02-22-2011, 11:19 AM
Steamtrains Wrote:Just a quick update so's you'll know I haven't been "bumming" on this project....
I've finished pre-installing all the goodies this baby is going to have, (there's a compressor that will go on the firebox, but I busted the mounting pin, so that will be "surface mounted")....I'll move next to do the piping and painting. I got a bunch of other "goodies" ( about $50 worth, plus shipping)...to dress up the engine some more (hoses, number boards and a couple of other things for the tender), that won't go on until she's finished....
Question....Is there some kind of piping going to the generator...?
Stay tuned, there's more to come...
The plastic compressor on the firebox may not hold well with just glue and no mounting pin. I think it was Dr Wayne who mentioned drilling a hole in a project he was working on and a small hole in the back of the detail casting and using a short piece of wire as a replacement mounting pin to help strengthen the mount.