Some more of my ALCos

[modelmaker51]

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!

[Steamtrains]

Cool looking locos...
I've always liked the D&H paint scheme...Let's see so' more...!!

[Ralph]

I'd have to say the same! Very nice!

[modelmaker51]

This RS-11 LoNose was done about 10 years ago and was my first sound installation. With a grinding tool I hollowed out the fuel tank for the speaker enclosure.

[Ralph]

I'm impressed with your D&H paint jobs!

[jwb]

Whew, the paint jobs are the least of it! Keep em coming!

[modelmaker51]

OK, here's the last one of this group. This was a Hobbytown RS-3 which I also needed to speed match. This time I used an MDC/Roundhouse RS-3 chassis as the motor mount/fuel tank and the bolsters. It took several days and half a pack of cutoff wheels to cut the opening in the Hobbytown frame! I did the tune up on the truck gears and this thing runs real smooth. It weighs in at around 29 ounces. All of these locos have been converted to DCC now.

[modelmaker51]

Trying to find the edit button.

[Charlie B]

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