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55n3 K-27, could be built for less than $200, YIKES - hminky - 08-15-2010 Some one asked me a while back about "Modern" power in 55n3 here is my findings on the D&RGW K-27 in Scale55: The Bachmann On30 2-8-0 matches the K-27 plans in the June 1973 Model Railroader. It has been done in Large Scale, I never realized that the Bachmann 2-8-0 was converted to a smaller scale K-27. William D. Hemmeter/Dave Fletcher have done it in Large Scale. Their article can be found at: http://archive.mylargescale.com/articles/articles/k27/k27-01.asp The On30 Bachmann 2-8-0's are going for $90 so you could have a 55n3 K-27 for under $200 easy. What is 55n3: http://www.55n3.org/ We will have more on "Modern" narrow gauge in the future. Thank you if you visit Harold Re: 55n3 K-27, could be built for less than $200, YIKES - nachoman - 08-15-2010 Give some of the credit to Baldwin Locomotive Works. Their "catalog" designs meant a lot of narrow gauge locomotives with similar lines being used in many parts of the Americas. People used to convert the "oversized" MDC HOn3 into a low-buck HOn3 K-27, and your idea should work great for those in scale 55. I was kinda hoping the Bachmann on30 2-6-6-2 would be a good starting point for a Uintah or Sumpter valley 2-6-6-2, but the went with a much, much different prototype. Are you going to try building a K-27? Re: 55n3 K-27, could be built for less than $200, YIKES - hminky - 08-15-2010 Speaking of Baldwin catalog scaling, the On30 2-8-0 matches this loco in Scale55: I always wondered why it was so hard to get 1/48 figures in the On30 cabs. I had to use what was essentially Scale55 people. I have a the spare 2-8-0 in the picture so I will probably make a k-27. Harold Re: 55n3 K-27, could be built for less than $200, YIKES - nachoman - 08-15-2010 That Mexican locomotive is from a common Baldwin design, very similar to the c-21 and c-25 class on the D&RGW, #69 on the White Pass and Yukon, and similar to many locomotives used in southern Arizona, Mexico, and Guatemala. Re: 55n3 K-27, could be built for less than $200, YIKES - hminky - 08-15-2010 The Mexican is a 10-30-e, the Bachmann On30 matches that in Scale55. Harold Re: 55n3 K-27, could be built for less than $200, YIKES - hminky - 08-16-2010 Here is another conversion applicable to 55n3: http://tumbledowncreek.com/www/K-27_.html Harold Re: 55n3 K-27, could be built for less than $200, YIKES - Sumpter250 - 08-16-2010 nachoman Wrote:People used to convert the "oversized" MDC HOn3 into a low-buck HOn3 K-27, Are you going to try building a K-27?An MDC 2-8-0, as an HOn3 2-8-2, with Vanderbilt tender. Re: 55n3 K-27, could be built for less than $200, YIKES - hminky - 08-16-2010 I remember those. Looks real good. Harold Re: 55n3 K-27, could be built for less than $200, YIKES - boppa - 08-27-2010 why is it every time people put up pictures of american steamers - this one springs to mind?? <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.automopedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/steam-time-machine.JPG">http://www.automopedia.org/wp-content/u ... achine.JPG</a><!-- m --> |