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"Could have been" 7/8 Class A/B Climax

Modeling
#1

Dennis Thompson is a good friend of mine. I have his book, the “Climax Locomotive”. I spoke to him about building a Class A Climax in 7/8. Using his book as a reference and his drawings,

after considering the design, I decided on a Class B. After research, we found one example of a Class B in a semi enclosed body with a tender. It was a shortline back East somewhere.

So I started my build of a 7/8 scale Class A/B (as Dennis called it, jokingly.

The donor was a Bachmann Climax

And the tender, which had a wooden water tank.

#2

Nicely done. Clever use of your “donor” climax mixed with well executed scratch building. The final result is terrific.

#3

One of the photos that inspired the project.

#4

Very nicely done

#5

Very nice . . . (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-embarassed.gif)

Where did you get stake pockets and like & pin coupler stuff ?

#6

Nice work John. Love it!!!

#7

Narrow Gauge Lover said:

Very nice . . . (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-embarassed.gif)

Where did you get stake pockets and like & pin coupler stuff ?

I got those from the 7/8 section at Ozark Miniatures. Other than The Train Department , I don’t know of any 7/8 suppliers in the US.

#8

John Bouck said:

Narrow Gauge Lover said:

Very nice . . . (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-embarassed.gif)

Where did you get stake pockets and like & pin coupler stuff ?

I got those from the 7/8 section at Ozark Miniatures. Other than The Train Department , I don’t know of any 7/8 suppliers in the US.

Thanks, . . I’ll contact them. I have som “G” stuff that I’m converting to 7/8 n2

#9

Sweet.

#10

That’s really well done, John.

Did you use India ink for the weathering?

#11

John Bouck said:

Those overlapping corner joints are a point of interest.

#12

It has an ink wash. Some rust and dirt is still yet to be added. I may change out the sitting figure for a standing one as well.

The lettering is real paint, not decals. That was a first for me.

Dennis Thompson saw it running yesterday and liked it for a “what if” model.

#13

John & Group:

Haven’t been on this forum for a while and just saw your post and photos John. Seeing it in person was the best treat but your construction photos I really appreciate. It is a really good model; runs and sounds good. Merry Christmas, Dennis

#14

You need to drop in from time to time, Dennis.

If you go to my albums you can see most of the 1:20.3 builds and now I’m putting some 7/8 builds in the albums.

https://www.largescalecentral.com/albums/manage