The DL&W cabs have been started. The windows were a little tricky but a jig made it a little easier. The ends will be done tonight and maybe I can assemble the bodies tomorrow.
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This is great, Malcolm! Thanks!
Artie
Nice Malcolm. Wood or steel version?
Chris, They are the steel version. Malcolm
Progress photos of number 1. Since Iβve not built this one before Iβm finishing one before I do the other six. This one is tough but not as tough as the N&W CF cabs.
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Malcolm, what kind of trucks will you use? I run conventional three rail with Lionel old school crab claw couplers.
Thanks for the progress reports! I canβt believe the detail!
Impressive!
Oh, I think youβll want one when heβs done, Earl! Iβve got my dibs in!
Fantastic, Malcolm! Just curious...did you ever finish those 4 MTH Northeastern steel caboose rebuilds??
Iβm going to need a bib, because of all the drooling....!
Iβm truly impressed.
Impressive, as always.
Dick
great progress Malcolm.
Malcolm,
Beautiful work, very clean build. Wish you didnβt paint it. Thanks for sharing your work.
Lee Gustafson
Iβm just stunned at the level of detail, precision, and speed of assembly. Magnificent!
Are you using decals from Prime Mover? Thatβs where I get my DLW from.
@PRR Man posted:Are you using decals from Prime Mover? Thatβs where I get my DLW from.
Yes, I am using PM.
Wow! Thats a beautiful caboose!
Beautiful as always Malcom but I believe there should be an inverted V shape gutter above the the side cupola windows. Those gutters are one of the things that make this cab distinctive.
Pete
@Norton posted:Beautiful as always Malcom but I believe there should be an inverted V shape gutter above the the side cupola windows. Those gutters are one of the things that make this cab distinctive.
Pete
Thanks Pete! I got photos and just flat overlooked it! I also am adding the gutter strips over the steps too that I missed. I better slow down a little.
Malcolm
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The salivating continues....
It rained cats and dogs today do I stayed inside and drilled 392 holes and installed that many NBW castings. Handrails to tonight and tomorrow. Iβm supposed to have a great weather day for painting Friday, now itβs up to me to get them ready by Friday. The photo is six of the DL&W cabs and the interloper is a CGW.
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The production in multiple numbers impresses me. I can barely complete one project, let alone 6. Great work!
Tom
Brother Love,
All I can say is Wow! Artie is going to drown in his saliva if he doesn't one soon. :-p
Earl
WOW! Another great looking caboose project. Fun and inspiring following you work from beginning to end. Will that CGW interloper be a 3R for sale?πππ
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Absolutely beautiful! So realistic.
Artie
Malcolm, amazing work, as usual. Beautiful detail. If you ever decide to do one in the modern DL&W paint scheme, Iβd be definitely interested in one.
The picture is from Steamtown about a year and a half ago.
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@Apples55 posted:
I have one started but I have not found decals yet. Iβll keep you posted.
Truly works of art. I cannot cut simple shapes out of styrene - you must have incredibly sharp knives.
That close-up step detail is fantastic!
Malcolm, I'll bet Prime Mover will print his white version in black for you. He's done custom for me.
@Apples55 posted:
This is a GVT (Genesee Valley Transportation) caboose. Not sure if its the same caboose relettered or they have two.
I would be interested in one painted like this. Dan's Resin Casting already has the decals.
Pete
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@Brother_Love posted:I have one started but I have not found decals yet. Iβll keep you posted.
Thanks, Malcolm... now youβve got me salivating
The day I took the picture of the caboose, I was actually on my way to Grzyboskiβs to pick up one of the custom run of Lionel C-420βs they did in the current DL&W paint scheme. Iβve been looking for a matching 3-rail caboose ever since.
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Alas, there is no more DL&W. The modern shortline in Scranton is the Delaware-Lackawanna, somehow related to the Genesee Valley Transportation Rail System.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western merged with the Erie to become the Erie Lackawanna in 1960.
The above pictured GVT and βLackawannaβ cabooses in white and gray are from the old DL&W, however, built in their Dunmore shops in the 50βs on old tender frames.