I have the need of a small back woods engine, I used a 0-4-0 Porter, I made a car to provide remote controlled power and sound. I used My Loco Sound, from Fort Collins Colorado.
The cab is made Plywood and poplar wood. Roof made of .003 shim stock, ran through a paper crimper, brushed on a coat of muratic acid, then sprayed with hydrogen peroxide. Real rust

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This has been a really fun project, I removed the pickup system off the engine so not to
feed any power back to the tracks, that process was surprisingly easy on an LGB engine.
The pictures were taken before I completed the wire from the engine to the Battery car.
Dennis

That is cool! Got a good load of wood on board, a lunch wagon behind…ROAD TRIP!!!

Dennis Rayon said:

… then sprayed with hydrogen peroxide.

Well, you know it’s model railroaders who would figure out how to use rocket fuel for non-propulsive purposes on trains ! (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)

Nice! My kind of lokie. Good job.

Awesome!

Cool! I’ll have to remember that rusting technique.

Later,

K

Hot Dawg!! I like the name…Oskar Mier…(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)

Excellent work

Kevin Strong said:

Cool! I’ll have to remember that rusting technique.

Later,

K

I second that. That roof is just awesome and nothing beats the real deal.

You did a great job on the rust and the worn out wood.

Do you have any problems with the overhang off the back of the engine? Did you use a long bar attached to the back of the engine to couple the trailing boxcar? If not how does it handle the curves?

It is funny to see not one but 2 dogs on the train.

Looking amazing, Dennis! Couple of questions…

Did you laser cut & engrave the car’s frames as single pieces (for each side)?

What sort of crimper do you use?

Cliff

Oh yeah… Superly well done, Dennis… Just my kind’a 'bash… (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-smile.gif)(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-smile.gif)(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-smile.gif)

Thank you for the great compliments. Cliff yes lasered from 1/16" plywood, and yes the grain is lasered into the plywood, doing this creates grain in each board, making it look like the boards are individual boards, making plywood a good choice to use, easy and strong.

Crimped with paper crimpers, i place the handles in a bench vise, I run the material back and forth, in a little bit, then back, in a little bit more then back.

Once the HY Peroxide is sprayed on, let it set out side a couple days, it will get really rusty. I dremel off with wire brush in streaks to remove some rust, once the level of rust is achieved, spray with a clear coat to stop the escalation of rust.

If you want extreme rust, leave out and do not clear coat, in a couple weeks it will get extremely rusty, spray a couple more coats of Hy Peroxide to speed up the process.

Dennis

Love the weathering on this Dennis! I would love to see a little how to on the weathering of the tin too!

Steve

That looks great. My kind of engine. I have two porters, one that was converted to simple battery power using just an on/off switch. I can run a 9V battery on it.

Cliff Jennings said:

Looking amazing, Dennis! Couple of questions…

Did you laser cut & engrave the car’s frames as single pieces (for each side)?

What sort of crimper do you use?

Cliff

Cliff I picked this up from amazon. Works great for crimping a roof.

https://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-Paper-Crimper-6-5-Straight/dp/B001ALPDMS/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1496142309&sr=8-6&keywords=paper+crimper

Lots of great ideas here and a wonderful loco and car, truly inspirational.

Hydrogen peroxide was often a household item, I understand, some women used it on their hair. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)

OMG, that is so cute! I love the treatment you did on the wood, how did you get that gorgeous gray? It looks like the wood on my Renaissance shop but that building has been sitting out in the elements for 30 years!

this little train is a real gem!

Yeah, that’s really nice. Realism and details extraordinaire. Well worth the effort put into it.