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jettrainfan · July 31, 2010, 12:06:15 AM

GE 45 tonner by any chance? this should be interesting!

BaltoOhioRRfan · July 31, 2010, 05:51:55 AM

yep, should be easier to paint now that I got the shell off, instructions say remove just couplers and pull, i ended up reming couplers, trucks and 6 screws.

BaltoOhioRRfan · July 31, 2010, 11:26:39 AM

4-4-0 nearing completetion for now. I only have the letters P U D and Y for the name of the locomotive PURDY. the R decals(accully a whole new sheet) is on its way. Gonna do the tender striping and adding a stripe to the cab, also adding the number on the steam dome.

45 Tonner should be completely decaled today

BaltoOhioRRfan · July 31, 2010, 08:37:04 PM

Update on the Memorial train, GE45 Tonner completed and a surprise project i did a week or two ago

Sarah and Purdy's Locos together, Purdy's needs a smaller number to match Sarah's and still needs her name applied. Both will be done next weekend when I should have the decals to finish it. Also Missing from Purdy's is the marker lights which i have in a safe location so i do not loose them while working on the engine. A picture will also be applied once i get more blank decal paper. my local supplier is out of stock right now.

B&O #300 45 Ton Switcher

B&O Snow Removal Equipment, The Baggage car is to represent a weight car to help smaller locos push through snow drifts without much backing up.

jonathan · August 01, 2010, 05:12:32 AM

Very nice work.

Just out of curiosity... Is there a prototype for the 45-tonner? It's not important. I've decorated a few things in ways that never existed. Will do it again. Just wondering...

Regards,

Jonathan

BaltoOhioRRfan · August 01, 2010, 05:39:32 AM

no its free lanced

RBMN #425 Fan · August 01, 2010, 06:43:04 PM

Quote from: BaltoOhioRRfan on July 30, 2010, 09:21:41 AM

Track 2(middle)
B&O Shay #6 - Oddly enough just needs an overcoat to seal the decals. I had stripped the tender and coal bunker because of so much paint was taking the rivit detail away(was never happy with the lettering). Did that work about 8 or 9 months ago.
50T Climax - Probably going to be spruced up for a display piece, missing too many parts to repair fully.
4-6-0 - Once I get a tender for it(i have one somewhere) going to become C&O #5 for Excursion service painted up in O.T. Lettering like the one in the B&O Museum.

you missed one! whats that hiesler on track 2?

jettrainfan · August 01, 2010, 07:09:32 PM

i was thinking the same thing!

BaltoOhioRRfan · August 02, 2010, 08:03:20 AM

Quote from: RBMN #425 Fan on August 01, 2010, 06:43:04 PM
Quote from: BaltoOhioRRfan on July 30, 2010, 09:21:41 AM

Track 2(middle)
B&O Shay #6 - Oddly enough just needs an overcoat to seal the decals. I had stripped the tender and coal bunker because of so much paint was taking the rivit detail away(was never happy with the lettering). Did that work about 8 or 9 months ago.
50T Climax - Probably going to be spruced up for a display piece, missing too many parts to repair fully.
4-6-0 - Once I get a tender for it(i have one somewhere) going to become C&O #5 for Excursion service painted up in O.T. Lettering like the one in the B&O Museum.
you missed one! whats that hiesler on track 2?

Jusy missing a drive shaft, it broke on one end. its a B&O one i forget the number

Johnson Bar Jeff · August 02, 2010, 12:26:20 PM

Quote from: BaltoOhioRRfan on July 31, 2010, 08:37:04 PM

Your eight-wheelers are wood-burners?

BaltoOhioRRfan · August 02, 2010, 04:29:25 PM

Yeah I think they look better that way for thier purpose as a Memorial Locomotive. I just got the green ones decals today to add Purdy's name to the engine and will add it tomorrow morning along with the correct size number. I will also replace the capital dome so its straighter and then add the marker lights. Then all that's missing is Purdys picture on the front which will come as soon as i can get more decal paper.

pipefitter · August 02, 2010, 06:36:02 PM

Josh, Those are gorgeous locos - well done! Are they the Richmond modern 4-4-0? I have some projects going on but they do not have a nice yard as yours. They are scattered around my workbench, but I'll try to get some pictures. Two years retired I am finally settling down to work on my trains

Robert

BaltoOhioRRfan · August 03, 2010, 08:31:11 AM

Yes they are the Richmonds by Bachmann

Johnson Bar Jeff · August 04, 2010, 08:49:32 AM

Quote from: BaltoOhioRRfan on August 03, 2010, 08:31:11 AM
Yes they are the Richmonds by Bachmann

I kept mine as a coal burner because a) I wanted it that way, and b) I was afraid to mess with the tender to change the fuel load for fear of breaking something.

You do beautiful work.

BaltoOhioRRfan · August 04, 2010, 05:41:12 PM

Thanks. I have several Richmonds, These are the only two with wood loads. I have at least 5 Others, 3 in B&O and 2 in Maryland & Pennsylvania. All coal.

Switching to Wood isn't very hard at all, just pop out the coal(you may break off one or two of the plastic poles that secure it in place) and then just sit the wood load in the tender. DO NOT GLUE IT if you plan on putting the tender back into the box for transport. IT will not fit.

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