04-26-2017, 10:20 PM
doctorwayne Wrote:The tender behind the 1303 looks a lot like the MDC oil tender with an added doghouse. The arch bar trucks are a bit of an anachronism on what looks to be a fairly modern Consolidation, though.
As for the power reverse, I would've missed it if you hadn't mentioned it.
Both of those locomotives would have been fairly simple conversions starting with the Bachmann Consolidation, although the drivers don't appear to be quite as large as those on the Bachmann.
Wayne
I think I'll try building a doghouse out of styrene. I missed spotting the archbar trucks, but I think I have a set around here somewhere. The Frisco Connies had 63" drivers, so they match the MDC kit, and the domes and boiler taper line up pretty well.
The Bachmann Consolidation boiler and domes matches some Frisco Brooks-built consolidations 1281-1292. Here's a mod someone posted on Frisco.org:
It's a nice match to the Spectrum Russian Decapod.