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These have been sold.

Wow this is an old thread! Good memories :) Unfortunately, there is not a cohesive set of drawings for the C-16 that I am aware of. Peter, Ron and Bill's engines were pieced together through direct measurement of the prototype located on display in Gunnison and historical reference photos. There is ...

It seems that you would want the drawing set by Ken Swan, but it doesn't appear to be available anywhere. The overwhelming majority of Wrens in the UK were built with these plans which are reputedly excellent.

Here is an example: http://www.gwhengineering.co.uk/model%2 ... 0build.htm

I found a couple more photos I took of this engine myself a few years ago. The articulated it is standing next to in the last shot was also built by Harold Sinclair, you can see the family resemblance. Harold was a prolific model builder and used many of the same parts on all of his engines.

Here is a good shot with an engineer on board. It's slightly smaller than Tom Miller's K-36 but still a substantial engine weighing over 1,300 lbs. I'd say this would make a good logging mike, or freelanced engine for any fictional road, or with a good amount of cosmetic work look like an actual D&R...

I now have some dimensions for this beastie. Engine is 80" long 30" tall and 26" wide Tender is 60" long 28" tall and 26" wide Boiler is 12 inch barrel and approximately 43 inches long. 3.5 inch bore on the cylinders Drivers are 7.75" diameter. Also attached is a cab photo. I am still on the lookout...

480 is a freelance 7 1/4 inch gauge (can be re-gauged to 7.5") 2.5" scale Denver & Rio Grande K-36 model built by Harold Sinclair here in New Zealand. This engine has just recently gone under a ground up overhaul. This included replacing the copper heat exchanger in the Briggs type boiler firebox wi...

You can also use the grease catching netting from pizza boxes depending on the scale. Someone gave me some a long time ago.

You basically glue it on to the smooth metal surface and then paint the whole thing.

-M

Fantastic as always Marty.

Mike, thanks for commenting. I did look up your RR on facebook and found it to be quite impressive. Not sure what I plan to do with the trucks at this point. Maybe we need an east coast division of the 9” gauge community? I would like to see if I could locate the original locomotive that sat on the...

(note: this item was listed previously and then taken off the market for a while; there were enough changes to the description plus a new photo that I thought it would be best to start a new thread for it rather than revive the old one): Ian Welch has decided to part ways with this stunning model af...

Paging Dr. Ferrington...