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More junkbox mayhem - an 0-6-0

Modeling
#21

Plow arrived today, so I cut it up.

(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j371/AlleghenyValley/P3070020.jpg)

And then used the chunks to reinforce it where the pilot would bear.

(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j371/AlleghenyValley/P3070021.jpg)

While the glue was drying on that I cut the tender shell for the charging jack and on/off switch box.

(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j371/AlleghenyValley/P3070022.jpg)

With the ‘air tank’ cover in place.

(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j371/AlleghenyValley/P3070024.jpg)

Plow attached to the chassis, boiler mocked up… I think this might just work!

(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j371/AlleghenyValley/P3080025.jpg)

#22

Looks great so far. You will like the critter control. Im using the simple on my stuff and love it. Very easy to work with.

#23

Somebody is probably going to say “about flipping time!”, but I finally wired the tender for this thing today! Aaand… the 3800 mah battery packs are just a smidge too big to fit the way I wanted, so I’m going to have to rearrange things, or make the tender 3/8" taller.

I wired it so I could switch the batteries to parallel to charge, and then series to run using a simple dpdt switch. I also wired in another dpdt between the critter control and the motor leads, so I can change it over to track power if needed (IF I ever get the pickups installed) Del’s Basic Critter Control was a fairly easy installation. The only un-positive comment I have about it is wiring 3-1 and 5-3 on the board to rotary switch is a little counter-intuitive since you also wire 2-2 and 4-4. It’s just one of those “hey dummy, pay attention!” things.

The batteries are getting a conditioning cycle before I try hooking up the loco to see if the wheels go 'round. If all goes well, I guess I gotta fabricate a drawbar and finish the loco. — at which point we won’t have snow?