12-15-2008, 07:07 PM
The pictures below show the repaired drive with the boiler mounted back on it. When the photos were taken it was being test on DCC and has a Digitrax decoder in the boiler. I had thought about replacing some of the factory details with new details that have a little more detail to them but decided to leave things as is. I am happy with the factory details. I am also very happy with how well things have turned out.
The pilot was in pieces when I got the locomotive as was the H handrail in front of the smokebox front. The pilot was soldered back together and a new uncoupling lever bent from 0.015 brass wire. The front H handrail was rebuilt from a few original parts and some brass wire.
The headlight and smoke box front were already drilled for a lightbulb so I will be installing a MV Products lens and a micro golden white LED headlight once everything is painted, decaled and clear coated.
Wayne R
The pilot was in pieces when I got the locomotive as was the H handrail in front of the smokebox front. The pilot was soldered back together and a new uncoupling lever bent from 0.015 brass wire. The front H handrail was rebuilt from a few original parts and some brass wire.
The headlight and smoke box front were already drilled for a lightbulb so I will be installing a MV Products lens and a micro golden white LED headlight once everything is painted, decaled and clear coated.
Wayne R