enginear joe Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 I must be OCD..... or whatever you call it! This is nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 That's beautiful work Joe. I must have it too. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Well the difference is you have the good kind, with talent to spare. I keep chipping and messing up the plastic. I'm losing the "touch". I'd better invoke the 5 foot rule on the RR very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 I just show my successes, not my failures, and believe me, I have many failures. Tob, uh, Cob, oh oh, I mean Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Yeap. me too! but my success looks like many others..... well you can guess. I am happy overall. It just takes me longer now than it ever has. I take some artistic choices with these things and decide what I can do to capture the look the best. After staring at the tops of my MTH dash 8s for so many years, I find the look of the ES44 could be like this: they're just laid into place for now. I have to decide whether they should be flush or protrude out a bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 OK, so how did you do that? I might need that look some day. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Well that's totally top secret! They are hopper car's catwalks that I cast and cut to size. I looked at the top of the Aristo Dash 9 and thought there wasn't anyway I could duplicate it. I looked at the MTH O scale version of the ES44 and saw they used brass etchings. After searching for some time to find the correct looking brass I gave up. So this from above seems to have that look. I may add brass screen if it helps the look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 OK, your secret is safe with me and If I tell someone, I will tell them not to tell anyone. Looks excellent to me, Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 OK, raining again and I'm bored. So I did a little bit more. I cut stuff up for the inter cooler thinger. I made a plate to fit the hole, cut in 2 circles. Then I attached a piece of fine mesh screen. Filed it to fit. I made a pair of fans for looks too. I will mount them to a scrap bar of plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 That is looking good Joe, nice work. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Does look good. You're well along but MTH shows this part available....http://mthtrains.com/part/fc-2500022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Now it looks like 80% chance of rain, 80% of the week. So............ I'm back at it. It's just the layout stages so be kind. Soon I'll figure out where to go next! Lots of screens to make. & I hate making screens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 I started work on the cab. Lots of angles to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant-Kerr Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Love what you are doing here with this Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 Thanks Grant! It's good to hear from you! I hope all is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 I got several pieces cut and then noticed that they weren't right. The top of the cab is not drawn correctly. I probably should re-cut the sides while I'm fixing stuff. They should have been taller. I like having a model near to look at. I wish I had looked at it sooner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 I wish Mike W. (MTH) would have made this engine for us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 2 hours ago, enginear joe said: I got several pieces cut and then noticed that they weren't right. The top of the cab is not drawn correctly. I probably should re-cut the sides while I'm fixing stuff. They should have been taller. I like having a model near to look at. I wish I had looked at it sooner! Don't feel bad Joe as my 3D printer will be doing just fine then for no reason it starts acting up like the program got corrupted or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 I hate some of the stuff that goes on with modern tech. Seems like we are going towards automated smart houses. I can't wait to have someone in a foreign country turn on my lights, change the temp, and open doors from there! What printer did you get? Do you like it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 Trying to nail down all the angles on this modern GE cab is tuff. I will get it. It may take some extra time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 Sometimes I nail it on the first try. or like this one, it takes several attempts and a lot of fine tuning. Urrggg. or maybe I should have just made a mold of a MTH Dash 8 cab.....??? (and said close enough!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Yes. That is what I would have done, but, I am not a rivet counter. I am not bad mouthing rivet counters, but I am 72 and have only so much time to devote to my endeavors. It's a balance. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Me neither! If the end result looks nice that's all that matters. 99% of people won't know the discrepancies and the remaining 1% would even find flaws in the real 1:1 locomotive ...no pleasing those folks! Take like a Aristo-Craft product...they went about 90% with making something then stopped...devil is in the details and they knew it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Yup. Maybe someday when I finish all of my major projects, I will attempt to make a museum quality item, but then, maybe not. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 Well?? Does it even look like an Evo cab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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