Old Locos

I have 3 old locos that are waiting for the shop crew to screw up the courage to do something similar. 2 MDC kits and a Life Like steamer that also needs repair after taking a trip down to a nameless canyon/floor.

One thing I really appreciate about MRH is all the photos that make for a better explanation.

Jack

Excellent Kitbash

I really enjoyed Thomas Hillebrant's article on modifying the IHC Mogul to stand in for one of his favorite prototypes; I've read it twice so far for the ideas.  I was especially intrigued by the way he built the new set of cylinders for the model, which should have wide appeal, especially for Boston and Maine modelers (many of their 2-6-0s had the economy bolt-on piston valve kits on top of slide valve cylinders).  Thanks very much!  Doug

Terrific!

Now you've got me wanting to rework one of my models from C&O to my Freelance railroad, Nicholas & Ashley Creek.  Now what did I do with that old IHC 2-8-0?  Hmmmm . . . 

Great article! I picked up a

Great article! I picked up a lot of tips to apply to a project about 2/3 completed on my workbench converting a Bachmann 0-6-0 into IC 0-6-0 254 which was the shop switcher for the Centralia car shops I am modeling on my layout.

Jeff White

Alma, IL

Awesome article

Awesome article Thomas.

There were a lot of really neat ideas and tricks for modifying steamers that I hadn't thought of until reading this article.  I was totally impressed with the idea of taking the cylinders apart and photo copying them for the exact size to create new ones.  Wish I had thought of that when doing the one D&H cosolidation scratchbash wth the piston valve cylinders.  I filed and grinded and built the cylinders back up but, this method is a whole lot cleaner. I thoroughly enjoyed this article.

Greg Wiggins

Very neat way of building the

Very neat way of building the cylinders!

I picked up a brass basket case last week that had hit the ground and was missing all the running gear ect. Intention is to build it back up to a running loco using a frame from another model.

Really enjoying these articles though. being in Australia and the comparison in USD to AUD it is making it harder to get locomotives at a reasonable price (most being a weeks salary plus now). These are interesting projects that can fill a roster out at a reasonable price

I was very encouraged by the article on the possibilities

to rebuild a plastic steam engine. Back in the mid 70's my favorite engine hit the floor from about a 56 inch height. An AHM Casey Jones that was always a great runner. I have saved it all these years hoping for inspiration (and some guts) to tackle a rebuild hopefully following a GN prototype. After reading the article I feel like I have some tools to plan and execute that long aspired to goal.

Thanks Thomas Hillebrant and MRH!

Glad I Can Help

I'm glad so many enjoyed seeing my project.  If you have any questions, I'm more than happy to answer.

Tom

Click n spin

Instead of allowing me to spin it (imbedded edition), the click n spin wanted to access the MRH web site.

Moving to HTML5

That's because we're moving away from proprietary methods of making a click-n-spin (Apple Quicktime or Adobe Flash) to open-standard HTML5.

Apple no longer supports Quicktime on PCs, and Adobe Flash support is being dropped by all major browsers.

Unfortunately, Adobe does not currently support HTML5 inside PDFs, nor are they likely anytime soon. 

Because vendor support is being dropped for the methods we've used for embedded click-n-spins, we now have to put them into a web page and can no longer embed them inside a PDF.

Sorry, but we can no longer support embedded click-n-spins if the vendors drop support. Not our choice: complain to Adobe and Apple.

Great construction

Great work on reconstructing, I greatly appreciate the details and instructions on all the finer details that really matter in a great final look. Job well done.