Union Pacific 49er Build

[superturbine]

Union Pacific's Omaha Shops shrouded two locomotives in 1937. One of these was a Streamlined 4-8-2 used to pull the 49er from Cheyenne to Ogden-- Exactly my territory!!. 
Here starts my build

Here is the master.... Still needs a LOT of body work.


Jason Smith
Tomball Locomotive Works

[robert3985]

I've had a hand-me-down 49'er project in a drawer in my workshop for ten or more years for a good friend of mine.  I'll be wanting one of these for sure. 

[eric220]

Hey, for the mech, PCM makes this great 4-8-2 with sound and everything... Oh wait... I just made myself sad...

[Dave V]

Hey, for the mech, PCM makes this great 4-8-2 with sound and everything... Oh wait... I just made myself sad...

[superturbine]

I've had a hand-me-down 49'er project in a drawer in my workshop for ten or more years for a good friend of mine.  I'll be wanting one of these for sure. 

Done deal.

[peteski]

Wow! 
Jason, what material do you use for the master?  Was this loco ever offered as an N scale brass model?

[superturbine]

Wow! 
Jason, what material do you use for the master?  Was this loco ever offered as an N scale brass model?

Thanks Pete,
No model in N scale has ever been made of this engine.   

[delamaize]

Jesus Jason, Do you ever sleep! Looks good thus far!!

[daniel_leavitt2000]

Jason will be the first N scale modeler with a hard cover coffee table book of his engines.

So... how did you do it? What did you use to create the master?

[JMaurer1]

Yeah, what he said...How do you DO it, coming out with all of these masters machine gun style? Amazing!

[superturbine]

This engine's body casting had been in the works for a year now.  So I've kinda made it look machine gun stlye with the other casting Ive come up with    As for how this casting was made...... Hydospan 400.

[reinhardtjh]

This engine's body casting had been in the works for a year now.  So I've kinda made it look machine gun stlye with the other casting Ive come up with    As for how this casting was made...... Hydospan 400.

Jason had a typo.  It's Hyrdospan 400.  Here's the mfg web page.  Scroll down and you'll see some familiar pictures.

Pretty cool.

[superturbine]

Ha!  We both did Hydrospan 400. . Thanks for correcting me.

Jason Smith
Tomball Locomotive Works

[daniel_leavitt2000]

Ah, so shrunk HO masters. How did you get around the warping issue?

[superturbine]

Hydrospan does not provide you with a final product, only a good start.  Warping and other flaws can be taken out when the boiler is then converted to urethane.  This is still a lot of handforming, filling , Sanding and adding details well before the final mold is made.