Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Egger-Bahn Contractor's Diesel in 7/8n2

I had put 7/8n2 on hold for a bit to work on my indoor HOn30 micro layout. However, in the process of researching products and themes for that layout, I happened to discover Egger-Bahn, a German company who formerly made HOn30 trains. Most of their locomotives were freelance-ish based designs. They were inspired by real trains, but were not prototyped exactly after real trains.

There are several odd and quirky engines in their lineup, but one of the more odd is the Contractor's Diesel (#1004).


It was apparently based on some sort of prototype, but the actual prototype was barely photographed. I can't actually find a picture of the prototype.

In any case, I immediately enjoyed this quirky engine and dreamed up in my head the idea of creating it in 7/8n2.

So that I did.

Feeling "highfalutin", I sketched out a scale plan in Illustrator. It's crude and simple but worked to get me started. The prototype seen here, though not completely finished, is built primarily out of matteboard.



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