Logan20131 wrote:Finally someone's taking over my project of the NP A-3 4-8-4. Plus the tender is still the same as the SP&S version.
Uhhh.. I'm not taking over anyone's project; I just wanted to make some A3's out of some E1's and thought I'd share the wealth.
Obviously, you're a fellow NP fan, so I don't want to step on any toes. If you've got dibs on this, then I'll gladly stop the presses and move on to something else; mum's the word.
Yes, the tender is the same, but it's double mapped so the "Northern Pacific" script has to be squeezed-in so as not to over-lap, which is as obvious a bald-headed man with a bad hair-piece. The closest version I could find to an NP tender was the UP coal version that comes with the Big Boy or Challenger, or both; I've been testing so much I can't remember which. But, as you may already know, the UP tender pretty much crunches it's way into the cab of the E1 Northern due to the pre-set drawbar gap. I even re-did the decal on the UP 844 tender, but it's not the right width and it's still for an oil-burner. So the only tender I have that even comes close, is the Berkshire version. It's not quite tall enough, but I don't think it's so short that it looks awkward; it hauls coal, it's big, has six axles, couples to the E1, and I can fit the NP script on it with no issues.
But anyway, I'll cease work on this for now until I get some clarification about "your project". At least we all got a new caboose out of it eh?
