@harmonyards posted:I followed suit D, ….I used a 28084 TMCC shell set I picked up at York for mere pennies, and sat that down on a CV Pulmor chassis, ……naturally, I ditched the Pulmor for a Pittman, then borrowed Pete’s rod stretcher program to make roller bearing rods fit the CV chassis, …..still a work in progress, …..I need all the valve train too, …..sadly, Lionel only has a piece here, or a piece there, …….plan is to make this into a Mercury engine ……
Pat
That's what I did with mine - made it into 5344's Mercury incarnation. I even used the Wms brass tender - trucks and all - plus swapped Lionel RS/IR drawbar/e-coupler. Not too painful. That firebox shrouding was made up of the original J3 Wms one, plus heightening for the J1's running-board hump. Lots of soldering with brass and copper sheet. Saw a photo later with a very abbreviated version of the sheathing - I could have saved myself some work.
Looking forward to seeing your snazzy version.
