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Everyone give a big thanks to wingsofphoenix! I was running a search and came across this:



And figured it could not be to hard to do, after all, it is nothing but two F3's with their rears chopped off and glued together. So I messed with NifSkope and came up with this:



I could have spent hours more on it, but Bobby agreed that wingsofphoenix might be able to do a better job. So I sent him my files and a copy. He said it might take a week or two and I told him no problem. Imaging my surprise when he came back two days later with this:





Beautiful work!

There are still a few details to work out, and then I have to do the paint jobs for them, but these will be posted in the Engine's Are Us Building Blocks section and not have to wait for a map.

Keep watching.

hehe, it wasnt really hard to do, just a few hours of work

oh heres the pic, i forgot to add, that i used to shape the body:


and this nice site with pics to change the roof http://www.victorianrailways.net/motive%20power/bdie.html

Cant wait to see the finished engine

Well, I worked on it this evening and got a 'vanilla' version worked up. This is my Base, Shadow and hardware combined:





I still have a few more details to work out, and a center door 'vanilla' decal to make.

If any one who is interested can upload some decent pics of particular A-Class and B-Class engines they want done, please do so. Front (either front) and side (either side) are needed.

Just about there. Need the number boards and a few other items.

Got a call from the paint shop so I grabbed my camera and got a picture.



It's headed over to the detail shops for logos and such.

wingsofphoenix got the A-Class over to me. I'll take a look at that and see if it needs anything done to it.

Got B84 out of the detail shop.



There is a holdup on the number boards for the nose and the sides. It seems our supplier misunderstood us and made them up as 'BEE84' instead of 'B84'. Go figure

Finally got all the parts correct, attached and took it out for a test run! Got about 45 Km down the track and ran out of fuel! Dad-blamed yard crew forgot to fill the tanks!

It's been released for use: viewtopic.php?p=4498#p4498

I think we'll be working on the A-Class now, and work the other paint jobs for the remaining B Class engines. There are 15 others. We'll see how many I decide to do up. There are only 11 A Classes. There are many different paint schemes and I'll try to vary them ASAP.

Well, wingsofphoenix has gotten me the A-Class worked up, and so far, aside from a few adjustments, the structure is done. The shadow map is coming along nicely, as you can see here:

Cab No.1 end:


Cab No.2 end:


I still have some detail to the roof to do, and the sides, among other things. But we are getting there!