TT Scale. The Ideal Scale.

Yep, adding just a few details and some paint really makes a difference with them.

Heres an old ad Railroad Model Craftman.

ConducTTor wrote:

Marquette wrote:You know, most of the HP locomotives I've seen photos of have been unpainted or looking rather tattered. But now I see that when they're painted and in good shape, like the Rio Grande one above, I have to say, wow, they look surprisingly good!

Amen.

I concur.

For those that are curious, the differences between the HP 4-8-2 and the HP 2-8-2 are more than just having a 4 wheeled versus a 2 wheeled leading wheel set.

The firebox and frame are of different lengths as well. The boiler portion itself is roughly the same between the two.

Both engines are lined up at the juncture between the firebox and boiler:

I have a question to see the Rio Grande. Wheels are original HP?
I say this because, the former company of Northern Spain, had these since 1917 and RENFE since 1941, I would like to have one as the Rio Grande.

Loc Nº6
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Loc Nº25
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Loc Nº29
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Original Norte Loc Nº4532 after Terrorist Attack at 1933
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2-4-0 RENFES wrote:I have a question to see the Rio Grande. Wheels are original HP?

Those are original HP wheels. HP had two types of wheels that were used in their steam engines. The first (and more common) was the solid cast box-pok drivers, like on my husband's HP Mikado. Some engines only had the box-pok drivers available. The other type was the lost-wax spoked drivers, which were not as common, although it is easy to find some models (such as the 4-8-2 and 2-8-2) with either type. In fact we have a 4-8-2 with each type, spoked and box-pok.

Many Thanks for the info, I will try to find the spoked wheels Model.
I have looked on Ebay and are not so easy.
Do You know of any other place where I can find them, both 2-8-2 and 4-8-2?
By the moment now, I comform with which I am doing now 2-8-2 Spanish Mikado.





Donor Loco is a BTTB BR86

2-4-0 RENFES wrote:Many Thanks for the info, I will try to find the spoked wheels Model.
I have looked on Ebay and are not so easy.
Do You know of any other place where I can find them, both 2-8-2 and 4-8-2?
By the moment now, I comform with which I am doing now 2-8-2 Spanish Mikado.

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Donor Loco is a BTTB BR86

Those models are rather infrequently sold, from what we have noticed, is that since we started in TT scale around 5 years ago, we have figured that HP 2-8-2s and 4-8-2s seem to appear up for sale on eBay around 4 or 5 per year on average.

There are places that sell TT scale wheelsets and frames to use them with, which would be cheaper to get as well as easier to get.