07-04-2014, 02:22 PM
I did a little more to the tender today. 
I started with building a ladder for the rear of the cistern.
and using the same general method I also soldered up the corner steps.
They were installed like so... On this side I also added the sight glass for the tender behind the normal grab iron. This was a feature that was normally reserved for tenders with water scoops, but they appear on this class of tender that had none.
On the engineer's side, derails were hung on all the tenders. Although mounts were provided for two, most prototype pictures only show one derail hanging on the hooks.
I still have to add the rivets to the derail hooks and the runaway chains to the trucks, but for the most part this tender is almost finished. I won't be installing the draw bar until I have enough of the boiler and cab finished in order to get the spacing to look right.
I started with building a ladder for the rear of the cistern.
and using the same general method I also soldered up the corner steps.
They were installed like so... On this side I also added the sight glass for the tender behind the normal grab iron. This was a feature that was normally reserved for tenders with water scoops, but they appear on this class of tender that had none.
On the engineer's side, derails were hung on all the tenders. Although mounts were provided for two, most prototype pictures only show one derail hanging on the hooks.
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