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Mild kitbash of the new Bachmann 2-6-6-2
Not being satsified with the look just decaling the new Bachmann 2-6-6-2 to represent a SP MM3 articulated I decided to go a step further by replacing the air compressor heavy smokebox front with one better representing the class MM3 of which there were 2 originally running on the Verde Tunnel & Smelter line near Jerome Az.
By pure luck I found a Cary brass casting of a standard 108 inch replacement smokebox front that was a perfect fit for this engine. unfortunely the smokebox front on the 2-6-6-2 because there was no headlight mounted was glued to the boiler SO" with a great deal of trepidation I dug out my trusty razor saw and began veeeery carefully cutting that very slim joint between front cover and boiler!! Thankfully all went well and I didn't wind up destroying a brand new engine.
After grinding down the bottom for clearance for the large steam delivery pipe which runs under the front engine and priming and giving the smokebox front a coat of the silver SP liked looked at the dual air compressors that were mounted on the orginal smokebox front,these are some really quite nice pieces with nice piping and air strainers attached,soo! figure'd let give'm a go carefully dismounted them and glued them together,the mounted quite nicely on the firemans side just above the second set of high pressure cylinders.
I also removed the C&O style number boards from in front of the stack and will move them to the rear...also the black plastic class lights went they'll be replaced with PSC brass castings with clear lense's
All in all I'm rather quite pleased the way this conversion turned out.
Moderator edit: Changed all the images to be no wider than 720 pixels - the images were too wide and needed to be resized to fit this site better.
Would love to see some pictures!
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Show us some photos of your kit bashing.
Dan
NARROW gauge MINDED
AND PROUD OF IT
Add me to the list of those who would love to see photos of your work.
In fact, if you haven't painted it yet, or if you have taken photos "in-progress", you might contact MRH about a how-to article. I know I do well with step-by-step articles with lots of photos, and your conversion is one that had crossed my mind when I first heard of the model's availability.
About your screen name: Have you modeled a 2-6-8-0. I've always thought that that loco would be a most-interesting model project. There was also some discussion in the 1½" scale live-steam community in SoCal about building one from two consolidation or pacific chassis'.
Don
SP in HO scale: 1950's."
have pictures and am still trying to figure out how to post them,normally i just post a link to my photobucket account but that didn't work for some reason,I'll try again.
ROCKY LIVES!
You just click the image icon on the editor tool bar (mountains with sun on it) and in the box that comes up, paste the URL to your photobucket image. Click OK and voila - there's your image in your post.
Joe Fugate
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine
O.K! thanks to joe i finally figured it out and have the pictures posted above, now if i can jus' remember for next time!!
ROCKY LIVES!
You did good, however, the pictures are too wide for this site - but you can fix that easily.
Make sense?
It takes a lot longer to explain than it does to do. Once you see how it works, you realize it's quite easy to do.
Joe Fugate
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine
Looks great! I dont know if I'd be able to cut the front off like you did - but the results are worth it.
Are those numberboards on the prototype near the stack? If so, are you going to replace them?
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Did you say you were or were not going to add head end lights to the engine? You did a geat job on the mods and adding lights should be easy now.
Dan
NARROW gauge MINDED
AND PROUD OF IT
It's really amazing how a few minor changes can greatly effect the appearance of a model. Good looking locomotive.
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