12-13-2020, 11:20 AM
(12-13-2020, 07:56 AM)cn nutbar Wrote: ...Just a thought but did you recently visit a friend in Cheapside ?
Yeah, I took his N-5-d, with the new paint job and all-wheel pick-ups back to him. He was surprised to see it running without having the tender attached...which in-turn, surprised me, as I've done at least a half-dozen of his locos with the same feature. I guess, though, that it would be normal practice to have the tender coupled to the locomotive, so he likely would never have known they would run without them.
I also returned his CO2 cylinder, as he's going to give airbrushing a try. He had loaned it to me so that I wouldn't need to heat my compressor in the paint shop (out in the garage) during the winter. However, the shop needs to be heated anyways, if any painting is to be done when the temperature drops.
He gave me a very nice all-metal kit, from Walker Model Services, for an old-time Kleiber tank truck.
The S-2-a is a repair job for someone else.
Wayne