Deutsch[Hon30] – new photos of my logging locos
Hello, a few days ago, I weathered the newest locos which were still out-of-the-box-looking. I made new photos of all my logging locos and posted them on their own page, linked in the menu above. Here’re the 4 recently finished locos in a quick overview. Cheers, Gerd
[Hon30] – Pulpwod cars & Shay weathering
Hello, while preparing my logging railroad for the show next month, I weathered all new locos and I made 4 new pulpwood cars. The pulpwood cars were made from cnc-milled styrene parts on top of Minitrains trucks. The load is made from twigs. I also weathered my small Sugiyama Shay, but she still needs some […]
[Hon30] Another diesel loco…
Once started, it’s hard to stop… I got a Roco Feldbahn-Diesel of the newer batch from a friend. As common, this loco isn’t a good performer in original factory setting. The loco is to light and without any flywheel. So I removed the original motor, installed a Mashima 1020 with small flywheel and a lot […]
[Hon30] – The first diesel loco on the WBE
I got a loco for my Hon30 logging railroad. Once I got rid of the DCC stuff, I don’t need new decoders anymore, therefore it’s cheaper to get new locos into service. I couldn’t resist and invested some money in one of the great little Minitrains Gmeinder locos. I choosed the maroon-red one and I […]
The Molino-Shay is done
Good evening, I finished my Molino-Shay within the last couple of days. Since the body shell was mostly done, I spend some time to spend details to it like rivets on the tender tank, a trim along the top edge, piping and runboard supports. Once all parts were in place, I airbrushed the whole loco […]
The Molino-project – adding cab, tender and more details
Good morning, after a short break, I’m back on my Molino Shay. My dad made the cnc milled cab parts from 0.5 and 0.3mm brass as well as some filler pieces for the buffer beams. The cab walls are made from 0.5mm brass as base with a layer of 0.3mm brass on top. I applied […]
The Molino-Project – Frame and Boiler
I did major progress on my Molino Shay. For the boiler, I use the orignal N-scale Shay and rework this to fit the prototype. First I removed all separate added parts down to the pure casting. I used the mill and Dremel-tool to remove all parts and areas that are not needed to make the […]
Molino Shay – Steam engine and drive shaft
More progress on the Molino Shay. I found two old stem engine castings remained from earlier Shay bashes and I decided to use them for my Molino Shay. There has been to types of steam engine castings made by Atlas. The first run had a white metal casting, while later runs had a brass casting […]
Hon30 – 10 ton Molino-Shay
One of my favorite prototype Shays is the tiny Molino Timber Shay. This 10 ton Class A Shay is one of the smallest Shays that Lima ever build and one of the rare 30″ gauge Shays. Someday I got the idea in my mind to make my own Molino-Shay for my logging railroad using an […]
Black is beauty – Climax #4
Hello, once the paint was dry, I started to reassemble the Climax and also added the simple livery of the PC&L locos as #4. Now I’ve three locos ready for service on my U.S. division of the logging layout. More engines are planed during 2015.
