12-22-2008, 12:46 PM
Yeah, that's a B&O tender. I have a Sunset Models B&O EL3a that has that tender.
I ordered a set of drivers from Bowser, that were 1 scale inch smaller than the Allegheny had. When I tried them in the "Arbour" frames, the flanges made contact. I have to make new frames. When I get around to revisiting the project, I'll do fully equalized suspension. With the "tons of weight" boiler casting, the thing should pull the world!
For those who don't know the Arbor Models 2-6-6-6:
Quote:To make matters worse I built this to put behind an Arbour 2-6-6-6 kit that I salvaged from a garbage can! It had no tender but was mostly there , boy what a POS kit it was !! I built a new pilot deck & had to scratch about half the valve gear because it was very poor & fragile pot metal.The drivers that came with my kit, were (expletive, deleted)
I ordered a set of drivers from Bowser, that were 1 scale inch smaller than the Allegheny had. When I tried them in the "Arbour" frames, the flanges made contact. I have to make new frames. When I get around to revisiting the project, I'll do fully equalized suspension. With the "tons of weight" boiler casting, the thing should pull the world!
For those who don't know the Arbor Models 2-6-6-6:
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The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!