Looks like I'm about ready to get back to this, as most other side projects have now been finished.
In the meantime, I built the top 2 floors of the NY&LB SA tower (the cellar will be built once it actually has a "forever" home, since it'll sit between 2 different track elevations.
In the above picture, you can see 2 K-Line Lackawanna "Interurban" units. I wanted some MP54s to run on my eventual South Amboy layout (which there currently isn't room for, so I'm just gathering the pieces at this time), was able to pick up one in PRR at a substantial discount, but was also able to get these for less than half the price of the same thing in PRR paint, the main differences being these had square windows on the ends, and one unit had 2 pantographs and the second had none. Moved one of the pantographs to the 2nd unit, modified the bodies by adding round "owl eyes" windows that I printed to the ends, and painted them to match. The K-line units are painted a too dark tuscan, I had the choice to either paint and reletter all 3, or to try and match the 2 to the K-line color, ended up mixing just about equal parts Tru-color 276 (PRR 1948+ passenger car tuscan) with TCP-075 (Pennsy Brunswick green) and got a fairly close match to the K-Line color.
At the same time, I was working on a diorama to sit on a buffet in my living room, to display some of my trains, that's it above and below. It's made in 2 pieces so that it can be relocated for holiday decorations. Did a viaduct level with catenery, and a lower one with a 2 track main, 2 sidings and a grade crossing.
At the time the Mike got sidelined, I wasn't happy with some of the details (in particular, the large rivets on the front of the Wooten firebox). Now that I've gotten this 3D printing thing under my belt, I can print out exactly what I want. I still have to figure out the plumbing, as from pictures it seems that no 2 units were plumbed alike...
