MDC/ROUNDHOUSE locomotive rebuilds

[cnrglen]

I spent some time this afternoon lowering the boiler

I determined that the step in the firebox is 2mm which works out to around 6-7 scale inches so that was my allowance for sectioning the saddle.

I cut the saddle off the cylinder block and used my bench sander to remove material from both sides, taking care that everything was square. I finished off the sanding by hand. I use a piece of 220 grit self adhesive paper attached to some hardboard as a sanding platform. Sanding in a figure-8 is a good way to keep your sanding square.

I used the bench sander to remove the steps in the frame. Then I glued the cylinder block/ boiler saddle back together with epoxy.

After test fitting I found there was a lip on the rear of the boiler that also needed to be trimmed away. After that was taken care of everything fit back together straight and level.

Now the next project is fabricating a new yoke. I'm using one from an MDC 0-6-0 as a guide. Unfortunately it's just a bit too large to work on this project but I can use it's basic shape to figure out how to make one myself.

After this I still need to fabricate a new front pilot truck. Can anyone give me a picture of the components with a ruler beside so I can get some dimensions?