Reply to "Another Standard gauge Project"

So here is one of my projects that has finally gotten under way.  Not sure why , because there is another a third way done on the work table as I type this .  I may have gotten the bug  after seeing a few recent posts about motors and homemade engines  and a video of a small diesel engine I think made by McCoy.  I have always thought a Standard Gauge diesel switcher would be great to have pulling my 500 series  freight cars . So, I bought an O gauge Alaska  switcher on eBay (shell only ) and used it as a model .  As you can see it is a rough interpretation of the Alaska switcher , but a start.  The prototype was made out of wood in my shop ,next is to sand it and paint it . At that point I will decide on any changes  and then attempt to recreate it in brass . Which I've never done before .  In the two photos you can see the shape I was going for and the size compared to a repro #2 trolley .  I have a long way to go .