Reconditioning a Akane B&O EM-1....

[EM-1_7600]

Well, it was late last night after I made the above post, so, I went to bed. HOWEVER, I'm back at it today! Here's what was in the paint stripper as I was making last nights posting.

Well here's what that turned out like...

First up:



This is showing the paint removed, and its nice and shinny. Plus, I added brass brake castings. These were from Cal-Scale, and looks real nice, as the factory locomotive, never had these so.....I added them! Also, just the side rods are present, the main, and valve gear will be added once this is all painted.

Next:



Showing the cylinders, stripped, and the cylinder cocks were loose so, I re-attached them.

Next:



Opposite side, same thing! Added brake details, and one of the pipes seen here was also loose which was re-attached!



Another picture of the opposite side of the cylinders, which had this sides cylinder coks loose, which yes was re-attached.

Next:



Showing top of engine set, with everything nice and clean and shinny! Compared to the rear set in one of the above pictures, this is a REAL improvement.

Stay tuned, more to come as progress is made!