Killashandra - Irish Nn3

[johnb]

Can't wait to see it run, any reason why it is black and not more colourful? I think that it would look great in red

[johnb]

The tanks are quite hollow. Where's the best place to get some good tungsten?

The model is based off of Tralee & Dingle Railway #5 but changed a bit to better suit the Märklin mechanism, and also to be more of a 'generic' Irish narrow-gauge locomotive.

Wallyworld
http://www.walmart.com/ip/25134431?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=22222222227018221796&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=t&wl3=42976673792&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=81469046792&veh=semt

And here
http://mobi.maximum-velocity.com/pinewood_derby_weight.htm

[Chris333]

Skip the Tungsten putty as lead is heavier. Look up pine wood derby for the cubes.

[delamaize]

That's pretty damn cool, Cody!

[VonRyan]

Skip the Tungsten putty as lead is heavier. Look up pine wood derby for the cubes.

I didn't think a few tiny 1/8" cubes could be so expensive. 50 cubes (1oz) is $20 after shipping.

[eric220]

I didn't think a few tiny 1/8" cubes could be so expensive. 50 cubes (1oz) is $20 after shipping.

If you can go 3/8", that same 1 oz can be had for half the price.  I'm sure there are other suppliers out there.  In the few minutes of googling that I did, I found wildly different prices for the same stuff.

[VonRyan]

If you can go 3/8", that same 1 oz can be had for half the price.  I'm sure there are other suppliers out there.  In the few minutes of googling that I did, I found wildly different prices for the same stuff.

Google was too convoluted for me to figure out what was what, so I stuck to eBay.
I can't do 3/8", but I could go to 1/4" but loose more ability to pack in as much as possible. Plus if I went 1/4"
I'd get only 24 cubes (4oz) but at more cost than the 50 1/8" cubes.

If I could get like 15-20 1/8" cubes for $5 I'd be a happy camper. That'd give me plenty of cubes to weight both the 0-6-0 and my PowerMax! chassis whenever it arrives.

[VonRyan]

Can't wait to see it run, any reason why it is black and not more colourful? I think that it would look great in red

By 1953 the Tralee & Dingle had closed and their locomotives were on other systems. The ones that went on to the Cavan & Lietrim were wearing simple black liveries with white numbers with a "T" beside their numbers to denote their T&D heritage. Since the C&L is my primary influence, but I prefer the shape of the Tralee's Hunslet 2-6-0s, it made the most sense to give my generic version a black livery.

[eric220]

http://www.amazon.com/ABC-Pinewood-Derby-3109800-Tungsten/dp/B004B52Z7Q/ref=pd_sim_sbs_200_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=41e8Cq%2Bh8FL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=0T0AA7HY24PTWMH4Y2VZ

Six 1/4 cubes $11 shipped. Amazon has lots of options.

[Chris333]

You can just stick with lead, the difference will be small. I'm sure you can find that somewhere cheap. Just remember to wash hands 

[VonRyan]

Here's a proper photo of the new locomotive, posed with two wagons.





Or not...

[peteski]

You can just stick with lead, the difference will be small. I'm sure you can find that somewhere cheap. Just remember to wash hands 

My local Home Depot sells lead flashing by the foot. It is 0.040" thick. Um, at least they did couple of years ago when I bough a foot of it.

Cody, where do you come up with these weird URLs?  On your Schmart Phone?  The link to your photo wont work as it doesn't end with .jpg or .png.  https://goo.gl/photos/aKL23xaKum2sHdUn9

[delamaize]

Here's a proper photo of the new locomotive, posed with two wagons.





Or not...

Fix'd it for you, Cody! Looks good man! little sanding to get rid of the layering, and that thing will be really awesome!

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[ChristianJDavis1]

Fix'd it for you, Cody! Looks good man! little sanding to get rid of the layering, and that thing will be really awesome!

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That locomotive dwarfs the wagons behind it! Hard to believe this is Nn3 (the only thing convincing me is the fact that I held this locomotive in my hands just last week). Looking good either way.

@VonRyan , I know you gave a prototype, but how do you plan on detailing this (or is it detailed enough)? Do you happen to have a prototype picture?

[VonRyan]

That locomotive dwarfs the wagons behind it! Hard to believe this is Nn3 (the only thing convincing me is the fact that I held this locomotive in my hands just last week). Looking good either way.

@VonRyan , I know you gave a prototype, but how do you plan on detailing this (or is it detailed enough)? Do you happen to have a prototype picture?

I plan on adding at least the two necessary handles on the front of the smokebox. Perhaps some other fiddly bits as time goes on, but it looks good enough to do the job.

The shell is hardly to scale since it was based off of only a couple photographs, so it really is just a loose generic approximation of Irish side-tank locomotives.
Being that I have some Märklin 0-6-0s with Peco N6.5 body kits heading my way, along with a PowerMax! chassis coming to me sooner or later, I've decided that I can live with any major shortcomings the conversion shell might have. I'm thoroughly pleased with how it came out, so no sense in fussing.

Looks good man! little sanding to get rid of the layering, and that thing will be really awesome!

It's had a good deal of filing and fine sanding already. Mostly what you see is the paint playing up the layering effect. The worst of it was on the top of the boiler, the dome, and the funnel.
Once the shell gets dry transfer numbers and a good shot of dullcote I suspect that things will look better.

My local Home Depot sells lead flashing by the foot. It is 0.040" thick. Um, at least they did couple of years ago when I bough a foot of it.

Cody, where do you come up with these weird URLs?  On your Schmart Phone?  The link to your photo wont work as it doesn't end with .jpg or .png.  https://goo.gl/photos/aKL23xaKum2sHdUn9

I'll have to have a look and see if my local hardware store carries any.
The link came from the Google Photos app that I put on my phone so that I could get my photos into the internet  quicker. I suspect that the "copy link" feature I found when I held my finger on the photo was for a direct link as opposed to an image link.