11-22-2015, 06:43 PM
Some work completed to the fireman's side.
The air tank mounted towards the front of the engine is one that I reused from the original model. After that is the feed water heater's pump, and lastly is a modified cross-compound compressor.
The turbo generator and it's mount proved to be the most difficult part of this side of the engine. To solder it up and fitting the bracket to the curve of the firebox proved to be a several hour challenge. On top of that the hand piece of my resistance soldering rig was giving me trouble. It finally broke apart in my hand, burning my right hand and dropping the hot generator onto my cutting pad and melting that. I ended up using CA glue to fasten it to the boiler.
I drew as straight of I line as I could down the center of the boiler to help locate the boiler straps. I felt that they were too small to solder and glued them with CA. By this time the soldering rig was trashed and unusable anyway.
The air tank mounted towards the front of the engine is one that I reused from the original model. After that is the feed water heater's pump, and lastly is a modified cross-compound compressor.
The turbo generator and it's mount proved to be the most difficult part of this side of the engine. To solder it up and fitting the bracket to the curve of the firebox proved to be a several hour challenge. On top of that the hand piece of my resistance soldering rig was giving me trouble. It finally broke apart in my hand, burning my right hand and dropping the hot generator onto my cutting pad and melting that. I ended up using CA glue to fasten it to the boiler.
I drew as straight of I line as I could down the center of the boiler to help locate the boiler straps. I felt that they were too small to solder and glued them with CA. By this time the soldering rig was trashed and unusable anyway.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew