Scale Craft Mountain

[steamaheadstephen59]

I purchased this Scale Craft Mountain Just a Little bit ago, no tender unfortunately. But I love it.

[sleepmac]

That is a cool looking machine!

Dan Weinhold

[bob turner]

Here is mine:



I note that all my original images from Shutterfly (this indeed was posted on my SP Steam 2020 thread) have now been reduced to little boxes with either question marks or some other meaningless symbol. I don't think Shutterfly is mad at me; I just ordered photos last month. Is there some time limit in the MTJ software? I will go look at OGR to see if the same thing is happening there.

This locomotive came from Allan Wehrle, via Maroon. It is a nice piece, for a doorstop.

[bob turner]

I forgot - I don't need a hosting service for OGR photos. Here is one from 2018 - let's see how long it lasts here?

[E7]

Here is mine:



This locomotive came from Allan Wehrle, via Maroon. It is a nice piece, for a doorstop.

Allan was a nice fellow....I was sad to hear of his passing. It is a nice looking locomotive. Very nice proportions. I would probably be an Espee fan if I lived out that way. Also like Western Pacific and Northern Pacific, but can't afford to do them all!

Rich

[steamaheadstephen59]

So! here's a question ? If Im keeping it SP and since I lack the Scale Craft tender. Is there other SP tenders that may have found themselves behind the Mountain, or am I restricted to the one Scale Craft supplied behind her. Im sure Ive seen other classes of tender in use???? I like the one original supplied by Scale Craft but Im keeping my options open.

[bob turner]

In good shape, the Scale Craft tender is probably what you want. The MT series used the 12,000 gal tenders as well, and those came with the prewar Lobaugh Mike. Stevenson has kits, I think.

I did an article about a quarter century ago on how to build that style of tender.

[R.K. Maroon]

Fate and circumstance have brought me several Scale-Craft Mountains. As I understand it, the prototype for the model is the SP MT-4. However, that hasn't stopped people from doing other things with them. Exhibit A:





Here is a closeup of the engine:



This model is attributed to Al Kamm, and I believe it's actually Al Kamm, Jr. I make the distinction because there is a son (Al Kamm III, perhaps?) who is still active in some way with model railroading.

The Rock Island had a number of Mountains. Most of the ones I have found a photo of have the steam and sand domes closer to the cab. It's not a bad match otherwise (opinion), and as it's finished well and runs smoothly, so I don't see the deviations from prototype as an impediment to putting it in service.

Note the standard coal tender. The Rock Island had a mix of coal and oil burners.

Jim

[bob turner]

That is indeed attractive. Paint is apparently up to John Fisher standards. Love the golden glow headlight!

Lobaugh offered a Rock Island Mountain. I have not seen one, but heard that one existed in the LA area somewhere.

[E7]

I like the look of the medium size engines. Nothing rational there, just a blonds, brunettes, red heads kind of deal, plain old personal preference. The Mikado and Consolidation (though it is a bit small for the discussion) top my list. The real heresy in my motive power tableau is that being a PRR buff, I really don't care that much for the looks of the iconic K4 Pacific.

Rich

[steamaheadstephen59]

Jim unfortunately your pictures don't show up but Id love to see them.

[bob turner]

They don't show up on my oldest iPad, but they do on my newer one - I think only five years old.

I really want to know why my hosted photos are dropping out, even though tht addresses are still valid?

[R.K. Maroon]

Not sure why the photos show for some but not others. This happened sometime back but I found a fix online. Maybe the fix is no longer universally effective. I will investigate, but I am curious if the photos appear if you click on the links below. It works for me:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8e4cxp7u0540oj6ykud6v/Scale-Craft-4-8-2-Rock-Island-4032_01.jpg?rlkey=pcpcnh38pzrzlfpy108cu9f4o&dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8jvjyya9n12tbkjgsurb7/Scale-Craft-4-8-2-Rock-Island-4032_02.jpg?rlkey=h3z09lmpts3gg92mfm2oyilmf&dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e8jjwh3hr28y3ztjuhcp7/Scale-Craft-4-8-2-Rock-Island-4032_01.jpg?rlkey=xukfgvp6sm7ohx0yf0f8kp5g6&dl=0

If that doesn't work try these:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8e4cxp7u0540oj6ykud6v/Scale-Craft-4-8-2-Rock-Island-4032_01.jpg?rlkey=pcpcnh38pzrzlfpy108cu9f4o&raw=1

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8jvjyya9n12tbkjgsurb7/Scale-Craft-4-8-2-Rock-Island-4032_02.jpg?rlkey=h3z09lmpts3gg92mfm2oyilmf&raw=1

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e8jjwh3hr28y3ztjuhcp7/Scale-Craft-4-8-2-Rock-Island-4032_01.jpg?rlkey=xukfgvp6sm7ohx0yf0f8kp5g6&raw=1

[steamaheadstephen59]

Jim The first three worked great! but the next three where blank. The pictures where great, and am I correct in assuming that is an All Nation or Adams and sons tender, either way I love it. I now have food for thought in a possible companion for my mountain thanks.

[bob turner]

None of them work on this ancient iPad. It does state that I need a new browser. But then, even eBay is having a hard time on this thing.

The newer iPad and the big Dell have no problems.

Agree - good looking doorstops. Check out Carey's latest video, provided only to OGR. We are not worthy?