Alco 2-6-2T in 16mm

[Barney]

"Very big and very nice"
Barney

[LesTindall]

More progress shots of the 16mm Alco. Chassis and motion now complete (all styrene)and moving onto the boiler. Purchased some acrylic tubing as the basis which will be styrene wrapped. Rainy day here today so should get a fair bit of modelling done.
Les

[lab-dad]

And that's all hand cut styrene!?!?!?
Impressive!

now where was that rubber band airplane thread.....

mj

[finescalerr]

Incroyable! -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

Astounding!

[LesTindall]

Not quite all styrene, forgot to say the driving wheels were 3D printed. All that rain we have had over the last two days here on the (sunny!!!) south coast of England has enabled me to press on, lots of styrene on the boiler and firebox now completed.

Russ - don't know you spoke a foreign language!

Les

[finescalerr]

Not one, four: French, German, Latin, ancient Greek. Important note: I have forgotten all of them. -- Russ

[Barney]

EXCELLANT !! Our Les and not a LEGO block or rubber band in site !!
Barney

[Bill Gill]

Excellent, definitely excellent!

[LesTindall]

A couple more progress shots now the boiler is being worked on. It started with acrylic tube wrapped with styrene.  Smokebox door and firebox door both turned in styrene on a dremel. (Lots of shavings on the carpet, wife not happy!!!).  Grandt line nbw's and rivets for detail. The domes are 21mm waste outlet tube from the local diy store with turned tops and lids added. Have started the weathering on the smokebox and firebox but still needs to be done on the main boiler casing.
Les

[Bill Gill]

Waste outlet tubes! Flush me out the door. Your work looks like metal, heavy and used, wonderful!

[Chuck Doan]

Wow, great progress Les!

[Ray Dunakin]

Awesome!

[michael mott]

First time looking in, very nice styrene work, I will follow along now.

Michael

[LesTindall]

A couple more progress pics. Been working on the backhead using some parts from Trackside Details, the rest are scratch built. The reverser rack was done using "L" section styrene glued together then trimmed and sanded, this gives even spacing.
Les