An odd conversion...

[nachoman]

I had to go onto ebay and check it out. I would have a hard time doing that much reconstruction of a brass loco that I paid so much for. But nonetheless, this is fine craftsmanship. I agree about the HON3 GP-9s. I have seen 44 and 70 tonners converted, but the end products of those have a similar feel to prototype locomotives.

We are blessed with models that are faithful reproductions of US and Candaian prototypes. Someone who wants to model latin american railroads is much less fortunate, and is forced to alter existing models to capture the feel of the prototypes they are emulating. I have seen pictures of narrow gauge 4-6-2s from south america, mostly meter gauge. But I have never seen an outside frame version. I have seen outside frame narrow gauge 4-6-0s. Perhaps the creator of this model was trying to capture the feel of some obscure south american prototype...