cheating a bit - I converted the "Annie" to 1:20.   But, it is my favorite.

You have to love that locomotive as it just called out for bashing.   I went along with Bill and did my own version.   It was so much fun building and it pulls better than most of mine.

I use a 3mm Wiha driver for all the Accucraft couplers.

If you're going to make one, the Aristo Pacific motor block makes a pretty good starting point.   The drivers are a bit too big (50" vs 48") and a bit too far apart, but it's close enough for me.   The rest was scratch built.

Mine is a picture of a narrow gauge boxcab that I built from a Bachmann 45 ton diesel.   

In the full picture, it's crossing a bridge and trestle on my railroad.

How close do they have to be?

The Aristocraft Pacific drivers are 50" in 1:20

I finally finished this today. 




There's a few more details at my web site:
http://www.jbrr.com/html/ten_wheeler.html

Thanks, David.   Here's what she looked like before the fall:


I'll post some pictures when I complete it.   I'm going to start on the cab next.

You could use a Consolidation Cab if you can find one.   I bought a wood kit from FH&PB (now out of business) and used it on mine when I converted it to 1:20.



It recently took a tumble from the highest point on my elevated track (about 3 feet)  so I'm rebuilding parts of it.



I'm almost done with a new tender and  I will be fabricating a new "steel" cab out of styrene.

You might also try Supply Line Miniatures  http://www.slmonline.com/

Thanks, Chuck.   I put a bit of light weathering on it and I like the look even better.

A small mogul is a great idea!   I used the Annie as a basis for making a 1:20 one, but I'd love to have one with the same level of detail as the K27.

Go with the 1/18 vehicles.

No theory,  here's a comparison of sizes:

Left to right - A 1:19 Ford Pickup, a 1:20 person, a 1:20 Ford, a 1:22.5 person, and a 1:24 vechicle.

And here's what a 1:20 person looks like next to a 1:24 vehicle.


Some of those Bachmann NG engines were tiny in real life, not massive at all.  The EBT Mike would be pretty large compared to a Connie.

Ken Brunt built one and wrote a short article over here:  http://largescalecentral.com/articles/view.php?id=37