@Brian J posted:Wow, this is coming together very nicely with a lot of skill craft work. Three of us thought about and actually detail planned to build a model of the similar GM&O passenger Baldwins. The GM&O's locos were standard single cab baby faces on the same chassis as the CNJ locos. We even have the MTH Centipede shells to use for making the modifications. Our GM&O locos would not be as difficult as the CNJ double enders but still a challenge. We had decided that we would be able to look past the nose side tapers on our models. We may still get back to this project, with your project as our encouragement. Nice work. Brian J.
If you do decide to do it, keep watch for a deal on a DL-109 in case one comes up, as that'll save on extending the length of the chassis. You'll still possibly need to modify the shape of the chassis nose to fit the centipede shell's taper, but it'll be a lot less work than using a PA-1's chassis.
