Mill Creek HOn30

[davefoxx]

To add to what Dave Vollmer said, I think the small drivers will be less noticeable once the locomotive is painted a darker color than that resin print.  Looks real close to EBT No. 7 to me.  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Broad_Top_Railroad_7.jpg

How did they fire locomotives like this, with such a disparity between the cab floor and the tender deck?  Was the backhead (and hence the clamshell doors) close to the end of the cab floor?  Surely, they didn't have to climb into the cab while shoveling coal.

DFF

[k27463]

How did they fire locomotives like this, with such a disparity between the cab floor and the tender deck?  Was the backhead (and hence the clamshell doors) close to the end of the cab floor?  Surely, they didn't have to climb into the cab while shoveling coal.

DFF

The backhead likely continued to the back of the cab with the fire doors near the lower half to match the deck height of the tender.

I believe all (at the very least, most) of the D&RGW narrow gauge 2-8-0s were built like this as well as countless other locomotives.  I've attached a photo of D&RGW C-16 #278 that I shot this summer.

[Dave V]

The backhead likely continued to the back of the cab with the fire doors near the lower half to match the deck height of the tender.

I believe all (at the very least, most) of the D&RGW narrow gauge 2-8-0s were built like this as well as countless other locomotives.  I've attached a photo of D&RGW C-16 #278 that I shot this summer.

Right.  The C-19 class on the D&RGW/RGS was similar, with the backhead flush with the back wall of the cab.  To keep the fireman warm during Colorado's long winters, they often hung heavy canvas curtains that closed off the space on the footplate between the cab and the tender.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

You can see how it works on 475's cab here:

[packers#1]

Efficient, if cramped, use of footprint

[Chris333]

Sorta like that last photo. The center of the cab floor dropped down to the same level as the tender.

[Chris333]

Lowered the body about .040" I like it now. Got the tender trucks painted up.



There was a proposed 2-8-0 for the 2' gauge SR&RL that had a lower boiler so modeling 30" gauge I have to fall somewhere in the middle.

[Chris333]

Feelin' cute, might delete later...

So I haven't done $hit in a long while. My feet were hurting a lot and after months it just sorta went away. Hard to go do something when you don't even want to stand up. I even gained a few pounds that I've now lost. But anyways it sucked. And now I'm pretty much 100% reading glasses to work on models. Now I know many of you here wear glasses and it's no big deal, but it also sucks. I was putting lacing on a conveyor belt at work all realized I could barely see and had to move my head back. And now I know the phenomenon where you put the glasses on for 5 min and spend the next 5 hours reaching for them because it feels like they are on my head, but they aren't. Mom always said life sucks and then you die. 

After turning my Sonic mini 4K printer into a jack stand I started using it. This small 24" gauge loco was one of two used at a paper mill.

It was recently restored and I found a guy who measured the whole loco so I had plans to draw it up.

Put it on a Bachmann Percy chassis:


And the real loco was painted green, but the restored loco is a little bit too light a green. Here's mine:



And I started a little 18x36" race track.




The foreground bridge is 3D printed in 6 pieces with 2 brass rods running thru it. The depot/general store is based on "Coats" on the Ohio River & Western. Many on their depots were just general stores that were named after the farm they were on. The windows are 3D printed. The other buildings have some 3D parts as well. The mill is Mabry Mill since there are plans for it online. I did the water wheel and race in 3D.

[Chris333]

Here is the real loco.

[davefoxx]

Chris,

You've got some mad skillz on a 3D printer!  Holy cow, and how well that print holds up under macro photography.  Impressive.  Sorry about your feet and eyes, though.  Hope you're feeling much better.

DFF

[glakedylan]

So I haven't done $hit in a long while. My feet were hurting a lot and after months it just sorta went away. Hard to go do something when you don't even want to stand up. I even gained a few pounds that I've now lost.

sorry to hear of the sucky stuff, Chris, glad you are feeling better.
as to your modeling: WOW! that is a fantastic 3D print and the new layout has a lot of character.
great work!

sincerely
Gary

[kurmujjin]

OK, I give...  What does that little bugger run on, and where do they keep it?  I don't see a bunker, or any fuel anywhere!

[Chris333]

OK, I give...  What does that little bugger run on, and where do they keep it?  I don't see a bunker, or any fuel anywhere!

Usually there was a small box on the fireman's side to hold coal. This says they were built as oil fired, but they converted to coal after 3 people died trying to re-fill the oil:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._D._Warren_Paper_Mill
Oh and it looks like they had 4 two foot locomotives. The Boothbay Railway Village now has #1 and #2.

This is a similar locomotive. The green box on the left is for the coal: http://www.rgusrail.com/album/mihfm/wcr_7_01.jpg
And you could fill it up from the outside: https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/211763#slide=gs-222542

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Davenport_locomotive_at_Okahukura%2C_owned_by_the_Public_Works_Department._ATLIB_7635.png

Pretty much the same loco as mine without the cab. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/1903_06_06_Page_5a_%2821604075561%29.jpg

[kurmujjin]

Thanks!  Very cool.

[Chris333]

Waiting on a MV lens for the headlight and window glazing.