Pennsy 2-8-2 L1

[Schraddel]

O.K., i am back from five days of exhibiting on the model train show in Cologne. But that is my dark diesel side.

Now i have time to tell you some of the the story of my L1.

The firemen's side. Beneath the cab was a massive accumulation of cast on parts. In comparison with prototype photos there is not such an massive structure at this place. So i took a saw and removed it.
From this point on the fitting of the brass castings was rather simple. I mounted some additional plumbing an details as shown on prototype photos.
I mounted a scratchbuilt movable pass over sheet to the tender made of brass.


The tender. I added footboards sratchbuilt of styrene. Also coupler lift bars, tubing for the electric wire on the back. The brake rigging and the details were mounted thanks to the blueprints in Kalmbach's Steamlocomotives fairly exact.

Next step was the "electrification" of the model. As i use DCC there is some brainstormint to to how.
There are six wires from loco to tender:
2 for current pick up
2 for motor
2 for front light
Six wires with black insulation were soldered to an 8-pin socket according NMRA rules.
Long enough to lead into the tender shell.
There is an second 8-pin socket glued on the bottom of the tender.
Sideways to this fixed socket i soldered the wires from tender pick up an back up light.
The fixed Socket can be plugged from both sides.
On the front the first socket with wires from the loco, on the rear the plug from the decoder.
In conclusion there are pick up from all eight tender wheels and additional from four loco wheels.



The first coat of paint. As i have no airbrush it has to be done by an conventional brush.
This pictures were taken outside in the full sun of August.

So long Lutz

will be continued.