Northern Pacific Z-8 4-6-6-4 Restoration - Rear truck installed. The engine is tested on the track at this point to check clearances of all parts.
This is a friends NP Z-8 which started out as a Key Models import from Korea, made by Samhongsa. He purchased the remains of this model, the boiler and tender, but it was missing the complete running gear. He asked me to piece it back together, and he located a mechanism from an older D&RGW L-105 Max Gray. He sent me the pieces and these pictures are what I was able to make out of them. It's a bit of a Frankenstein, but, if it had a professional paint job, it could pass for the NP model even though there are some slight differences in some of the running gear details. I thought it came out pretty good, considering the starting point.
Northern Pacific Z-8 4-6-6-4 Restoration - Rear truck installed. The engine is tested on the track at this point to check clearances of all parts.
This is a friends NP Z-8 which started out as a Key Models import from Korea, made by Samhongsa. He purchased the remains of this model, the boiler and tender, but it was missing the complete running gear. He asked me to piece it back together, and he located a mechanism from an older D&RGW L-105 Max Gray. He sent me the pieces and these pictures are what I was able to make out of them. It's a bit of a Frankenstein, but, if it had a professional paint job, it could pass for the NP model even though there are some slight differences in some of the running gear details. I thought it came out pretty good, considering the starting point.