0-4-4 Forney kit bash

Bill Barnwell

Bill Barnwell

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Made a Forney out of a LGB 2015 engine, overall length is 13.75" and works fine on 1100 curves but does have a little over hang. Made a Forney out of a LGB Stainz, has new boiler, steam dome, sand dome, smoke stack, all made from PVC fittings and pipe. Front where the original smoke stack screwed in now has a 1/4" x 20 bolt going up into the boiler and secured to the lead weight. The smoke stack is screwed to the boiler via electric lamp fitting which is 1/8"MPT x 1/4"MPT and holds the unit together very well, and you can pick up the engine by it ,nice handle. The cab is held on with 2/56 machine screws one each side and 2 from underneath, although strong I still use the stack for pick up. The rear trailing trucks are from a Kalamazoo/HLW (tender) using them allowed to keep the low profile they have electrical pickups and extra fishing weights to help hold them down to the track. The cab is a cut down 2020 along with roof but extra extension to cover back to the tender part. Water tender part is a cut down Kalamazoo/HLW and houses small speaker with simple chuff system. Made the front pilot from evergreen styrene. Couplers are both Kadee G scale. Bell rope is twisted 20 gauge wire strands, and sand dome dump rod is from piano wire. Painted the cab to look like wood (orange wood of course). Lettering is from a silhouette cameo. The smoke stack uses a 5vdc seuthe unit, headlight is lit with a LED both powered of a very small voltage reducer I got from gfhappyboy on EBay
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, it also powers 2 flickering LED's in the rear of the firebox. Forney measures out at only 13 3/4" and works great on 4' radius curves. Fun build, Bill"
 
Wow!

For some reason....
When I saw the first picture, the words "The moose was furious!..." Came to mind..
(I guess that reference will be lost on your side of the pond? - From a comedy sketch, if I have remembered it right).
<Edit> Just looked it up.. Thought it was 'Smith and Jones', but Woody Allen, of course..
 
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What a great model, gives me ideas for my thing I've got lurking upstairs somewhere.
Who nicked the antlers?
 
PhilP said:
Wow!

For some reason....
When I saw the first picture, the words "The moose was furious!..." Came to mind..
(I guess that reference will be lost on your side of the pond? - From a comedy sketch, if I have remembered it right).
<Edit> Just looked it up.. Thought it was 'Smith and Jones', but Woody Allen, of course..
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you're right it got lost on this side of the pond, at least with me. Now had it been "the deer was furious" I'd get it, Thanks, Bill
 
OH YES,cracking build,I like that a lot,great weathering too:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
 
Hmmm..................

I have 'the remains' of a pile of bits.. - I had one for MAJOR repairs..

It had had an 'electronic meltdown' of the electric, and much of the internal wiring was crispy..

It had then spent time as a 'shelf queen' until it either got knocked off, or the shelf gave way..

I sourced another loco, cab came from the 'States, other parts came from Spain, believe it or not, and some from Germany of course..

Took best-part of a year to get it all together..

BUT.........

I have a pile of bits, a reconstituted cab (it was a kit of parts..) which I suppose I could clad with ?coffee stirrers?


I have a shelf, just above eye-line when I am at the bench.. If I sit all the bits there, I can muse in idol moments.. :think::think:
 
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I like that one too,oh yes;);)
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I don't know, that is one good looking Forney, is it articulated? If I can find a 6 wheel truck, I've got an Lionel G scale gold rush 0-6-0 that the dive system is no good, and they weren't good out of the box, that has got a cab on it like a mason bogie and I think I can build one of those and articulate the drive using a Bachmann 2-6-6-2 motor block, again really a nice looking engine, Bill
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Wow amazing work. That thing is so cool. I saved a couple of your pictures to refer back to. to help with my lil hualer forney bash. Hope you don't mind. It's inspiration lol.
 
Bill Barnwell said:
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Made a Forney out of a LGB 2015 engine, overall length is 13.75" and works fine on 1100 curves but does have a little over hang. Made a Forney out of a LGB Stainz, has new boiler, steam dome, sand dome, smoke stack, all made from PVC fittings and pipe. Front where the original smoke stack screwed in now has a 1/4" x 20 bolt going up into the boiler and secured to the lead weight. The smoke stack is screwed to the boiler via electric lamp fitting which is 1/8"MPT x 1/4"MPT and holds the unit together very well, and you can pick up the engine by it ,nice handle. The cab is held on with 2/56 machine screws one each side and 2 from underneath, although strong I still use the stack for pick up. The rear trailing trucks are from a Kalamazoo/HLW (tender) using them allowed to keep the low profile they have electrical pickups and extra fishing weights to help hold them down to the track. The cab is a cut down 2020 along with roof but extra extension to cover back to the tender part. Water tender part is a cut down Kalamazoo/HLW and houses small speaker with simple chuff system. Made the front pilot from evergreen styrene. Couplers are both Kadee G scale. Bell rope is twisted 20 gauge wire strands, and sand dome dump rod is from piano wire. Painted the cab to look like wood (orange wood of course). Lettering is from a silhouette cameo. The smoke stack uses a 5vdc seuthe unit, headlight is lit with a LED both powered of a very small voltage reducer I got from gfhappyboy on EBay
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, it also powers 2 flickering LED's in the rear of the firebox. Forney measures out at only 13 3/4" and works great on 4' radius curves. Fun build, Bill"
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Superb job Bill, just the sort of effort one would see in the NG&SLG. Always gives me inspiration to see such conversions.
 
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I don't know, that is one good looking Forney, is it articulated? If I can find a 6 wheel truck, I've got an Lionel G scale gold rush 0-6-0 that the dive system is no good, and they weren't good out of the box, that has got a cab on it like a mason bogie and I think I can build one of those and articulate the drive using a Bachmann 2-6-6-2 motor block, again really a nice looking engine, Bill
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[that would be an interesting bash,certainly worth a go!!
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