"La Porteña" 1:24 scale

Xavier

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Hi !
This is the name of the first locomotive that ran through Argentina.
Porteño (feminine: porteña) in Spanish is used to refer to a person who is from or lives in a port city, but it can also be used as an adjective for anything related to those port cities.
The largest city to which the term is commonly applied is Buenos Aires, Argentina, and since the end of the 19th century Porteños has come to be a name (or demonym) for the people from that city.

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The Porteña locomotive built by the firm E. B. Wilson in the resort industry The Railway Foundry Leeds, England, and acquired by the administrator of the Iron Road Company, the engineer Luis Elordi. On the same trip also came his machinists, brothers John and Thomas Allan. It is a machine with a 0-4-0 ST distribution and a weight of 15,750 kg. reached a speed of about 25 km / h. A cart pulled by 30 oxen took from port to the station. He remained active until August 1889, then used it for a period of 10 years only to maneuvers.

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Today it is exhibited in the Provincial Museum of Transport it is part of the Provincial Museum Complex "Enrique Udaondo" city of Lujan, along with one of the wooden carriages.

So, I decide to make a model of this locomotive. The mainly problem is does no exist any plans or blueprints availables.
I must compile all information, pictures and designs, and work only with images and with the only known measure.. the gauge.

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This are some pictures from the building process....

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Next step... painting and finishing the model.

Hope you like it.
Regards

Xavier
 

subnuke

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Looks good. I love to scratch build and like to see others building from scratch. I have gotten to the point where I use photos way more than drawings. You quickly see the compromises people make with their drawings.
 

Revell-Fan

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What a beautiful start this is! I love these kinds of scratch builds. It seems you are on the right track. :)
 

zathros

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Wow, it's amazing how you popped that out of thin air!! My "Hat's Off" to you. :)
 

Gandolf50

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Ok that's it...I give up!! I am officially TOTALLY IMPRESSED!!! OK Fess up...how or where did the wheels come from!!! No Truly a wonderful beginning and as I am sure will end that way also!!!;)
 

zathros

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Xavier, you could do a whole build thread just on how you made those spoked wheels!! Fantastic. More detailed, nitty gritty, please. :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:
 
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