Convert a LGB Side Rod Diesel into an Aust Sugar Cane Loco

My next project is to turn this;




Into something that resembles this.



It is not intended to be an exact copy but a representation of a sugar cane diesel.
There is a bit of scratch-building involved to change it from a US outline to something more Australian
Pictures, as always, will be posted as progress continues, plus the blog Ringbalin Light Railway G Division: About the Railway (ringbalin-light-railway.blogspot.com) will eventually be updated as well.