I have been occasionally sanding the joint on the tender sides with a very tiny piece of very fine sandpaper glued to a stick, in order to avoid sanding away the rivets. However, I have sanded away all the rivets on the rear of the tender. I did this when I removed the cast-on ladder. I will replace the rivets with Micro Mark rivet decals similar to the double rows that were there, and the ladder with a brass casting from Wiseman. Also on the tender I will be adding a platform for the back-up light.
All that remains on the locomotive itself is to add a pair of handrail stanchions just in front of the cab wall, and a bit of fake wiring conduit to replace where I shaved some off while removing another detail. After that it is a matter of determining what value resistor to use for the LED's and then wiring them in place.
After these final details are complete I can paint and letter the engine. We are still having warm, dry afternoons here so I want to get it painted before the temperature drops much and the air gets moist.
It's looking good! Who is the manufacturer?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jim. IHC/Mehano, made in Slovenia. :) These are not high-priced engines, and are mostly plastic, but I find them to be bullet-proof runners. Yes, there are better running, more detailed steam engines out there but they cost 3 to 4 times what I paid for this one. I am using an ESU Lokpilot decoder in this one and, properly adjusted, this engine creeps!
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