09-14-2009, 08:55 AM
...and a poor photographer. 
Here are the only photos that I have of that loco:
![[Image: GrandValley96-Tyco-Mantua2-8-2.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Scanned%20foe-toes/GrandValley96-Tyco-Mantua2-8-2.jpg)
![[Image: GrandValley96-2-8-2.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Scanned%20foe-toes/GrandValley96-2-8-2.jpg)
![[Image: GrandValley2-8-296.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Scanned%20foe-toes/GrandValley2-8-296.jpg)
The loco is a Tyco/Mantua Mikado with a lot (over $100.00 worth) of added detail parts. The cab is from Model Die Casting, as is the tender, a Santa Fe oil tender converted to coal. (Good spotting, Kevin)
The Commonwealth trucks are sprung versions from PSC. The metal parts (boiler, running gear, and detail parts) were blackened using Hobby Black, a chemical blackener, with the plastic parts painted to match, more-or-less. The sand dome, by the way, is from a Tyco 60' three-dome tank car.
Wayne
Here are the only photos that I have of that loco:
The loco is a Tyco/Mantua Mikado with a lot (over $100.00 worth) of added detail parts. The cab is from Model Die Casting, as is the tender, a Santa Fe oil tender converted to coal. (Good spotting, Kevin)
The Commonwealth trucks are sprung versions from PSC. The metal parts (boiler, running gear, and detail parts) were blackened using Hobby Black, a chemical blackener, with the plastic parts painted to match, more-or-less. The sand dome, by the way, is from a Tyco 60' three-dome tank car. Wayne