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Prolific poster 3,069 posts DKRickman Prolific poster 3,069 posts
DKRickman

I thought it might be fun to see some digital dreaming.  Sometimes when I get bored (or inspired) I take a photo of a model and see what I can do with it.  Today's exercise had been to convert a Bachmann 4-4-0 into a 2-6-0

Before:

mann_440.jpg 

And after:

mann_260.jpg 

My wife and I both agree that the 2-6-0 looks better, although I suspect that may have more to do with the shortened stack and smokebox and close-coupled tender than the wheel arrangement.

Feel free to share your own digital bashes, if you like.  I'd love to see them.

Ken Rickman

Danville & Western HO modeler and web historian

http://southern-railway.railfan.net/dw/
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Bernd MRH Author 5,607 posts
Bernd

The Wheels

Ken, looks great.

I think I'd like it a lot more if the drivers were a bit smaller in diameter. Can you do that?

BTW, what software are you using to do this?

Bernd

New York, Vermont & Northern Rwy. - Route of the Black Diamonds - NCSWIC
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DKRickman Prolific poster 3,069 posts
DKRickman

Gimp

Thanks, Bernd.  I'm using Gimp.

Smaller drivers would be doable, but challenging.  It would also be an interesting challenge if I ever wanted to actually build the model.  One thing I like about photo bashes like this is that they give an idea what the real thing would look like.  If I were going to do it, I'd probably use the drivers from the original mode.

Ken Rickman

Danville & Western HO modeler and web historian

http://southern-railway.railfan.net/dw/
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Bernd MRH Author 5,607 posts
Bernd

Reason I say smaller wheels

Ken,

I have Gimp on the computer but never installed it. Maybe I should. Mmm

The reason I say smaller drivers is the fact that the first driver looks just a little to big in comparison with the boiler, but of course that's my opinion and worth about as much as the screen it's written on.

Ideas are already running through my mind, but just don't have the time to try this out right now. Depending on others pictures.

Bernd

New York, Vermont & Northern Rwy. - Route of the Black Diamonds - NCSWIC
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DKRickman Prolific poster 3,069 posts
DKRickman

There's a prototype for everything

I was searching on ebay today and found this photo.  Look familiar?

Ken Rickman

Danville & Western HO modeler and web historian

http://southern-railway.railfan.net/dw/
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LPS L1 Regular poster 329 posts
LPS L1

spooky

whoa.. that is spooky

SKOTI

Building a layout featuring a "what if" L&PS railway and any other shiny/grimy trains I can get my paws on.

lps_hea2.jpg 

 
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rrbob New member 17 posts
rrbob

another digital kitbash

How about taking the Erie's camelback 0-8-8-0 and changing  it into a 2-6-6-2 camelback for road service?

 Bob d.lback(1).jpg 
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DKRickman Prolific poster 3,069 posts
DKRickman

Erie's 2-6-6-2 camelback

I like it!  Very well done, too.

Ken Rickman

Danville & Western HO modeler and web historian

http://southern-railway.railfan.net/dw/
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Benny MRH Author 7,139 posts
Benny

Not THAT spooky...

The 2-6-0 was developed from the 4-4-0, by simply adding a third driver...the difficult part was figuring out how to let it slip without binding, so that it could go around curves.  Lots of patents on this technology.

Matthias Baldwin himself pretty much declared anything beyond a 4-4-0 or so to be mechanically impossible...

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