E-paw's EOY challenge. - Printable Version

E-paw's EOY challenge. - Printable Version

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Re: E-paw's EOY challenge. - Schraddel - 12-19-2010

e-paw
You have done it! As i read it was a long term project for you and it is a very good feeling when such an project comes to a sucessful end. My congratulations to you.

Greetings Lutz

Re: E-paw's EOY challenge. - Steamtrains - 12-24-2010

Good to see one of these many projects finished..!! And it sure is a beauty..Definitely a front-runner... Thumbsup

E-paw's EOY challenge. - e-paw - 12-26-2010

Just when I thought I was finished Christmas comes around and a gift from my wife shines some light on a neglected detail on the K-1. She gave me a bunch of back issues from the Anthracite Railroad historical society's magazine called "Flags, Diamonds, and Statues ." In volume 16 #3, there is a rear shot of K-1as # 446 that shows a canvas weather canopy tied up on the rear cab roof. This was something that I just had to add. I used an idea that I saw here on Big Blue to simulate the canvas tarp using old teabags ( sorry, I just don't remember who it was or I would give them credit ). The Teabag was cut to shape, Tied with some string, and glued in place with some CA.

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A nice finishing touch to the model.

Also, while I was digging around in my parts box I came across my first two attempts at making the frame for this model.

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One was soldered together from brass pieces, and the other I milled from a solid chunk of brass. I was not happy with the way that either of these came out and ended up modifying a Mantua frame to fit.

E-paw's EOY challenge. - e-paw - 03-17-2011

Just wanted to post this pic of one of the Lehigh Vally's 4-8-0's that I found on the Fallen flag web site.

You can see It's a bit different than my CNJ version. Check out that rear cab.

Re: E-paw's EOY challenge. - Sumpter250 - 03-17-2011

That's not a camelback.......It's an Apartment Building!!!! 357

.......and a Mastodon at that !!

Re: E-paw's EOY challenge. - Sumpter250 - 08-30-2015

That pipe you are talking about appears to be the boiler feed-water line from the tender, to the injector, that would be mounted on the side of the boiler, just behind the smoke box.