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Tweaking an IHC Pacific more towards the DL&W

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WARNING - Appalling modeling methods below!

Color photos of these engines are very handy. The only source I'm aware of comerecially is Mike DelVecchio's book Lackawanna Trackside.

I was gifted an IHC Lackawanna Pacific this Christmas. It's funny, IHC had it numbered as a consolidation. Anyway, I've tweaked it a bit and I thought I'd share the simple things I did to make it more like a DLW pacific.

Looking at the engine, I decided I could make it look somewhat like the 1116, a veteran

Numbers I have spotted the following Pacifics in photographs either on or definitely heading to/from the Sussex Branch: 1115 (streamstyled and otherwise) 1116 1118 1125 1134 1137 1139 1140

engine that definitely plied the rails of the Sussex Branch. I started by cutting off the steps along side the boiler. These steps don't even resemble the ones on the pacifics in the 1130s, like the 1134.

The steps were replaced with those single 'L' shaped steps made of strip styrene. I also removed the bell and installed a CalScale bell between the stack and sand dome.

I put a visor on the headlamp using a small piece of electrical tape, securing it with acc. (see warning above.)

Forming a 'toolbox' from a piece of square stock and installing two styrene 'struts' under the smoke box pretty much satisfies me at this point.

I painted the smokebox aluminum, the handrails grimy black and touched up a few other areas with paint after numbering this beast 1116 (including the back of the tender.)

By the way, I'm well aware the tender is not right for this engine. Any ideas on easy replacements? The headlamp on the tender functions and it would be a shame to lose it.