Marshall,
Very much interest. Sorry this is so late, I was travelling....
--- muffie <muffie@i...> wrote:
> Mike (and others) -
>
> 4001 is doable. Find an old (meaning cheaper) Rivarossi Dreyfuss
> Hudson (NYC J3A) at a train show. Ditto for a couple of IHC Budd
> cars. Moosh the tender body out of one of the IHC cars & modify the
> Riv. tender frame to fit. Use the lower half of the Riv. boiler to
> assemble the side skirts from the other IHC car. Swap in a Bowser
> T-1 trailing truck.
>
> If there's interest on the list, I can do a quick photo-based mod of
> the old RMC 4000 drawings to lay out the vestibule cab and shroud &
> put together an e-file for any listers who so request. This file
> would include instructions on how to scratchbuild the actual shroud &
> an easy method of reproducing the compound curves of the nose which
> is also applicable to such things as truck shrouds, observation roofs
> & whatnot.
>
> The reason for doing 4001 is that she had boxpok drivers on all
> axles. If you want to base the conversion on the Bowser K-4 instead,
> you can mix & match driver types for 4000 & use the original RMC
> drawings, but it'll be more expensive, and you'll have to work out a
> valve gear swap.
>
> I figured out this approach several years ago, but when I finally
> decided on 1944 for a layout date, Big Alice went out the window.
> Any interest?
>
> Marshall
>
>
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>
>
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-Steve Wintner
"Story's always the same
Seven hundred tons of metal a day
Now sir you tell me the world's changed
Once I made you rich enough
Rich enough to forget my name."
-Bruce Springsteen
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