Upgrade to the Tequila Sunrise

[SavaTheAggie]

I've had a few people comment over the years that my Dreyfuss Hudson's nose stuck out too far, and it's always looked a bit too short to me. So, among other changes, I pushed the boiler back one stud, pushing back the nose and extending the overall length. Here's the results:

And a comparison:

--Tony

[Captain Green Hair]

That's a great colorscheme, and with the shorter boiler it looks faster!

Do you plan on making coaches for it as well?

[Guss]

wow, never saw it before, that's a very cool train ! great design on the nose and cool colours scheme! great job on it!

[djo]

i never saw before your previous design.

but it think both design are great.

i like the sleek design and nice color combination.

the way you put the wheels also very beautiful.

really nice.

[simonwillems]

It's Another Tequila Sunrise..... No it's not, it's beautiful!

Thanks for sharing, I did see it before and liked it, I was not really bothered by the sticking-out nose and I like both versions.

[Diamondback]

Tony, nice design.

Quick note, though: the headlight and fin on the '38 HUdsons actually were pretty close to the "shovel section". I'll see if I can either find you a diagram or scan one from my various NYC references--the fin/headlight is the biggest impact on boiler/bullet length from the '38 Great Steel Fleet (10 built) to '41 Empire State (2 built) versions, and I have a '41 partial-design in progress in my 10-wide thread. (I enlarged reprints of actual NYC elevation drawings to 1/40 scale and drew over them, so I know mine's pretty close.)

EDIT: Have a look at this:

Drawing's partially wrong, in that it shows NYC 5450 with drivers only used on 5445-5449 among the streamliners. (First 5 used Boxpok drivers as illustrated, 5450-5454 along with the streamline-retrofitted 5426 & 5429 used Scullin disc drivers).

Scullin-drivered J3a streamliner for comparison:

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Edited December 16, 2008 by Diamondback