Whitcomb 35DE switcher H0

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Just a cute little industrial critter that will fit fine on a bogie of an old bachmann 44-ton or 70-ton switcher (the old twin motor version). Or build it as a dummy, point bearing axles will fit. These little diesel-electric engines from the 1940's-1950's will look fine at any industry, mostly in the US but a few made it to Belgium. (I uploaded a belgian version as well: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5988732 ) First: pick and choose the parts you like, there are different frames, hoods, cabs and some add-on stuf like lights, horns, exhaust etc... The old bachmann has two bogies, so you might as well make two whitcombs and why should they be identical? ;-) assembly: glue the hood to the frame, test-fit the bachmann-bogie, glue the cab in place, test-fit the hood top (should fit snugly on the hood without glue), bolt some kadee #5 couplers in the frame, maybe a decoder? some lights? stay-alive capacitor? I just stuck a random old decoder to the back of the bachmann-bogie and ignored lights and everything. Then make the loco as heavy as possible by cramming weight in literally every corner. Now drill out the handrail holes, bend the top rails, glue them in place, then glue all the verticals in the holes and solder them to the top rails. See pictures. There's also a horizontal bar in the handrails very low down, but I chose to ignore it. Now glue the detail bits on, lights, horns etc, remove the bachmann bogie, cover the couplers in tape and painting time!