[Shay 5]

I was looking into what shay to do next and found a picture of someone's kit bashing of a shay. I at once fell in love with it and decided to make it. I think this will be a hit with the NG fans. The class A vertical boiler shay. I also reworked the trucks, so they no longer use alpha channels. Pure detail is my goal. Like shay 5, it will be an ORTS model. Current progress done so far. (Many thanks to Allen for the NG base) I guess I'm using it more often than I thought.

The inspiration


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[thegrindre]

I love it, too. :clapping:
The CN #60 was a popular vertical boiler brass Shay. It's the one I am also building. Point being, I'm guessing this guy kit bashed it. I once owned the brass model as part of my HO roster, BTW. I believe it's my number one favorite Shay.

http://www.shaylocom...a/dataframe.htm

Will be looking forward to this addition sometime in the next few years. :good:

:oldstry:

[timmuir]

Awesome! Love that model, and Jeff, yours is already looking good :clapping: I'm glad to hear you're dumping the alpha and building up your trucks. Alpha's are only good for windows! (well, maybe a couple of other things too) :oldstry:

Good luck with this project.

[Bernie]

Wow, what a great model! I can't wait to see how it turns out! :clapping:

Even if I will have to officially get OR to run it...

[Shay 5]

Thanks guys. Taking what I learned with shay 5, I'm using that and turning it up a couple notches. No alpha textures on this shay. I don't expect it to take to long to build, but who knows. Depends on how much detail I want. The guy took a Bachman class B shay with 3 cylinders, hacked off one of the cylinders, and put the running gear under a flatcar and added the details. Here is an update. Lots done this time. Got the roof, water tank, wood bin and logs, and some of the plumbing. Each of the logs I made. It's a tad bigger than Rick's T boiler shay.

[bpratt]

Man I like that. Keep up the good work and keep us posted.

Bill

[atsf37l]

It would appear that the original model had the engine centered up on the boiler and equidistant from each truck whereas yours has the engine significantly to the rear of center. This may effect the balance of the engine as well as encroaching on the engineer's position. :sign_thanks:

[timmuir]

Herb's correct. Look at the boarding steps either side of the engines for an easy gauge. Otherwise, very nicely done! Love your firewood, too. Crazy! Is that oak your going to burn?

[thegrindre]

Yup, you're going to have to center that boiler and then build from there. Off set it to the left then align the monkey motion or crankshaft over the rail or close, anyway.
All the weight was centered, or as close as possible. That's how Ephraim did it, BTW.

Keep in mind that this is a kit bashed model you're copying. There isn't much realism in it. It's size would be much smaller for a vertical boiler locomotive.

I'm not trying to pop your bubble but it could be made a little more realistically and somewhat feasible. :thumbup3:
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[Shay 5]

I gotcha all. I'm just using that model as a reference. As with all of my models, I always end up adjusting something after it's been built. Just how I work I guess. Anyway, I fixed it and added some more detail. Now it's more like the real deal. Smaller and balanced correctly.