Are there any Wagon Top/Step Down Boilers!!

[Dusten Barefoot]

well are there? It is for the bachmann On30 2-6-0. Soon to make it a ET&WNC  #8 4-6-0

[Dusten Barefoot]

So Is There?

[C.S.R.R. Manager]

Dustin, I've not seen any ready-made.  One alternative would be to find another locomotive with a boiler that's the right size, and replace the details on it.  This looks like a large boiler, so I think an HO boiler would be unlikely.  Maybe something in S-scale would work, but the trick is finding something cheap.

The other approach is to build your own.  I've seen boilers built out of 2 pieces of PVC pipe, and the slope between the two bits is fashioned out of some sort of putty, but that's really hard to do cleanly, without a lathe.  Hey, that's it, use a lathe to carve one out of wood.

There isn't any easy way to do it, at the moment.  Maybe you could find a class in CNC milling, and make it a class project.

[ASIANLIFE]

http://4largescale.com/fletch/d10a.htm

Hey Dusten

here is a link which might help you

Paul

[kenruof]

That is a very nice job on the large scale Porter!!!

Ken

[Dusten Barefoot]

Thanks ya'll! I will try both, 1st things 1st,  need to look for an S-scale and see if it fits, if that does not work, I will construct my own.
Rock On & Live Strong
Dusten

[ebtnut]

One thing you might keep and eye out for at train shows is the Mantua "Petticoat Jct." Ten-Wheeler.  They can be had cheap, especially if all you need is the boiler.  The model is essentially an Sn42" model, and a number of S scalers have used it as the basis for a loco in their scale.

[Dusten Barefoot]

Thanks EBTNUT, but that mantua boiler is not the kind of boiler I am looking for. The boiler I am looking for looks just like Tweetsie's but slightly smaller than hers.
Rock On & Live Strong
Dusten