11-27-2015, 11:17 PM
I did manage to get back at it yesterday and today:
![[Image: DSCF5189_zpsdqjad2bs.jpg]](http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/OkanaganIroc/model%20railroad/Engines/MDC%204-6-0/DSCF5189_zpsdqjad2bs.jpg)
I fabricated a new set of pilot steps and added the coupler cut bar on the front of the engine. Just after I finished with the steps I found a set of original MDC ones in a box. Like the 2-8-0 old timer I used the original stantions and bent some .015 wire to make the cut off lever.
![[Image: DSCF5190_zps4hv0k1q4.jpg]](http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/OkanaganIroc/model%20railroad/Engines/MDC%204-6-0/DSCF5190_zps4hv0k1q4.jpg)
I also added some grabs to the back and sides of the cab. At this point I can't go any further without painting the boiler so I sprayed it with some gray primer.
In the meantime I'm looking at some other details to be added later.
![[Image: DSCF5191_zpsgsn8atao.jpg]](http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/OkanaganIroc/model%20railroad/Engines/MDC%204-6-0/DSCF5191_zpsgsn8atao.jpg)
The CPR engine has a headlight in the center of the smokebox door with a number plate below it, as well as a second number plate at the top of the smokebox. I'll be modifying the kit headlight, removing the side number boards to make it a more prototypic.
![[Image: DSCF5193_zps52wsm4io.jpg]](http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc278/OkanaganIroc/model%20railroad/Engines/MDC%204-6-0/DSCF5193_zps52wsm4io.jpg)
Stretching my soldering skills I found a brass bell and bracket in my part box that I soldered together. I already drilled the boiler to accept the mounting pin.
I fabricated a new set of pilot steps and added the coupler cut bar on the front of the engine. Just after I finished with the steps I found a set of original MDC ones in a box. Like the 2-8-0 old timer I used the original stantions and bent some .015 wire to make the cut off lever.
I also added some grabs to the back and sides of the cab. At this point I can't go any further without painting the boiler so I sprayed it with some gray primer.
In the meantime I'm looking at some other details to be added later.
The CPR engine has a headlight in the center of the smokebox door with a number plate below it, as well as a second number plate at the top of the smokebox. I'll be modifying the kit headlight, removing the side number boards to make it a more prototypic.
Stretching my soldering skills I found a brass bell and bracket in my part box that I soldered together. I already drilled the boiler to accept the mounting pin.