PRR A5 0-4-0

[Schraddel]

Here the first coat of paint was applied. Black is very dark indeed.
Also the wiring has begun. There are six wires running from loco to tender:
- two for current pick up
- two for motor
- two for front light
All wires are black for more invisibility later on.
So i marked them with this paper labels.
The weight on the kitchen scale is in Grams.


I made current pick up from all tender wheels. Necessary for uninterrupted switching to my enjoyment.
The wipers were made out of copper sheet. For the non insulated wheel they are wiping the axles. And they wipe direct on the back of the insulated wheels.
Right of the vise is the tender bottom partly visible.
Above is the tender shell upside down. I glued plastic profiles inside the tender walls to form bolsters for the bottom. Originally there is only the tender shell with two very massive mounting post for the trucks. One of them i milled away and the front truck is bolted to the new made bottom.
The glued plastic sheet on the ceiling is for insulation puposes to keep the smoke of the decoder inside
The two wires are leading to the tender backlight. The are actually the wires of an 3mm LED inserted in the lamp case. The soldered on plugs eases the mounting of the whole as you can easy put the components together.

To demonstrate how the tender is wired inside a photo form another project (German stuff)

The six wires leading from loco to tender are soldered according NMRA rules to an 8-pin socket. A second 8-pin socket is mounted in the tender and all connections from the tender as pick up and lights are soldered in a sideward manner to the pins. So the socket with the connections from the loco can be still plugged into the tender socket. And into this sandwich there you can now plug in the decoder. In the pictured case there is only an bridging plug.
It is also possible to run the loco alone without tender.


Loco and tender connected. I plugged an ESU Basic decoder in and start test running and programming in DCC mode.

Lutz