02-03-2023, 02:20 PM
(02-03-2023, 01:59 PM)ezdays Wrote: This project is as finished as it's going to get. It will never run unless I take a few things off and get the wheels to move without locking up. That's just problem #1. The second one is that the drive shaft had to be glued and it doesn't have the strength to hold the spring wound up, requiring stripping it back to step 2 and rebuilding the shaft. Now that I've glued a number of joints with either CA or modelers cement, that's not going to happen. Nope, wouldn't happen under any circumstances.The third problem is the cab door won't open preventing access to the brake. But.... I finally got the front of the boiler to stay level, shims and glue will keep it that way. I would have liked to get it running but it's somewhat short of a miracle that it's completed to the extent that it is.
As for its history, this engine used to be with the "WoodFun" railroad, but was acquired by the Canyon State RR as CSRR #001 and has been renamed as: "Ol' Frustration" for some unknown reason....'nuff said...
Here it is as of today. Since I don't have a fireplace mantel, I will build a small shelf somewhere and that is where it will reside.
I looks pretty good to me, Don, and is likely better not being mobile, so it can remain assembled, rather than, as Desi would say..."Lucy, dat ting is gonna esplode!"
Put it on a shelf or in a glass display case.
Wayne