Hey Y’all; Slooooooowwwwly plodding along. Have had good days this week taking an hour here and there to add some homemade details to Glenbrook Valley 4-6-0 Big Hauler. Bell rope from model ship rigging thread. Craft eye-pin provided guide loop at base of steam dome. Every US steam loco I remember photos of has bell pull on left side - earlier tried to knock this one out but it was superglued too well at factory. (still need to replace whistle from last year when Georgie knocked a shelf down on loco siting on floor)
Classification flag holders from odds and ends of brass and plastic with paper flags - white for running extra (as in not a scheduled train) (Also note loco was changed from wood-burner it came as to a coal burner) Also pilot deck from Plastruct treadplate sheet. Real one of this vintage likely was not treadplate but I like the visual texture. Plate still needs side sills added. And needs cut lever re-mounted
Control rod and lever for sand dome made out of brass wire and strip. Strip is press fit into slot made by drilling 3 holes then nibbling between with #11 blade. As long as control rod is, there has to be a support/guide for it along the way somewhere. Paged through 4 books and found 2 photos apparently showing a bracket coming off hadrail to control rod - BUT - on those locos rod and rail were much closer together.
