David Russell said:So why you being a pain in the azz? For practice?
Yes ...I know ;)
BTW anybody got pix of any of the Baldwin singles? I’m curious what they looked like. There were supposed to be 8 or 9? built between 1850-ish and 1880
Mik said:I didn't think I was?
So why you being a pain in the azz? For practice?
Despite really needing to work on the pumping station, I did a little more on this today while the glue was drying on that. The engineer is a Muella conductor re-posed, I decided not to superdetail the backhead (for now), but it still had to have a throttle and reverse lever.
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Kim found this old boy while going through a box of misc junk. Says he should be the fireman. I just didn’t have the heart to tell her yet that it’s gonna be WOOD fired.
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Headlight installed, and more bloody pinstripes
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It’s amazing what a pile of parts, combined with a creative mind, can do!
Finally, an update! I decided to do a little bit more with the backhead since the cab is mostly open. The feed pipes for the injectors are Kalamazoo sand lines with snaps for handles. I also shortened the reverser so it wasn’t so much of an apehanger.
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I bought big plain plastic buttons for the cylinder heads, then realized that Danforth was using a dished style in the mid 1860s…
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So, I got an odd idea, I turned them over and shaved the loop off. Not perfect, but worked well enough for $1.19.
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I thought I’d try this Muella GAR guy as a fireman. I also went with a Delton drawbar. It looks too short but it will go around r-1s this way… just.
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Yet to do: Fancy headlight bracket - if I can find a pair of those filigree LGB coach roof supports Bell Motor cover to keep out the magnetic grit Metal wheels for the tender? - they’re tiny, about the size of New Blight or the B’mann dump car… sand lines check valves and feedwater lines decorative dome stripes wheel counterweights fall plate L&P coupler for the front. I have the drawbar, but not the pocket handrails and grabs
I see where this loco is two speed heavy duty loco. 
and =) Later RJD
It’s got an Aristo Pacific gearbox so it should run like a scalded cat… staying on the rails might be a different story
Nothing looks quite as much like split wood as real split wood… So I got a dead branch the saw, a yard sale 25c dull steak knife and a hammer…
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After about an hour I had this
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The short pieces hide the coal doors
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And the front row hides the short pieces
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And this is what it looks like when it’s finished. I could probably be persuaded to cut and split some for others for a small fee, at least until I get bored. Backchannel me if you’re interested.
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This is what it looks like tonight. I found the filigree pieces, a coupler box for the front, and ‘borrowed’ the Aristo bell off another loco. I did a test run yesterday. It runs like a scalded cat and will pull 2 coaches without slipping. It just needs tender pickups, but the wheels are something like 3/4" so I’m not real hopeful on finding metal ones.
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Wheels to consider… the bachmann mining cart wheels, the LGB FRR wheels, 'bashed pacific pilot wheels, LGB axles from the 2-4-0 shortie engine/tender
Well, only an 8 month hiatus on this… I’m ashamed of myself. The cars to go with it gave me the impetus to try to finish it. I broke down and bought some .016 x 1/4" brass to make tender pickups
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Trackside Details supplied the proper ‘early’ style check valves. I had to fudge the lubricators from wooden beads and dress snaps, and the fenders more of that .016 brass, … Stanley sez it passes his inspection.
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The stack damper is aluminum flashing with a bit of plastic for a counterweight. That lovely tall early style whistle got broken, so I’m stuck with a later one for now OK for the 1893 rebuild, but not for the 1860s. I also still need to find enough $$ to get the decals of Stanman
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I just had to take it outside…
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I really like that prototype! I’d like to try building one myself, someday. What did you use for the drive wheel?
It’s the front drive axle from an Aristo Pacific. If I had to do it over, I’d probably use something geared a little lower.