05-17-2014, 05:23 AM
I built these before I converted to DCC so I wanted to have these locos speed matched to the rest of my fleet. As these locos were Tiger Valley models I got dummy units and converted them to Atlas drives. I had to cut holes in the frames to clear the Atlas trucks and carve a motor mount, then cut out the bolsters from an Atlas frame. I milled out mounting pads with my MicroMart drill press then glues d in the bolsters with JB Weld epoxy. Once painted it look like it came that way.
Tiger Valley fuel tank with lots of lead added:
Ready for the paint shop:
Assembled drive:
Painted and decalled shells:
5023 (sorry about the quality of the following photos):
5019 (sorry about te quality of the following photos);
Now of course we have the Atlas units available to us, but they don't run as good as these two - with all the metal these two brutes weigh in at 32 ounces each!
Tiger Valley fuel tank with lots of lead added:
Ready for the paint shop:
Assembled drive:
Painted and decalled shells:
5023 (sorry about the quality of the following photos):
5019 (sorry about te quality of the following photos);
Now of course we have the Atlas units available to us, but they don't run as good as these two - with all the metal these two brutes weigh in at 32 ounces each!