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Miniatures Adventure => Railway Wargaming => Topic started by: dampfpanzerwagon on September 25, 2018, 07:48:02 AM

Title: Toy train converted to a 1/56th scale ACW steam engine
Post by: dampfpanzerwagon on September 25, 2018, 07:48:02 AM
Issue 98 of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy has an article written by me, showing how I converted a simple toy train into a 1/56th scale American Civil War steam engine.

(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O69l6H7Fh-I/W6nhxFELxwI/AAAAAAAAUII/TAWufq-hXg8QJV0IrIUVYbrQN9vhjCFBwCLcBGAs/s320/train%2Bupdate%2B4%2B001.JPG)

and here is the boxed train set before I started work on it.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLYxA3DK2Gc/W6nh1C3mEmI/AAAAAAAAUIM/kEC02mZUSZoZbU9KNYFiDFn43Idpf_IzwCLcBGAs/s320/s-l1600%2B%25281%2529.jpg)

For more details see the Blog.

Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/2018/09/wargames-soldiers-strategy-issue-98.html
Title: Re: Toy train converted to a 1/56th scale ACW steam engine
Post by: roadskare63 on September 27, 2018, 09:19:49 AM
Very well done!!...Looks great out of it's orange and brown skin......what brand was the toy?
Title: Re: Toy train converted to a 1/56th scale ACW steam engine
Post by: Sunjester on September 27, 2018, 09:27:39 AM
 That looks great.
Title: Re: Toy train converted to a 1/56th scale ACW steam engine
Post by: Michi on September 27, 2018, 01:22:16 PM
That Mogul looks excellent and it was rather cheap I guess. What gauge in mm are the tracks? Is there an internet sop link to this train set?
Title: Re: Toy train converted to a 1/56th scale ACW steam engine
Post by: dampfpanzerwagon on September 27, 2018, 03:43:27 PM
The distance between the tracks is 20mm.

I have not been able to find an e-bay link, I was just lucky in seeing it for sale.

Tony
Title: Re: Toy train converted to a 1/56th scale ACW steam engine
Post by: dampfpanzerwagon on September 27, 2018, 03:44:55 PM
Sorry I don't have a brand name. I think I have thrown the packaging away but will search the garage later.

Tony
Title: Re: Toy train converted to a 1/56th scale ACW steam engine
Post by: grant on September 29, 2018, 11:56:53 PM
Great job! Well done on that.

I need a Z scale WW2 train ...