04-25-2015, 08:05 AM
Some pictures of doodlebugs in 1/29 in various stages of the scratchbuilding process.
Up to now there are a rebuilt McKeen motor car, a unmodified McKeen and a rebuilt & streamlined gas-electric
UP's M-23 rebuilt (from gas-mechanic to gas-electric) McKeen car - basic body made from an Aristo-Craft heavyweight
![[Image: m23%2Btop.jpg]](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w2QOVupWm-U/VLKVfyfYgcI/AAAAAAAAAjw/iZljBTE7z94/s1600/m23%2Btop.jpg)
![[Image: m23%2Bside.jpg]](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KSMjy9-TPFM/VLKVe4Kq5cI/AAAAAAAAAjg/hRzo8Uiv7-w/s1600/m23%2Bside.jpg)
![[Image: obl_1.jpg]](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TgPD_nnDkhY/VME7nZsLXSI/AAAAAAAAAkE/toaLxNXUgCQ/s1600/obl_1.jpg)
![[Image: roof_n_1.jpg]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T0AnNAwA9RE/VOC-Jf6b7TI/AAAAAAAAAlc/AryBspOX6gM/s1600/roof_n_1.jpg)
![[Image: up22.jpg]](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K594bmpALAY/VOnZ5zmWabI/AAAAAAAAAl8/KIgmhgJgb9A/s1600/up22.jpg)
![[Image: 15_03_08%2Bfront_rev.jpg]](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NdkVakNqibQ/VPxdU_vSXmI/AAAAAAAAAng/EzcBBstHQV4/s1600/15_03_08%2Bfront_rev.jpg)
![[Image: side_04.jpg]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l9L4WP89GGs/VSj982xdUAI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/LAldIIHLO_Y/s1600/side_04.jpg)
![[Image: front_fin.jpg]](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s_rBUV1k0VM/VS6hCkPCITI/AAAAAAAAApg/s6xhCMsYQd4/s1600/front_fin.jpg)
![[Image: side1_fin.jpg]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O8QivvB_YsE/VS6hE6O7MAI/AAAAAAAAAp0/1y2NSdInNHE/s1600/side1_fin.jpg)
McKeen car's shell with a non-Harriman knife-shaped nose (McKeens for Harriman lines received a parabolic-shaped nose)
Started from another Aristo-Craft heavyweight as a basic shell
![[Image: side_n2_04.jpg]](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DhvEgzcHwjs/VTzkX3hihWI/AAAAAAAAArY/IT1hrqppmFw/s1600/side_n2_04.jpg)
![[Image: side_n_04.jpg]](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JpxbT3T8O0w/VTzkYVb97fI/AAAAAAAAArc/X4oGn5a8eh4/s1600/side_n_04.jpg)
PRR's #4663 - a shop-rebuilt former gas-electric, streamlined and re-motored to oil-electric
Basic shell from an Aristo-Craft Doodlebug
![[Image: ES_04.jpg]](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5MmuwBmBDdg/VTzl0t7WdTI/AAAAAAAAArs/wD3qMviB-wM/s1600/ES_04.jpg)
![[Image: FS_side_04.jpg]](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s_Nj3iKZV3g/VTzmOArT-iI/AAAAAAAAAsE/jp0g3q4ZhS8/s1600/FS_side_04.jpg)
Regards
Norman
Up to now there are a rebuilt McKeen motor car, a unmodified McKeen and a rebuilt & streamlined gas-electric
UP's M-23 rebuilt (from gas-mechanic to gas-electric) McKeen car - basic body made from an Aristo-Craft heavyweight
McKeen car's shell with a non-Harriman knife-shaped nose (McKeens for Harriman lines received a parabolic-shaped nose)
Started from another Aristo-Craft heavyweight as a basic shell
PRR's #4663 - a shop-rebuilt former gas-electric, streamlined and re-motored to oil-electric
Basic shell from an Aristo-Craft Doodlebug
Regards
Norman