MDC/ROUNDHOUSE locomotive rebuilds

[Schraddel]

... I found that I couldn't get the handrails exactly prototypical in the front. They are supposed to come down to the pilot deck but that's not really possible when you have to remove the boiler from time to time. and I don't think I could make them look right anyway. I think I'll just clip the wire at the bottom of the stantions and be done with it. ...

Glen,
drill two small bores into the pilot deck. The diameter a little bit larger than the wire you used to make the handrails. Into this bores the lower ends, make them a little longer than needed, will be threaded in; no glueing here. So the lower ends of the handrails are guided and fixed, but removing of the boilershell is easy possible; prototypical apperance not excluded ...


This is also such an case of handrails going down to the pilot deck.

Just my 2 €ents

Cheers Lutz