Hello again, my sleepwalking army of the undead.....
Been a bit of action on the workbench this week, in that I've dragged out another long term project in the form of an Austrains C class that I am superdetailing. I removed almost all the molded hand and grab rails, lift rings and (I think it was meant to be an) antenna, horns, wipers and hoses. Now I've begun the process of fabricating new hand/grabrails, the MU hose and coupler lift bar.
I have also fitted the Evolution Models Kadee couple adapter/pilot filler chich is a brilliantly designed piece of kit and only need a very slight sanding to make the kadee draft gear fit. The pilot filler/mount slotted straight onto the pilot without modification. Excellent stuff.
The brutalised 'donor' loco C504 with the modeled detail removed. The cowcatcher/pilot was hit with a dremel and I like the dented effect.
A blurry close up of the pilot
A change is as good as a new running number.
C506 I reckon.
Fabrication of the nose handrails begins.
Brass 5-chimes and the Evolution Models Kadee mount/pilot filler in place.
Kadee #158 in place, MU receptacles in for a test fit and the fabricated
coupler lift bar in place
...and an MU cable created out of soft wire bent to suit. Hoses,
'radio equipped' decals, more handrails including the nose grab rails, antennae, wipers, sun visors, paint and more weathering... more to come. You get the idea!
Technically this is my first superdetailing effort on a loco, although the first fabrication work was on the 700. Not bad though, I like where it's going.
Cheers!
