I ran it outside today. It’s wired with RCS; no sound yet - awaiting a P5T. It’s still got a little hitch at low speed, so I need to work some more on the quartering. I thought I had it right.
I also found that the screw holding the pilot truck was too low, so I had to redesign my whole pilot truck. Remember when the Connie seemed like a large locomotive?
COOL!!!
Way cool.
Wow.
Really coming together nice.
Ralph
Wow! That’s going to be awesome when it’s finished.
Excellent work. The work on the domes from Gary is fantastic as well.
Jon.
Bruce,
Kinda drafty back there for the engineer and fireman, idn’t it? They might also get burnt by cinders. Don’t you care about your employees? 
Great work, really great work! I stand in awe.
Actually, I’m sitting in awe, serving as the link between the seat and the keyboard.
I guess I should build a cab, then? 
I was going to work on the cab today, but for some reason the pistons called to me. It’s probably overkill, with all the brass, but it was fun.
Bruce superb work. Every pic shows the attention to the visible details of a great build.The only flaw I’ve seen is the scratches on the factory wheels. Another fine addition to your road.
Bruce Chandler said:
I guess I should build a cab, then? ;) I was going to work on the cab today, but for some reason the pistons called to me.It’s probably overkill
Looking real good there, Bruce. Will it be done by next years invasion???..
Next year’s Invasion? I think so. I should have it done for the real ECLSTS in York next spring. Heck, I started this in April…so it hasn’t been real quick. While waiting for some parts, I decided to start on the cab. I cut two rectangles of .040" styrene to size. I printed out a scale drawing of the cab, cut it out and used it as a pattern.
I don’t have any good drawings of the back of the cab, but Jon Radder provided me some pictures that helped a lot.
I also started cutting out the front of the cab, but ran into a few problems. I could have sworn that the base that I had attached earlier was spot on, but it was off from square, so that had to be removed. My first cut of the front doesn’t really allow the cab to be easily removed, so I’m going to re-do that as well. I can salvage some of that - I’ll use the top of it for a base for the roof.
OK. The cab pieces are cut.
Next, I’ll put some rivets on some .020" styrene for the front and the back and glue that in place. I’ll assemble the cab and then add the rivet pieces for the sides. The front of the cab fits in some slots I cut in the boiler.
Meanwhile, I didn’t like the large nuts on the pistons, so I took them off and put on some smaller ones.
It’s coming along rather nicely, Bruce… 
Andy Clarke said:Brown noser
It's coming along rather nicely, Bruce.... :)
Looking good Bruce.
Tim Mulina just announced a Quick Pic book of 14 & 15. Should be available by the weekend. He was going to use a few of my pictures, but I was camping and didn’t reply to his permission request soon enough 
http://quickpicbooks.homestead.com/ The new book isn’t on the website yet - but email him if you are interested.
Wow, that’s timely. I may have to get it.
Looking at the pictures I took when I visited the EBT, it certainly appears that the center drivers are blind. Probably not a bad idea with such a long wheelbase. I don’t have a lathe, so I took each wheel off and put in in my drill and used the Dremel and an assortment of files to remove the flanges.
How much lateral play do the blind drivers have? If a fair amount, I’d be looking to shim them so they can’t move quite so much. I had to do that on the B’mann 2-6-0 once I took off the little pegs designed to keep the blind drivers over the rails. (Crazy arrangement, if you ask me, why not just limit the side play in the first place? It still makes it around a 5’ dia. curve)
Loco’s lookin’ great.
Later,
K
Kevin,
Thanks.
I’d have to say that there’s MORE than a fair amount of lateral play in the Aristo drivers. The old driver gearbox, not so much. What would you recommend for shims? I was thinking of using some nylon washers, but maybe some brass would be a better choice. Either way, it’s probably a trip to the hardware store.