ALCo C-415 Build - Printable Version

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ALCo C-415 Build - modelmaker51 - 05-14-2014

I started this project about 2 years ago and finished it about a year ago. I started with an old ModelPower shell and an Athearn F-7 chassis. The wheelbase is off by about 3/16", so I lengthened the fuel tank just bit so that it looked right proportionally. This unit started out as a high cab which I cut down. I replaced the fan grill with one from TigerValley. I also had to repair parts of the roof overhang, that was about it for the body. I built a new fuel tank around the old one and filled it with lead in every nook and cranny. The airtanks were cast in resin from some elongated TigerValley RS-36 tanks. All the airlines are brass wire. The pilots were also rebuilt. The handrails and the cab steps really tested my soldering skills. The fuel tank extendion is also a TigerValley part. I used Archer resin treadplate and rivits. The chassis got a Mashima motor and flywheels and an NCE decoder.


I thought I would share some photos:

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here's the rest of the photos:
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Re: ALCo C-415 Build - Charlie B - 05-14-2014

Very nicely done. a rare breed for sure, but a model that was bypassed by a lot of modelers. I saw some of the Rock Island 415's but never heard or saw one run.
Thanks for posting the link to the pictures. There is a lot of work represented there. Thumbsup Thumbsup
Charlie

Re: ALCo C-415 Build - modelmaker51 - 05-14-2014

Thanks for the cudos! If you go back to the post you'll notice I added a bit more, I was struggling posting my photos, I got it down now.

Re: ALCo C-415 Build - faraway - 05-14-2014

A very impressive and interesting prototype and model. Thanks for posting all the detail photos during construction.

Re: ALCo C-415 Build - IndyCity - 05-14-2014

awesome model

Re: ALCo C-415 Build - e-paw - 05-14-2014

Nice stuff Cheers Thumbsup Cheers .. do you have any in progress shots.

Re: ALCo C-415 Build - modelmaker51 - 05-14-2014

e-paw Wrote:Nice stuff Cheers Thumbsup Cheers .. do you have any in progress shots.

Follow the link at the bottom of my post.

Re: ALCo C-415 Build - Charlie B - 05-14-2014

An interesting thing about the 415 was we had a very famous ALCO mechanic working on our S-1, in fact he sold it to us. We were searching for a back up and he told us what ever we did, not to buy A 415 because there were some serious mechanical design problems. About a year later he acquired one and tried to sell it to us.... Icon_lol

Re: ALCo C-415 Build - Tyson Rayles - 05-14-2014

Neat loco!

Re: ALCo C-415 Build - Green_Elite_Cab - 05-14-2014

Wow! Super-Impressive! I think its interesting that you cast your own pilots. I need to do something similar for a GP7 I'm working on. Any advice?

Re: ALCo C-415 Build - switcher1 - 05-15-2014

Just as an aside, I.H.C. did a model of an Alco Century 415, I just bought one of the bay-of-E.
(There was also another maker I came across when I was looking for info about it.)
Mine is Southern Pacific 2403; they had 10 of them on their books.

Re: ALCo C-415 Build - sailormatlac - 05-15-2014

Very impressive late Alco model and excellent craftmanship... COngratulation!

...reminds me why I miss good old industrial designs like Alco, hard to love the new "salt boxes", especially the passenger equipment. Icon_lol

Matt

Re: ALCo C-415 Build - Schraddel - 05-16-2014

Not just my profession, but i can see the work some body has done.
Worship

Lutz

Re: ALCo C-415 Build - doctorwayne - 05-16-2014

Very nicely done. Thumbsup Thumbsup

Wayne

Re: ALCo C-415 Build - train_guy - 08-27-2014

Nice job on this model!,I have been considering creating one for myself.Just wished someone like Atlas or Bowser would create one for me. Big Grin