Scratchbuilding a class A Dunkirk (1)

Extending my locomotive rooster, I decided to build a class A Dunkirk with vertical boiler.

I started off with an Athearn SW7 chassis, took off the plastic and used only the mechanism:

                 

I built the decking and the frame using board-by-board construction:

            

Here is the boiler, motor and water tank getting started on:

               

Here comes the building of the motor chassis:

            

            

I also added NBW castings and knuckle couplers to the frame:

            

More to come soon.