08-15-2017, 05:21 PM
Yep ...It's another Tender Tuesday 
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Ed , you Canadians love your over the top , crazy coal boards on those tenders. It sure gives it a unique look.
So, for this weeks TT I am starting a project that I have been wanting to do for a while. Not long ago I picked up a Bowser repower kit for a Bachmann Reading 2-8-0 from Flea-Bay. It's one that someone had already started ,,poorly that is. It's a good thing that over the last few years I have been collecting a bunch of downer engines for this project, as I will need the extra parts.
I will cover the build of this tender in this thread.
A prototype pic ( or two ) of what these engines look like for those not familiar.
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And so it begins. The started tender is disassembled and given a once over to see what can be used and what will be replaced. It looks like the molded on details will be removed along with silly draw bar system that they used. I think that I will also replace the weight, and add directional lighting to this tender. The fake coal load will have to go too.
I went with the tender marked with the number 705 as it was in the best shape. I will smooth out the flash that was under the grabs that I removed. I also cut away the molded on cut lever, I hope to reuse the supports. I am trying to figure out a way to remove that ladder without doing any damage to the tender body.
I don't know what this person used as glue but it has never fully hardened and the weights are broken and held together with it at all sorts of angles.
I store all the small loose parts in these containers, they are from rolls of 3M electrical tape that I mark with the projects name. As an electrician, I have dozens of them handing around.
. Ed , you Canadians love your over the top , crazy coal boards on those tenders. It sure gives it a unique look.
So, for this weeks TT I am starting a project that I have been wanting to do for a while. Not long ago I picked up a Bowser repower kit for a Bachmann Reading 2-8-0 from Flea-Bay. It's one that someone had already started ,,poorly that is. It's a good thing that over the last few years I have been collecting a bunch of downer engines for this project, as I will need the extra parts.
I will cover the build of this tender in this thread.
A prototype pic ( or two ) of what these engines look like for those not familiar.
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And so it begins. The started tender is disassembled and given a once over to see what can be used and what will be replaced. It looks like the molded on details will be removed along with silly draw bar system that they used. I think that I will also replace the weight, and add directional lighting to this tender. The fake coal load will have to go too.
I went with the tender marked with the number 705 as it was in the best shape. I will smooth out the flash that was under the grabs that I removed. I also cut away the molded on cut lever, I hope to reuse the supports. I am trying to figure out a way to remove that ladder without doing any damage to the tender body.
I don't know what this person used as glue but it has never fully hardened and the weights are broken and held together with it at all sorts of angles.
I store all the small loose parts in these containers, they are from rolls of 3M electrical tape that I mark with the projects name. As an electrician, I have dozens of them handing around.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew