Riograndad
Model Railroading, boats and oil painting,
After picking up a WP&Y LGB Alco some months ago,it just didnt look right in the yellow and green,needed a new paint scheme,but what colour?,,,so after track test,sat in the box. :`(the other thing that didnt look right was that it was running on its own,it needed a friend 
so how to get around it,and as the Board of Directors (THE WIFE)had some reservations regarding buying another loco,only option was to maybe build a dummy,so thought i would at least have a go,it would have to run equally well forward and reverse,at speed if needed,run over R1 turnouts,and negotiate R1 "S" bends on the railroad!So decided to use a flatcar chasis as a base,after all was only an experiment,the alco came out of the box to use as inspiration and work started,,,,I wanted something like the Alco,but not a copy,just an american outline,the pics show the almost finished result,just a few more bits to do,windshield wipers etc,now i know it runs ok,will think about some lights maybe,we"ll see,the body is styrene sheet and removable by swinging out the handrails,in fact its all styrene sheet and shapes,sound comes from a Model Blaster unit,together with SD45 soundcard,goes with the factory sound in the Alco,as for the colour,,,I call it Sand & Sedona,then lettered and light weathering.track test,great,Just go to get some late model cars,to have 1970s days now!!!
so how to get around it,and as the Board of Directors (THE WIFE)had some reservations regarding buying another loco,only option was to maybe build a dummy,so thought i would at least have a go,it would have to run equally well forward and reverse,at speed if needed,run over R1 turnouts,and negotiate R1 "S" bends on the railroad!So decided to use a flatcar chasis as a base,after all was only an experiment,the alco came out of the box to use as inspiration and work started,,,,I wanted something like the Alco,but not a copy,just an american outline,the pics show the almost finished result,just a few more bits to do,windshield wipers etc,now i know it runs ok,will think about some lights maybe,we"ll see,the body is styrene sheet and removable by swinging out the handrails,in fact its all styrene sheet and shapes,sound comes from a Model Blaster unit,together with SD45 soundcard,goes with the factory sound in the Alco,as for the colour,,,I call it Sand & Sedona,then lettered and light weathering.track test,great,Just go to get some late model cars,to have 1970s days now!!!
