Rolling Stock For The Southwest

[Schraddel]

AT&SF Class 3160:
Here i have some pictures how i fixed the problem with the long steps:

They were soldered in the middle of the cylinders and for this the steps could not match the side ladders. Unsoldering and resoldering to the right place solved the problem.


So they got the prototypical apperance.


The handrails on top of the oil tank were also rightened and resoldered.

This is how this engine which got at least #3164 is presenting today:






There were at least until this stage as pictured 25 hours of work spent onto this engine.
So i took her to the Fremo US meeting in Mutschelbach. The engine was running good, but there was a fault on a certain place where two modules were bolted together and the rails on this transition from one module to the other had an pit like shape. The cowcatcher (i think, a AT&SF loco has a cow catcher) touched the rails and caused an short.



Back at home i made this modification by glueing two stripes of 0.3mm styrene under the cowcatcher.
So equipped i took her to the Fremo US meeting in Unna. No problems.

So this is the progress until today. Next steps will be painting, decalling and weathering.
In spring i shot a airbrush equipment on e-bay:

Here i am a totally greenhorn :? :?: :?: :?: and a brass loco will definitive NOT being the first spraying project although the AT&SF 2-8-2 shows up in the background.

Lutz