Here is an update in the build.?
I had spent a month and a half of model powers trying to build up a better tribe train for this model. Due to the models weight but more so the amount of space I had for a gearbox and motor really deterred the size of the motor. I started out with a small motor and it overheated after one lap around the layout. Then I went to the next size up same thing then I went to the next size up same thing. Each and every time I change motor sizes. I had to work on the boiler and I had to make a whole new motor mount. I finally settled on the same size motor in the bronze boiler Mercado I had just completed. But because of the size of the motor a 2935 Sagami, I had to hone out the inside of the boiler to make it fit plus, I had to remove the back head that I had built and sided onto the back of the more space extension for this motor. Once I did that and got the locomotive down to less than 3/4 of an amp, pulling all my lit passenger cars and three cars and it performed perfectly on the layout. I got back to building the boiler. so here are some pictures of where I¡¯m at tonight and as you can see, there are no handrail down the top of the boiler and there¡¯s no whistle. These are the last small delicate details that I install on any steam engine that I¡¯m building. Due to the breakage of miss handling during Work on the rest of the boiler. The whistle is always the last detail that I put on my boiler and when I do that, I consider it completed and ready for the paint shop. In the pictures you¡¯ll note that the pilot truck is not on and that is because the boiler and everything is all bolted together, but it¡¯ll be coming apart here shortly for me to start drilling and soldering handrail stanchions down the top of the boiler. At this time, the only other detail I¡¯m kind of kicking around is maybe scratch making some parts for the back head And most of all. I¡¯m really thinking about doing a smoke light up on the front like the Frisco has on their stacks. If I do a smoke light, it¡¯ll have to go on after the handrails, but of course before the whistle.
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Mike Swederska
Meramec Valley Lines
Modeling Mopac equipment in 3/16
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