Canadian Loco kitbash - N scale

[Wiredup]

Moving on from the Zealot topic... I'm migrating it over here.

Status so far:

I'm taking three models. A Bachmann Lt Mountain, a Con-Cor 2-10-2 USRA, and a Con-Cor J3a Hudson, and transforming them into three of my fav Canadian Locos:



The Canadian National U1f Mountain 4-8-2



The Canadian Pacific T1b Selkirk 2-10-4



The Canadian Pacific H1a Hudson 4-6-4/Royal Hudson


So far i've started work on the U1f as my light mountain is a guinea pig for the two Heavy Mountains which are a better fit for the U1f class. Progress so far is the running boards, and a repaint. I also modified the cab putting a back on it, but will be modeling it closer to the prototype using styrene.

Pics!




Now however, the nose is giving me a bunch of issues... I've fashioned one out of brass, and a few out of epoxy... But so far nothings been working out. Heres my progress on that!:


my brass cone


brass cone making the mold for the epoxy....using cardstock. Maybe I should try styrene next?


epoxy in the card stock cone...

Guess what?

The epoxy deformed the card-stock and didn't make it into the shape I was hoping... too much heat from the chemical reaction I'm guessing.

So... this is my new plan!



I attached the brass cone (badly) to my drill and started it up to file away the excess so that it will fix. So far... twenty minutes of drilling and I'm half way there! Gotta let the battery charge.