A little Boxcab bash for the Harbor Layout

[vsmith]

I had this idea in my head and had done a couple line sketches. I have been battling a cold/flu/bug since last weekend, it blew up bad Friday so I thought no time like the present to try it. So I was able to spend some quality time at the bench, Here's where my mind goes under the influence of some very good quality cold medication, the usual results end up being something zany...like this:

It started as the wood deck of my old Mack railtruck that became the LBH railbus combined with Stan Cederleaf's AC brick he sold me at last years SWGRS:

The base drive: Basswood, 7/8" slate car journals, and some Bug Hauler end steps

The body is a Bug Hauler cab, with styrene body parts added front and rear to cover the openings, other Bug Hauler stuff rooftop, whatever I could find:

Lots of pics I know but this thing is different from almost every angle, Interior pics:

Some old LGB bits I had on the inside with styrene bashed controls: This will live on the Harbor layout, hence the knuckle couplers, besides I think the Bmann cab makes it too wide for the Pizza.


Painting currently underway, maybe post some painted pics later when the wife is busy watching Dowager Abby .

 

[Madman]

Vic, you bring a smile to my face whenever I see one of your creations. Seems everyone has the same bug, whatever it is. Mine has been killing me for two weeks. Hopefully the meds I'm on will help kill it in a few more days.

I'm a sucker for little box cabs, though I haven't built one for quite awhile. The one I did biuld I sold.

Great work.

 

[trammayo]

Interesting little loco - looks like a couple of BHs surrendered their bits - you have certainly got the ability to see way beyond a pile of unrelated bits and pieces.

Nice creation and I look forward to you posting pics of it painted and on the Harbour line

 

[vsmith]

Thanks Guys

Downandout Abbey is on, so now I have free time to post these.

Painted:

This was a quick really fun bash, I hope it lets folks know that kitbashing isn't that hard to do, and once you done a couple its becomes a great fun addition to the scale.

I have to admit this has been a fun challenge and its shaken off some of the funk I have been in recently. Seamed to me for the longest time that kitbashing was a dying art form in large scale over here.

This will probably be one of the last I do for a while till I get the Harbor layout's track changes back in order. Still have a couple other things planned, but without a working track plan its kinda futile to keep building more stuff, besides I need something to do in the heat of this summer.

Not quite finish yet, still need to add some grab bars, glass, numbers and weathering

 

[Dtsteam]

Excellent Vic ! I sit here with the Monday blues before I go off to work, and your box cab has cheered me up no end. Well done.

 

[Zerogee]

Lovely little model, Vic! This sort of "weird and wonderful" design is a lot of fun, and there is probably even a prototype out there somewhere that is not dissimilar!

Jon.

 

[vsmith]

Thanks guys
Jon, Its based on a Mack but not the HLW version or the little 15 ton unit, I have a book on Critters and it had a Mack 3-axled unit that was more or less the inspiration for this model. But as I build based on the "found objects" principle the end result is a little more unique from the inspiration:

Would love to build that little 15 tonner as well:

Could probably build this one alot closer to prototype

 

[trammayo]

Looks great painted up

 

[New Haven Neil 2]

That's an excellent little bash, just the job on a hideous Monday!