Re: (erielack) Inaccuracies in models....IHC K5A

["Bill K." <pontiac_@_dreamscape.com>]

On the MDC tenders:

The top of the bunker is a seperate piece.  In fact the tender I have has an
oil bunker molded on top of the square top piece and a shallow coal load
molded on the bottom.  Once removed, it would be a simple matter to
scratchbuild raised sides to make it a better match to prototype photos.  In
fact maybe doing it in layers and using a thin styrene outside sheet, that
could have rivet detail pressed in from the backside, would work for this.

They certainly have the right look, even if not 100% accurate for an Erie
tender they do look good.

Speaking of steam.. I should pass on the deal a freind of mine got.  At a
show he got a factory painted NPP DL&W Hudson and unpainted Pocono.. for
$325... for both of them.   The kicker is the seller's story.. the guy told
my friend he was selling these for a woman who had them left over after a
garage sale.. seems the original owner passed away, leaving his wife and her
sister in the house..  sister gets into cleaning mode..  so they had another
fellow sell all these trains at a garage sale...  including something like
300 brass engines.. for $5 and $10 each.     I don't know how much I believe
that, but he did get a steal on the DL&W engines for sure.  If it is true,
there's a couple women who'll be kicking herself finding out they could
easily have sold probably all of them for that much...      and I wish to
heck I could find a garage sale like that!!!

Bill K.


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From: <Hhaines_@_aol.com>
To: <RSmollin_@_aol.com>; <erielack@lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 3:58 AM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Inaccuracies in models....IHC K5A


> In a message dated 5/1/01 8:45:52 PM MST, RSmollin_@_aol.com writes:
>
> <<  the questions
>  are: How accurate are these tenders and how hard would a conversion be?
>>
>
> Well Ray,
>
> I thought about this kit for a Consolidation, and I'm still thinking.  If
you
> are a member, I would recommend contacting the Erie steam information and
the
> modeling person in the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society.  Also, from
what I
> could find, the K-5 Pacifics did not use Vanderbilt tenders.
>
> Meanwhile, this is my two cents.  I have one of these Vanderbilt tenders
on a
> (MDC Roundhouse) Erie Class E-4 Atlantic (4-4-2) that I am working on to
> change from oil to a coal hopper.  It appears Roundhouse used a
Harriman-type
> Southern Pacific oil-fired prototype Vanderbilt tender for the model.
Erie
> used Harriman designs at one point in its history, so this is not a bad
place
> to start.
>

>
> I wish I knew the best way to modify this existing model, but am checking
> other resources now for an old article on this very topic.
>
> It seems to me that the oil bunker needs to be built up into a coal
hopper.
> The model is of riveted construction, and many prototypes were also.  Foot
> boards may or may not appear on a locomotive tender.  I would suggest
finding
> a picture and modeling from there.  After the coal bunker, the tender
would
> need appropriate ladders, steps, and hand rails for the Erie versions.
>

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