02-20-2017, 05:09 PM
I did not like the heft of the wire of the electrical connection to the tender. It also interfered with the free movement of the tender in turns. I used the same clip and just soldered new wire in it's place. I was trying to get the look of air lines running between the engine and tender, and I feel it looks much better.
In the next two pics I show how I fabricated a new draw bar. Styrene was cut and laminated together, drilled and cut to length to form the actual draw bar. It was mounted by a 2-56 screw to the engine frame with washers and a brass sleeve over the threads. I bent a hanger from brass to help support it. I did manage to emboss a few rivets into it, but they had to be the smallest ones my riveter could do and are barely visible. On the tender side, a brass pin was inserted into the frame and pads glued into places to keep the drawbar from catching onto anything as it moves through curves.
Inside the brakeman's side of the cab I added a seat box to keep him comfortable. The other under cab details are also visible here.
I tried to show the walkway steps a little better here as there black color gets lost in the shadows.
Hopefully I can get a coat of black on her tomorrow or Wednesday as the weather is supposed to be unseasonably mild. This time of year in north east PA it can be 50 degrease one day and 10 the next. You can have any combination of rain, snow, sleet, hail, sun, clouds, or wind at any moment. As I do all my painting out side, I am at the mercy of the weather and when I get home from work to get this part of project done.
In the next two pics I show how I fabricated a new draw bar. Styrene was cut and laminated together, drilled and cut to length to form the actual draw bar. It was mounted by a 2-56 screw to the engine frame with washers and a brass sleeve over the threads. I bent a hanger from brass to help support it. I did manage to emboss a few rivets into it, but they had to be the smallest ones my riveter could do and are barely visible. On the tender side, a brass pin was inserted into the frame and pads glued into places to keep the drawbar from catching onto anything as it moves through curves.
Inside the brakeman's side of the cab I added a seat box to keep him comfortable. The other under cab details are also visible here.
I tried to show the walkway steps a little better here as there black color gets lost in the shadows.
Hopefully I can get a coat of black on her tomorrow or Wednesday as the weather is supposed to be unseasonably mild. This time of year in north east PA it can be 50 degrease one day and 10 the next. You can have any combination of rain, snow, sleet, hail, sun, clouds, or wind at any moment. As I do all my painting out side, I am at the mercy of the weather and when I get home from work to get this part of project done.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew