02-14-2009, 09:15 AM
She looks fine. Heavily weathered. There is one additional thing I'd recommend, white slop on the boiler around the pop off valves. There was usually some sort of water impurities release in that spot. I don't remember exactly what it was, but I know about it because I noticed the ugly white slop in so many color pictures of heavily weathered steam engines, but never on excursion engines (specifically the 765) and my dad explained that they'd re-pipped the 765 to release down by the track for aesthetic purposes.
Of course, if your B&O 2-8-0 operated on a division with a nice water supply, there would be no white slop
You are off to a good start.
Of course, if your B&O 2-8-0 operated on a division with a nice water supply, there would be no white slop
You are off to a good start.
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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