Need vanderbilt tenders for my GN steam engines. ANY one making them? PARTS for kitbashing? Thanks, Don
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K-line sold one for smaller steamers at one time. It was a separate sale item and had nice detail. I have seen larger ones in scale brass on the bay. I don't think it would be hard to switch them to three rail. Don
glacierrunner posted:Need vanderbilt tenders for my GN steam engines. ANY one making them? PARTS for kitbashing? Thanks, Don
You might contact Scott Mann, of Sunset/3rd Rail. He produced quite a few locomotives with Vanderbilt tenders, and might have one left over.
They regularly show up on eBay; I've bought 2 or 3 over the years. Often (but not always) 2-rail, but so what? That's why we have trucks and/or Hi-Rail wheel sets around. Even the Lionel Pre-War steel V'bilt tenders (as on a 263 2-4-2) are more realistic than they are not - just need a little fiddling (file and fill the big "rivets", if any) and some black (or GN green) flat paint. But there are more scale ones around.
A lot of GN Vanderbilts were all welded. Easy to make out of a wood dowel and some scraps. Use a lot of sanding sealer.
In a bit I will post my wood block NP tender - a bit more complex than GN, but still trivial in wood.
Bob2, I am a wood guy, I would like to see and hear about your NP tender.Don
You might want to check-out the tender that Lionel included with the 6-18056 New York Central Hudson.
It was based on a Great Northern prototype.
TRW
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Okay. I often do a wood mockup while building a locomotive, and once in a while the wood is every bit as good as brass.
The first tender is an NP Challenger tender - all wood except for obvious parts. The second photo is my first attempt at almost anything in maybe 1980 or so - it is an All Nation Mountain type in 1 1/8" gauge with a wood tender.
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Let me hit you with one more - this is a Lobaugh Mountain with a wood block Vanderbilt. Understand, I have many more brass Vanderbilt tenders than I do suitable locomotives for them. I just thought it worthwhile to keep this block!
Oops! Can't find the photo - hold that thought!
I have the NYC one mentioned above that I would be willing to part with...trying to put together a different tender for that Lionel model.
One of the things on my wish list, wanted in several versions, all coal fired. Third Rail had a nice one at a couple of shows, but it was expensive . Amazing how so much obvious is not available in this scale.
Larry, I tried to e-mail you --it was denied. My e-mail is in my profile please send info on the NYC tender. BOB2, REALLY like the wooden tender. Once I get a pattern I'LL make a wooden GN vandy tender. Don