Sharkipede ????

[Puppyfang]

Just acquired several old tyco sharks that I thought I might kitbash into a shark-i-pede....I use to do custom cars before I turned to ho, have always gone for realism,but thought it might be nice to create my own loco...so that is why I got these... any thoughts on this?

[ntrainlover]

First what is a tyco shark?

[Puppyfang]

Tyco Manufactured, Shark...baldwin Rf 16

[Boston&Maine]

What exactly do you mean by a shark-i-pede? I do not understand how you would alter the locomotives... Would you do something like how subway cars a set up, joined by those rubber sections? :dunno:

PS: Happy birthday Puppyfang :)

[Puppyfang]

Would cut off the back of a A unit shark and then graft on part of a B unit to this...has to be 91 feet in scale as that was the original lenght.. then place trucks under this body..the centipede, baldwin dr-12-8-1599/2 had 12 axles, eight of which were driven..awesome machine...I just am using a different style body verus what was one it which was called the babyface, becasue I like the shark style..

[Boston&Maine]

Sounds like you know what you want to do, and it sounds like an excellent idea... So what is stopping you, go for it! :D

[tworail]

Any pics of them?

[Puppyfang]

will have in few some pictures of the start of this frankenstein project...how to make a monster...ha, ha,ha!

[ntrainlover]

sounds like fun to me!:D

[shaygetz]

Look forward to seeing your progress. When I played with the idea a few years back, I was going to use E unit car bodies on a GG1 mechanism. Shark car bodies actually sound like a better base to jump in from.:thumbsup:

[Boston&Maine]

will have in few some pictures of the start of this frankenstein project...how to make a monster...ha, ha,ha!

Hey there PuppyFang, have you made any progress on your shark-i-pede? I know that I want to see pictures of how it came out, given that I have never seen a train altered in this way :)

[ntrainlover]

Having any problems with your kitbash I'm sure it would look awsome.:D