3/4" Scale J1e

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JBodenmann
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Re: 3/4" Scale J1e

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Hello My Friends
Thank you Russ. Henry Ford supposedly said, "If you think you can, or can't, You're right"... Well this steam turret casing baloney has gone on long enough :roll: Here is the last part, the top door. It has to match the cab roof contour, so the cab roof angle iron former from before was used to form the downward lip at the front that the hinges will mount to. . A wood piece had to be made to hold it to the former. Then some annealed brass was clamped up and whomped down with the rawhide mallet. It was annealed a second time and whomped some more, to encourage it to snuggle up to the former.
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Re: 3/4" Scale J1e

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Here we have the formed top door. It has to have a straight edge across the bottom of the downward lip for the hinges to work. The super glue dodge was used again to help with hinge fit up. These are #000 - 120 x 3/32" screws. These hinges were originally riveted on the prototype. In later years they were welded on, probably as a repair. And then the mostly completed turret casing. There is a piece at the back of the casing that fits over the cab and has a formed edge that ties in with the half round molding at the front of the cab roof. This piece won't get fastened down until the cab is finished. The next push will be to finish up the cab. The cab will have some cool details. The inside will get some tongue and groove siding. Do any of my friends out there know what color New York Central painted the inside of their cabs? There will also be wooden doors at the front of the cab with Prime Ventilator windows. There are rain gutters and guides to be added to the cab roof along with a gaggle of handrails and grab irons. The hand wheel and indicator assembly for the power reverse will be made also. The steam turret is still to be made. It will have control rods with universal joints into the cab like 5344's big sisters. Also a main shut off with a bow tie valve handle front and center. Too much fun.
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I always enjoy watching the School of Jack.
There is so much to learn and apply to my own projects!
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Re: 3/4" Scale J1e

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Hello My Friends
Thank you Andy. I really enjoy posting pictures of my work and a line of baloney to go with them. If any of it is helpful to other model builders that makes my day. Here are a couple snappies taken this morning just for fun. Nothing new but something to look at.
See you in the funny pages...
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Same reason we climb mountains:
Because it's there.

Good on you.
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Re: 3/4" Scale J1e

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This thread is invaluable I have just acquired a part built hudson to the friends design over here in the UK having previously known very little about the design I am amazed at the work being done
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Re: 3/4" Scale J1e

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jack here are some pictures taken by a guest at our fall meet this past weekend, he was more glued to our locomotive than any other train we had running at NJLS. he is a professional photographer as well as a member of the NYCHS.

hope you like them. enjoy. :D :D

https://tools4fire.zenfolio.com/p445999445

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Re: 3/4" Scale J1e

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Been out of town for a couple weeks. Jim Kreider, Tom Lawson, and I went to Ohio to see 765 run, too much fun! We also visited a several live steam railways. I want to say hi, and welcome Jordanleeds to the group. Congratulations on picking up a Hudson chassis. They are fine locomotives, both the model and prototype. Also thanks to Dan for the contribution to this thread.
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Re: 3/4" Scale J1e

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the nyc hudsons are quite the iconic locomotive.

Does no one make 7.5 gauge castings for them at this point?
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Re: 3/4" Scale J1e

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As far as I know there is no one making 1-1/2' scale New York Central Hudson castings. They were available but seem to have disappeared. John K at Yankee shops has 3/4" scale castings.
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Re: 3/4" Scale J1e

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back in the old days when calvin holt was starting my dads and the waushakum Hudson. the story I was told was that back then before mr holt got pinned by a K4 on a rolling stand. mr holt started or made 6 or 7 seven sets of castings. but only 2 out of the seven sets were ever produced, my dad's 5344 and the waushakum Hudson. the other 5 sets are lost to history. mr holt wanted to build 6 or seven hudsons for a worlds fair. but never made it that far

again that's what my dad and others have told me over the years. if anyone else can verify that would be great.
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Re: 3/4" Scale J1e

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this is pat fahey's story The way the story goes Al Larson was going to construct a B&A Hudson, now Al worked at Worcester Poly Tech. what Al would do he would go over the B&A roundhouse in Worcester and use their blueprints on the B&A J-2 Hudsons.
From what I could find he did a few parts cast, and they were displayed during a New England Live Steam in Danvers.
Once the war came along Al came back from, he either lost interest in Building the B&A Hudson, something happened. Now, this is where in acquired the ( 2) rolling chassis from Calvin Holt estate.
One of the Chassis was sold to Lester Frend, of Friends Models, and the other was sold to a person in New Jersey. Lester Frend completed the now known Joytown Hudson, that is now owned by the Waushakum Live Steamers.
The second Chassis was also completed and now running at the New jersey Live Steamers track, Offhand I forget the person who now owns it. I hope this answers your question Pat
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