Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Company # 1 Old Betsy

[Scratchman]

The only drawing I was able to fine for this little loco was the one side view. I did not know the scale of the drawing or if there is any other views in the book "Thunder In The Mountains". My drawing is just a guess. I don't know what other photos are out there, this is all I have.

The wheels and the start of the frame and boiler.



My drawing with the painting by Steve Allely on the cover of the Sept/Oct 1984 Gazette.



http://www.gearedsteam.com/other/other_opqr.htm

http://www.cagenweb.com/madera/MadHistory.html

Gordon Birrell

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[jacq01]

  Gordon,

  here a scan of the full page with front and rear views from the book Thunder in the mountains from Hank Johnston.
  There are also a 20 photographs showing mor or less details of the loco.

 

  Maybe someone can get you a undistorted print for you, so you can measure.

  I am looking forward to see this evolve. 

  Jacq

[finescalerr]

Gordon, I have a copy of the book if you need the plan or some photocopies. -- Russ

[Scratchman]

Thank guys for your input. Russ I would love to see a better view of the two ends and any close up of the back head or cylinder area.

Gordon Birrell

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[Ken Hamilton]

Looks like you're off to another great start, Gordon.
This is going to be fun to watch.

(What did you slice to make the wheel treads?)

[Scratchman]

Ken, the wheel tread is made from Traditional ABS Round Tubing from Plastruct. "Code TB" this tube  runs from 1-1/2" to 6" O.D. I used the 2" TB 200 for the wheel treads and 2-1/4" TB 225 for the boiler.It comes in 18" length and was around 7.00 each I cut this with my Cut off saw with a 8-1/4 finishing Blade 40 Carbide teeth. The Gray in the middle of the wheels are Rings/flanges also from Plastruct "code RI" these run from 5/8 to 2-13/16"great stuff for the scratch builder.

Gordon Birrell

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[TRAINS1941]

Gordon

I thought you might rest for a bit.  Looks to be another interesting thread to follow.
And you have already started!!

Jerry

[Ken Hamilton]

Yikes.  Mighty fine work for a big saw like that. 
Beautiful work, Gordon.  Thanks for the Plastruct info.

[HOn3_rr]

I was just looking at that cover this morning and thinking what a wonderful model this would be, and then logged on and noticed the link to 'unread post since last visit', and here was this thread.  Going to be watching this carefully..  perfect timing!!

[Ray Dunakin]

Very cool. Looking forward to seeing it come together.

[Scratchman]

Here are three photos of the Boiler and Water Tank. Now on to the Frame.







Gordon Birrell

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[Ken Hamilton]

Wow...is this the essence of scratchbuilding or what.
Breaking down a prototype into simple shapes, duplicated them
perfectly in scale and putting them all togther as a recognizable object.
Beautiful job, Gordon.

Between you and Chuck, we're going home.

[Scratchman]

Thanks Ken for your comments. And sometimes the shapes aren't so simple. This was my first U shape water tank.

Gordon Birrell,   I love working with Styrene.

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[finescalerr]

Is this already developing into another masterpiece or what? Way to go, Gordon!

By the way, for those of you building in smaller scales, the current RMC has an article about building HO tank cars. The rivet detail on the model was unusually neat so I found the part of the article where the author explained what he did: He applied Archer rivet decals -- resin rivets on decal film. They are available in various sizes and spacings. While I haven't yet checked out Archer's website I suspect they are usable up to 1:48 scale.

Russ

[jacq01]

  Gordon,

  you are going like a rocket.  We can't keep up finding those little steam critters   

  Russ,

  the Archer products appears to offer a large amount of possiblities, nor only rivets, but also welding beads, casting numbers, etc.  Something for Marc with his militairy projects.

  http://www.archertransfers.com/catSurfaceDetails.html

  Jacq