Lionel F3 Scale Conversion Parts

Fantastic work !!!!

But, I hope you can find a more scale looking screen for the side screens sometime.

I wish I had a great suggestion, but I don't. Maybe if the screens were the same color as the loco and weathered, or perhaps blackened and weathered.

Ron H

Great work. I wouldn't mind getting some of these:

Pilot opening reduction spacer

@Ron H posted:

Fantastic work !!!!

But, I hope you can find a more scale looking screen for the side screens sometime.

I wish I had a great suggestion, but I don't. Maybe if the screens were the same color as the loco and weathered, or perhaps blackened and weathered.

Ron H

Thanks!

The screen was the first mod I did of the whole project…and had no idea it would snowball into what it did.   I measured what was molded from lionel and then cut it out and bought equivalent sized screen.

As I went through the project and learned more about F3 prototypes, I realized that Lionel’s shell as a whole is neither an F3 nor an F7…and some parts/design simply don’t exist on any phase (or are grossly out of scale)    It’s definitely not a great scale model at baseline (vs atlas or p&d kits) but I just tried to see what I could turn it into!

Some things, like the vent / screens, and the transition between the shell and the pilot i had realize I just had to let be.

i believe all-nations sells a full length scale vent screen on eBay…which might be what I use for a future model?  

for this one though, i painted the mesh silver, dull coated it, and gave it a light brush with black powder.   Lest I go crazy… sometimes good enough needed to be good enough

Really great looking engine, there. Wow.  Nice parts list, too.  Thanks.

@vacuefactor posted:

Thanks!

The screen was the first mod I did of the whole project…and had no idea it would snowball into what it did.   I measured what was molded from lionel and then cut it out and bought equivalent sized screen.

As I went through the project and learned more about F3 prototypes, I realized that Lionel’s shell as a whole is neither an F3 nor an F7…and some parts/design simply don’t exist on any phase (or are grossly out of scale)    It’s definitely not a great scale model at baseline (vs atlas or p&d kits) but I just tried to see what I could turn it into!

Some things, like the vent / screens, and the transition between the shell and the pilot i had realize I just had to let be.

i believe all-nations sells a full length scale vent screen on eBay…which might be what I use for a future model?  

for this one though, i painted the mesh silver, dull coated it, and gave it a light brush with black powder.   Lest I go crazy… sometimes good enough needed to be good enough

Amen !!!!

Ron