DL&W cabs, pilot model finished

This is great, Malcolm! Thanks!
Artie

Nice Malcolm. Wood or steel version?

Chris, They are the steel version. Malcolm

Progress photos of number 1.  Since I’ve not built this one before I’m finishing one before I do the other six.  This one is tough but not as tough as the N&W CF cabs.

Malcolm, what kind of trucks will you use? I run conventional three rail with Lionel old school crab claw couplers.

Thanks for the progress reports! I can’t believe the detail!

Impressive!

Oh, I think you’ll want one when he’s done, Earl! I’ve got my dibs in!

Fantastic, Malcolm!  Just curious...did you ever finish those 4 MTH Northeastern steel caboose rebuilds??

Joe, I’m working on them on a third workbench. They will be LV in Cornell red, green and white. The fourth will be WM circus scheme.

I made a little more progress on the DLW and now I’m working on the always dreaded steps.

I’m going to need a bib, because of all the drooling....!

I’m truly impressed.

Thanks Art. I’m knocking off for tonight but I’ll be finished in another hour tomorrow morning. I’ll keep this one since I had to make corrections as I built it. With the pilot built the others will be a little simpler.

Impressive, as always.

Dick

great progress Malcolm.

Malcolm,

Beautiful work, very clean build. Wish you didn’t paint it. Thanks for sharing your work.

Lee Gustafson

I’m just stunned at the level of detail, precision, and speed of assembly. Magnificent!

Thank you kindly for the comments.  Here it is ready for paint. No paint though until I get 6 more done. The decal maker was nice enough to do a run of the O scale DLW decals so I purchased the entire run.

Are you using decals from Prime Mover? That’s where I get my DLW from.

@PRR Man posted:

Are you using decals from Prime Mover? That’s where I get my DLW from.

Yes, I am using PM.

Wow! Thats a beautiful caboose!

Beautiful as always Malcom but I believe there should be an inverted V shape gutter above the the side cupola windows. Those gutters are one of the things that make this cab distinctive.

Pete

@Norton posted:

Beautiful as always Malcom but I believe there should be an inverted V shape gutter above the the side cupola windows. Those gutters are one of the things that make this cab distinctive.

Pete

Thanks Pete!  I got photos and just flat overlooked it! I also am adding the gutter strips over the steps too that I missed. I better slow down a little.

Malcolm

The work continues.

The salivating continues....

It rained cats and dogs today do I stayed inside and drilled 392 holes and installed that many NBW castings. Handrails to tonight and tomorrow. I’m supposed to have a great weather day for painting Friday, now it’s up to me to get them ready by Friday. The photo is six of the DL&W cabs and the interloper is a CGW.

Time for decals.

The production in multiple numbers impresses me. I can barely complete one project, let alone 6. Great work!

Tom

Brother Love,

All I can say is Wow!  Artie is going to drown in his saliva if he doesn't one soon. :-p

Earl

WOW! Another great looking caboose project. Fun and inspiring following you work from beginning to end. Will that CGW interloper be a 3R for sale?🙏🙏🙏

Thank you. I start my largest batch next, I’m building 24 of the Point St. Charles CN vans. I kinda dread it😉.

Yes, the interloper is available.

Here is pic of decals on my pilot model.

Pilot model is done except handrail painting and weathering.

Absolutely beautiful! So realistic.

Artie

Malcolm, amazing work, as usual. Beautiful detail. If you ever decide to do one in the modern DL&W paint scheme, I’d be definitely interested in one.

The picture is from Steamtown about a year and a half ago.

@Apples55 posted:

Malcolm, amazing work, as usual. Beautiful detail. If you ever decide to do one in the modern DL&W paint scheme, I’d be definitely interested in one.

The picture is from Steamtown about a year and a half ago.

I have one started but I have not found decals yet. I’ll keep you posted.

Truly works of art.  I cannot cut simple shapes out of styrene - you must have incredibly sharp knives.

That close-up step detail is fantastic!

Malcolm, I'll bet Prime Mover will print his white version in black for you. He's done custom for me.

@Apples55 posted:

Malcolm, amazing work, as usual. Beautiful detail. If you ever decide to do one in the modern DL&W paint scheme, I’d be definitely interested in one.

The picture is from Steamtown about a year and a half ago.

This is a GVT (Genesee Valley Transportation) caboose. Not sure if its the same caboose relettered or they have two.

I would be interested in one painted like this. Dan's Resin Casting already has the decals.

Pete

@Brother_Love posted:

I have one started but I have not found decals yet. I’ll keep you posted.

Thanks, Malcolm... now you’ve got me salivating

The day I took the picture of the caboose, I was actually on my way to Grzyboski’s to pick up one of the custom run of Lionel C-420’s they did in the current DL&W paint scheme. I’ve been looking for a matching 3-rail caboose ever since.

Alas, there is no more DL&W. The modern shortline in Scranton is the Delaware-Lackawanna, somehow related to the Genesee Valley Transportation Rail System.

The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western merged with the Erie to become the Erie Lackawanna in 1960.

The above pictured GVT and “Lackawanna” cabooses in white and gray are from the old DL&W, however, built in their Dunmore shops in the 50’s on old tender frames.