PS&St.P electric loco No. 905 is a combination of a Bachmann Baby Trainmaster and two Model Die Casting boxcab diesel shells. Since it sees use as power on the local way freight, it is heavily weathered. Many parts on the model were also scratchbuilt including the air tanks, the pilots and the clerestory. The pantographs are from Precision Scale and the outriggers were made from wire. Dirt and sand were used to weather the pilot beams.
tographed on January, 1942, when it made a daily way freight run from Tacoma to Centralia, Washington. This HO scale electric was kitbashed from a Bachmann Baby Trainmaster chassis and two Model Die Casting boxcab diesel shells. The 905, shows the wear and tear of the unheroic life of a way freighter. To modify it, the chassis fuel tank weight was cut off,
RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award........
and the motor leads rearranged to al- low installing a DCC unit. The air tanks were scratchbuilt, and the steps came from an MDC Old Timer coach. Next, the pilots were scratchbuilt with styrene along with the clerestory, which also used Precision Scale screen. The pantographs are also Precision Scale with Westinghouse outriggers formed from .020″ wire. The handrails and roof details are from Details West and Cal-Scale, and the headlights were scratchbuilt around LED’s. The model was decorated in PS&St.P freight colors: black roof and underframe, rust body, white ends, and a mustard letterboard. (The round- house crew assert that Puget Sound electrics aren’t painted: that really is rust.) The model was heavily weath- ered with dirt and sand, especially around the pilot beams.
A minimum of $100 and a Dremel Rotary Tool Kit with a variable-speed Dremel 3000 rotary tool and acces- sories are awarded to the monthly winners of the RMC/DREMEL KITBASHING AWARD. Entries must consist of at least two photos (high-resolution digital pic- tures should be at least 3,000 pixels wide; color slides or 5″×7″ or 8″×10″ prints are also acceptable) and a short text. Models must use at least 50% commercial compo- nents; unused entries may be held future editorial use.
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This view shows the short-lived ex- perimental “High Visibility” stripe paint scheme (promptly dubbed the “Panic Attack” scheme by the round- house wits), and the black and green diamond pattern rubber safety tread on deck and steps. The striping and black decals were made using the Pactra decal system. The safety tread was made with Photoshop®
and print-
ed on contact paper, and the white let- tering is dry transfers.
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