Santa Fe 1480 Class Atlantic

[Schraddel]

Hello,

yes e-paw it is looking good, but i will try to make loking her still a little bit better


That are in summary my attempts to do so.




In detail:

There were pipes and plumbing missed with the air compressor, especially air lines (no planes there). Steam intake was correct, but steam exaust outlet was leading direct into the cooling coil :? Prototypically the steam from the compressor exaust have a piping which leads direct into the smoke box. I corrected this by cutting the connection to the steam outlet. At once i made a new connection from the pressured air outlet, nothing was attached here, to the cooling coil.
The compressor missed his intake strainer also. As i had no brass castings in my inventory, i made made the parts myself. The strainer was made out of a piece of round brass rod and a brass washer became the upper flange. The intake was bent out of brass wire and soldered onto the brass casting of the compressor. As i did'nt like only for drilling to demount the compressor and solder it later on again, the ends were simply fitted butt.
The parts were heavy soldered to withstand awkward hands. This is definitely not the highest level of detailing, but a compromise to make as much detailing as possible in conclusion with robustness; remember this loco is built for running on Fremo metings.
And this is not a "Do Not Touch" or otherwise "wear white yarn gloves" loco.






Next the long steps between cylinder blocks and laders were retrofitted. Here too oversized brass profile was taken to prevent inward bending of the lower ends of the ladders.





The other side. Inward bent ladders can collide with the crossheads, thus causing valve gear jamming.





Here the steam piping to the power reverse and the control linkage were complemented.
Also the whistle lever was missed. The whistle was a turned piece, so i drilled a 0,5mm bore were the lever should be and bend one out of 0,5mm brass wire. The rope was made out of 0,3mm soft brass wire. Heavy soldering here too.





On the fireman's side the exaust pipe from the compresser into the smokebox was running above the running board in this case. This is according to photos.
The moveable bell was fixed by soldering. Bores were made into steam and sand dome to take rope guides. The rope guides were bent out of 0.3mm brass wire and press fit into the bores. The rope here was made also out of 0.3mm soft brass wire from the floristics supply. One end was soldered onto the bell lever and the other end was threaded into a new bore in the cab front. So you can simulate the sagging of the rope. A the end of the rope in the cab is not solderd onto, a certain safety against accidental grabbing is given.