Canadian Pacific 2-8-0 Kitbash

[sailormatlac]

Completed the smokebox railing in the correct fashion with electric wire.



And change the stock headlight with a Precision Scale one. Honestly, Bachmann headlight is diminutive in size and works poorly. I wish I had changed it when I bashed my CN 2500. They forgot how a headlight makes or kills a model, just like the eyes in the face.

For the lense, I reused a lighting part from a Lionel GP30 (kitbashed more than a decade ago). I have the habit to always keep eveything I chop from my locos, you never know when you will need them. I sanded it down to the right size. When I'll install it definitively, I'll cover the lense with a little bit of Future floor finish to restore the plastic clarity.



General view... Just need a few details and the boiler/cab shell will be completed and ready to prime.



Enjoy!

Matt