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 Posted - April 10 2013 : 12:50:05 PM
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For my 4-10-0 steamer, I'm using Mantua 0-4-0 drivers and wondering if I could use the frames and cut down and join to make a 5 axle frame. Only doing this so I can still use the 0-4-0 side rods. I got a bare 4-6-2 frame and I'll use the front and rear sections.
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Posted - April 10 2013 : 1:20:25 PM
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What John Allen used for his a Varney Reading 2-8-0 boiler, Mantua 50'' drivers and Varney Casey Jones cylinders. Nothing on what he used for the frame though.
http://gdlines.com/GD_Galleries/Locomotives/slides/34alone.html
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Posted - April 10 2013 : 4:17:21 PM
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I'm using a Mantua boiler and it the drivers need to clear the fire box. I know Mantua made a 2-10-0, the rear most drivers sat and looks funny under the fire box!
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Posted - April 10 2013 : 5:37:13 PM
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I'll be very interested to hear what you come up with for the frame.
All I have tool wise is a drill press and a dremel. I've been wondering how I can make a frame myself. I like the idea of using Mantua drivers and bearings. I might just have to resort to brass, a mill file and lot's of elbow grease 
Make sure to take pictures of the process.
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Posted - April 10 2013 : 5:44:12 PM
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/64215236@N03/6421907539/
A bulgarian state railways class 11 4-10-0. The only 4-10-0's to be built in any substantial numbers.
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Posted - April 10 2013 : 8:07:08 PM
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| I believe the 4-6-2 Pacific frame and the 0-4-0 shifter have a different wheel spacing. The Pacific uses a larger diameter wheel by default. Perhaps a 0-6-0 and 0-4-0 would work better together. Then the rods will match between them also.
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Posted - April 10 2013 : 10:51:58 PM
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Thanks for that idea TK!
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