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In lugnet.trains, Elroy Davis wrote:
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After working out how to build the Rutland boxcar, I decided to work on one
of the Rutland’s diesel locomotives to pull it. An RS-3 looked like a nice
challenge, and Rutland owned a few of them.
I tried to capture the most distinctive characteristics of an RS3. Mainly,
the curved body, and the blocky trucks. The front truck of this model is
brick built, and the motor is brick decorated. The trucks are a bit fragile,
and I haven’t had a chance to run my rainbow-colored test model on a track
yet, so I don’t know how much run time I’ll get out of them.
The windows needed a built solution as well. My original model used 1x2x2
windows, but I found that they don’t come in green, so the cab had to be
rebuilt.
A prototype photo is at
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2007051000383328843.jpg for
comparison.
-Elroy
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Really nice work on this. I’m not especially keen on the fan (I think that’s
what the round bit is) solution though. Perhaps an old smooth tyre over 2x2
round plates or something similar would be more prototypical. It’s a fine
looking RS-3 though and the bogies are great.
Tim
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Really nice work on this. I’m not especially keen on the fan (I think that’s
what the round bit is) solution though. Perhaps an old smooth tyre over 2x2
round plates or something similar would be more prototypical. It’s a fine
looking RS-3 though and the bogies are great.
Tim
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I went home on my lunch break and gave that smooth tyre idea a try. It looks
really good. If I could find a smooth tyre in green it would look even better.
The other option might be a pulley wheel. I think those come in green. It
might have the same issue as the disc, though.
Thanks for the suggestion.
-Elroy
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