Roundhouse 0-6-0 vs DCC/Sound

[faraway]

I am impressed how you break down the complicated process of improving and detailing a steam locomotive into many well manageable steps. It is a pleasure to follow your work.

[sailormatlac]

Thanks Reinhard.

CNR fans question: how tender data was lettered on slopeback tender?

Thank you

Matt

[doctorwayne]

Matt, I found lots of pictures of CNR 0-6-0s, and lots of pictures of the rear of CNR 0-6-0 tenders, but only one of the rear of a CNR 0-6-0 slope-back tender. You can see it HERE

While the lettering is very faint, it's right down close to the endsill and is the same layout as on a rectangular tender:
locomotive number, then the water capacity, with the coal capacity on the bottom line.

Wayne

[sailormatlac]

By Jove, you've got better eyes than me!!! Even in Photoshop, with many adjustments, I can barely see them and most because my brain try to see them! ;-)

Nice shot. Effectively, a lots of shot of 0-6-0 but rarely from the tender rear side. And I see I made a few mistakes on my tender (water hatch height and the tool box)... well too late!

I started to paint the engine following your color recipe. So far, I'm very pleased with the result. Hopefully, most of it should be done by Christmas Eve. The color turned out similar to my P2K 0-8-0.

Other color question. Awnings over the cab windows. According to CN SIG, it should be a dark wine red. On some picture, it looks very pale, like tan or some other earth tone color. But we all know how much black & white color photos can be tricky.

Matt

[sailormatlac]

Here's a few pictures of the painted model. Paint is Citadel acrylic (yeah, not what you would think to use when doing model railroading!). It dry fast and can be easily thinned down with alcohol and water...

The first picture show it before the Dullcote. The firebox looked nice...



And after Dullcoating, you can't barely see the color difference now!





Anyway, I had to protect the acrylic paint and decals. I'll repaint the firebox again and let if flat. Cab and tender side will receive a coat of semi-gloss to fit prototype picture of actual engine.

Here's the 0-6-0 beside my out of service P2K 0-8-0 (wish it could run again, it was a fantastic slow running locomotive when I got it back then).



Weathering will be done using oil paints, pastel chalk and a little bit of acrylic. I'll try to get a look like this one:



Matt

[doctorwayne]

Matt, the paint job really pulls that locomotive together.

I just went through several dozen colour photos of CNR steam in-service and/or recently retired. None of them had maroon awnings over the windows. I'm wondering if the reference to "cab shades" would be what we would call sun visors in an automobile?
Most of the locos' awnings appeared to be canvas, some quite light and some dirtier. Many of the locos depicted also had their canvas winter curtains installed between the cab and tender, and in those instances, the awnings matched the colour of the curtains (clean or dirty). The awnings on locos without winter curtains appeared to be of a similar colour. Obviously, most of the photos display some colour shift, but not to the degree which would make dark red appear almost white.
I'd go for a canvas colour - greyish-brown or brownish-grey. The cleaner ones were a very light tan, close to an off-white.

Wayne

[sailormatlac]

Thanks for the input Wayne. Using a light color makes much more sense if you want to reflect sunlight.

Matt

[sailormatlac]

Few pictures of the completed tender with a QRL&PCo gondola.





Matt

[Puddlejumper]

The paint looks great! Very well done!

What is wrong with the Proto 0-8-0? I have one that I haven't run in years, but hope to add a decoder and get her running very soon.

Oh, and a little matter of terminology, the firebox is under the cab, the area on the front of the boiler with the stack is the smokebox.

Dave

[sailormatlac]

The paint looks great! Very well done!

What is wrong with the Proto 0-8-0? I have one that I haven't run in years, but hope to add a decoder and get her running very soon.

Oh, and a little matter of terminology, the firebox is under the cab, the area on the front of the boiler with the stack is the smokebox.

Dave

Oops! You're right! Anyway, the firebox will need a paint touch up too!

The 0-8-0 was stored for years in an attic at my parents' home. Electrical pickup seems to have oxydized over the time. It can run, but stops at every revolution the drivers make. I just feel really uneasy to dismantle and break off details on the shell. Except that, it was a fine running engine that would deserve a decoder.

Matt

[cn nutbar]

Beautiful work Matt---you should be very proud,you deserve it

[Puddlejumper]

The 0-8-0 was stored for years in an attic at my parents' home. Electrical pickup seems to have oxydized over the time. It can run, but stops at every revolution the drivers make. I just feel really uneasy to dismantle and break off details on the shell. Except that, it was a fine running engine that would deserve a decoder.

Matt

I am concerned that the same thing will happen when I try to fire up my 0-8-0. It ran like a fine Swiss watch when I dropped her fire... I hope to get her running soon though.

[sailormatlac]

Beautiful work Matt---you should be very proud,you deserve it

Thank you! But I recall you provided invaluable technical data in this project too! ;-)

Matt

[sailormatlac]

I worked a little bit on the weathering this morning. Most of it was done with oil paint washes and pastel chalk. I tried to get a almost retired locomotive look without overdoing it. As always with weathering, picture isn't very representative. The caboose is a MDC roundhouse old time caboose undegoing surgery to be closer to a CNR prototype.





Next setp is to install a new decoder and lenses.

Matt

[Schraddel]

Yeah Matt!

When you are finished with this switcher, nobody will presume a Bachmann USRA 0-6-0 ist the base behind it.

Your P2K 0-8-0:
Is this the first edition with the lack of pick ups from the tender wheels?

Lutz