Just to let everyone know I was just notified by "TW" that my Rheneas was shipped today.

Horray !!!
Grandpuff

Thank you Chaz. I will post some more progress photos of Mighty Mac as soon as I can figure out why my Flikr photos are not posting correctly. My previous Flikr photos of my narrow gauge coaches and brake van along with my D. Fusit Gunpowder wagons posted just fine.

Any ideas what the problem may be anyone?

Grandpuff

Hello again to All:

As I promised this is my first installment of progress in the assembly of my OO9 or HOn30 Mighty Mac locomotive using parts from various suppliers in the UK. The first photo shows Thomas and Mighty Mac from the TV Series for reference. The second photo shows progress so far to cleaning up the loco castings which has taken about a week.

[/url]Attachment-1 by Bill Dwyer, on Flickr[/img]

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I now have the paint, gold, red, and yellow 1/16 stripping tape, hand rail stantions, and the Bachmann N scale GP-50 loco which will be used for the mechanism after removing the side frames and drilling the wheels for the side and driving rods.

I will be posting additional progress photos as the work progresses.

I am not sure why my photos from Flikr are not appearing as they should and will investigate.
In the mean time you can click on the links.

Anyone know what I am doing incorrectly?

Enjoy,
Grandpuff

Hi Griffin:

I hope to use faces off of a Mighty Mac toy. I will not know until it arrives on Monday if they will be the right size.

I also have brass name plates ordered from Narrow Planet even though the Thomas Mighty Mac did not have them the original  basis loco did.

I was able to correct the photo link in my message above so the photo is displayed now.

Grandpuff

Hello To All:

Here is a photo of my new D. Fusit Gunpowder Wagons.
I used Woodland Scenics dry transfer lettering applied one letter at a time.
I was going for an irregular look to resemble the original hand lettering.

http://[url=https://flic.kr/p/GtxYAR]]IMG_0660 by Bill Dwyer, on Flickr[/img][/url]

I have also received most of the parts I need to start the assembly of my Mighty Mac loco which interestingly uses a Bachmann GP-50 loco as the power chassis.

Enjoy,
Grandpuff

The Forum Administrators have been generously tolerant of mentioning other products here as long as they enhance our enjoyment of Bachmann Trains. As the line expands and more of us start building narrow gauge layouts or adding narrow gauge to our existing standard gauge layouts let's all try to be respectful of the Bachmann Forum posting policy and perhaps re-read it once and awhile to refresh our memories. So if the information is helpful or useful to our enjoyment of Bachmann Trains then hopefully it will be OK.

In regard to your question about wheels sets, I have had good results with Microtrains non-magnetic (plastic) 33 inch black or brown wheel sets. They work very well in the application you mentioned. I have also used Peco GR-102 and GR-103 couplers and pockets to modify my narrow gauge equipment to make them compatible with my Bachmann Narrow Gauge Equipment.

Hope this helps,
Grandpuff

Hi CC55:

Thank you for your kind remarks.

That is how I got started here. Seeing the photos of the great models that others have built and posted here. Reading how they were built and asking questions. I have been an HO model railroader for many years but only recently became interested in narrow gauge with Bachmann introducing the line with Skarloey. I have always been a big Thomas Narrow Gauge fan and Duke has always been my favorite locomotive. Chaz was very generous in sharing the information gained from the construction of his model that I needed to build my own Duke. I hope that I can inspire others with my work as he has done for me. If we all share we all win!

I am still waiting for all of the parts to arrive from the UK for my Mighty Mac locomotive. Once I get started I will post progress photos here as I did with Duke.

In the meantime I hope that Rheneas gets here soon. I have a whole string of cars waiting for him to pull.

Grandpuff

Hello Chaz and HLC:

I have not decided yet if I will have the D. Fusit Gunpowder decals custom made or just use individual dry transfer lettering which is a lot more tedious to do although I have done this type of work many times before. I will let you know what I decide to do. If I decide to have custom decals made I am sure I will oder several so I will have extras.

My next project will be the narrow gauge double ended Fairlie loco Mighty Mac. I am just waiting for the rest of the parts to get here from the UK so I can start on the loco. Interestingly it uses an N scale GP-50 diesel as the power chassis. It should be an interesting build.

Grandpuff

Hello to All:

Thought I would share a few photos showing some of the Thomas Narrow Gauge rolling stock that I have been working on recently. As the photos show I have added a couple more brake vans so I now have them in red, brown, and in blue to match my coaches. As can be seen in one photo I am presently working on a couple of D. Fusit Gunpowder wagons. I still need to do the lettering. These are all 3D printed models that will do until Bachmann produces some of these models. As soon as Rheneas gets here I plan on posting another video on my You Tube Channel RXRBILL of my Narrow Gauge equipment operating. I am still in the planning stage of where I can add some dual gauge trackage to my existing HO scale railroad.
IMG_0653 by Bill Dwyer, on FlickrIMG_0654 by Bill Dwyer, on FlickrIMG_0657 by Bill Dwyer, on Flickr

Enjoy,
Grandpuff

Plow Bender:

Thanks for sharing your perspective regarding Rheneas arrival. You are absolutely right in stating that whenever he arrives Rheneas will be a very welcome addition to the Narrow Gauge line indeed. The photos that Griffin shared show how amazing this new engine will be when it arrives, thank you in advance Bachmann.

Grandpuff

Hello to All:

I just noticed that my 'world wide train store" has changed the expected date for Rheneas to 12-31-17.

Grandpuff

Hi Chaz:

I really like your Gunpowder wagons, very nice job. I am tempted to build a few too.

Griffin:

Thanks for your comments on my coaches. I usually use my air brush to paint my models but this time I used 3 Oz rattle cans because I was able to find the colors I needed. My secret for a good multi-color paint job is to never use the tan masking tape. I only use good quality blue painters tape. I also use the flat blade of a small screw driver to smooth the edges and corners to prevent any bleed through.

Mully:

Everyone is having trouble with Photobucket since they started to charge for photo sharing. The photos I just posted were done using Flikr. Not too hard to figure out.

Where Oh Where is Rheneas???

Grandpuff

Thank you Griffin. Here are a few more photos...
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IMG_0630 by Bill Dwyer, on Flickr//flic.kr/p/YMnriR][/url]IMG_0629 by Bill Dwyer, on Flickr
IMG_0628 by Bill Dwyer, on Flickr

Enjoy,
Grandpuff

OK I just figured out how to post from Flikr.

If you click on my name after the single photo it will take you to my account and you can see the other 6 photos.

The Shapeways link will take you to Elsbridge Shops in the UK so you can check out their offerings. Very nice stuff.

I used Microtrains N scale wheels sets, Peco GR-102 coupler pockets (modified), and Peco GR-103 OO9 couplers, plus of course paint to complete my models.

I am very happy to have some coaches and a brake van to  run until Bachmann produces some.

Where Oh Where is Rheneas???

Enjoy,
Grandpuff

Hi to All:

After finishing my Duke model shown on pages 6 and 7 on this thread I wanted some passenger coaches for him to pull.

Since Bachmann has not yet produced any coaches I looked around and found some at Shapeways.

There is a link posted by HLC on page 7 of this thread so you can check it out.

I will try to post some photos from my new Flikr account. Just as I figured out Photobucket they started charging to share.

I hope this works...IMG_0624 by Bill Dwyer, on Flickr


Enjoy,
Grandpuff