Getting Narrow M... ähh... Gauged

[Schraddel]

Hello,

new toy in the stable:


I purchased this PFM brass model of a D&RGW Class K-28 without tender.





The price was rather low for this piece.








And your eyes are o.k.; the cab is really askew.





Here too some is askew.

Easy going, so i thought. Straighten the cab by bending, do some quick vodoo, organize a tender and you have a third narrow gauge loco.
But the devil is in detail. In the course of the refurbishment process there were much more bugs and kinks uncovered as initially supposed. So of this kind i nearly lost my believing in Japanese craftmanship. For the retrival of honour of the Japanese craftsmen, this was the absolute exceptional case. All other brass loccos i own or had have in my hands from United/PFM, all were of outstanding quality and finish.
At least the planned simple rebuilding get out of hand and discarded into a intensely rebuilding.


Lutz