Post by lvrr325 on Jan 1, 2015 15:32:22 GMT -8
Picked up some cheap O 2-rail a few weeks ago and among it was a repainted AHM/Rivarossi (says Pola on the bottom so maybe not Rivarossi?) 4-wheel industrial switcher. It's some kind of European prototype locomotive, a rather ugly little thing.
I'd bought a shell for a Marx "Marx-tronic" diesel a while back on a whim because it looks like when they made it they took the 1950s Kemtron/Lindsay HO/HOn3 "Stubby" and blew it up to O-scale. The Stubby is a representation of a 25-ton Vulcan. I had some idea of making an On30 loco out of it. They have virtually no collector value to them, a nice one only brings about $20, so no worries there.
On a whim I took apart the AHM and the chassis will fit right into it, about the only iffy part is the wheelbase is a tad long compared to the Stubby. But it would make a relatively decent looking O siderod switcher with some detailing.
FWIW, an Athearn HO SW7 will also fit under one of these pretty easily, it just seems rather wide for On30 once done.
I'd bought a shell for a Marx "Marx-tronic" diesel a while back on a whim because it looks like when they made it they took the 1950s Kemtron/Lindsay HO/HOn3 "Stubby" and blew it up to O-scale. The Stubby is a representation of a 25-ton Vulcan. I had some idea of making an On30 loco out of it. They have virtually no collector value to them, a nice one only brings about $20, so no worries there.
On a whim I took apart the AHM and the chassis will fit right into it, about the only iffy part is the wheelbase is a tad long compared to the Stubby. But it would make a relatively decent looking O siderod switcher with some detailing.
FWIW, an Athearn HO SW7 will also fit under one of these pretty easily, it just seems rather wide for On30 once done.
