E-paw's Get off yer duff Challenge - Part I

[e-paw]

That open cab door is a nice touch, and will be well-appreciated by the engineer on those hot summer days.

Well Doc, In the winter the fireman froze and in the summer the engineer roasted. That was life on the Anthracite roads. To escape the heat, most camel drivers would sit on the cab window armrest.

A couple of pic of where she is at now.    

   

I gave the boiler a shot of primer. This will serve two purposes, It will show any areas where the sanding of filling needs some touch ups, and will give my rivet decals a better surface to stick to. I learned about the last one when I built my super mike's tender.    

On the boiler front The rivet decals just won't work. The decals are too stiff to curve around the perimeter of the boiler front door. So I went with plastic rivet details. I drilled a series of holes and glued them in one at a time.