Rainbows in the Lehigh Valley Gorge

[Amalynn]

That locomotive is coming along excellently.

[TMo]

Final install of the grabs and lifting eyes complete with a rough coat of paint on them.  I figure they'll get some weathering along with the rest of the locomotive.  Next come the cab details (horn, antenna, rain gutters) before I put all of the big pieces together (minus the rails) prior to weathering.  

       

[TMo]

Tonight I was able to spend a little time on the cab details - windshield wipers and horns.  The windshield wipers are brass pieces on sprues.  Once you have them cut to size you have to bend to appropriate looking angles, and they get tagged to the windowframes with a dab of super glue (wielded on the end of a straight pin in my case).  These are really small parts, so it took me a while to maneuver ithem into position to tack them on.  I had already assembled the horns on the bracket I made up, so a little glue and support until they set up.  I still have the rear wipers to install, the roof antenna and the rain gutters, but that'll have to wait for another day.