Canadian Pacific 2-8-0 Kitbash

[sailormatlac]

Very nice going, Matt. I don't know how you feel about it now, but I for one, am glad you continued on. You obviously have ths skills for this, and you're going to be a happy guy when this is completed. I'm saving this article because I don't know a whole lot about converting locomotives yet would like to learn.

Thanks so much for sharing this. looking forward to the rest of this project.

Cheers!

In fact, the project is taking shape faster than I thought. I've been busy like a crazy at work in the late weeks, it feels like a therapy to me! Since you're following this conversion with interest, I took more step by step pictures.

I used electrical wire (same type as you found in telephone wire) to make the water line to the injector. I decided to pass the wire through a hole I made. This way, it's more sturdy and doesn't need glue.



Both water lines connected and ready to be cut to length. (I'm learning from my past mistakes! Something cut to length is always way too short, one can't escape Murphy's law!).



Made the twin traps on the cab according to some pictures of a Van Hobbies brass N2. Honestly, I find that Brasstrains.com is one of the best place to see clearly details like that!!! But still be careful, sometimes, brass modelmakers do some mistakes...

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Windows frame are made of 0.5mm styrene... When cutting small things like that, I always use a sharp blade and cut first the tinest parts. Cutting the panes when the window is still on a large sheet helps the part not break.



Cemented the windows with CA glue. The resin cab openings aren't even square!!!! Had some tweaking to do to make them looks acceptable.



Started to install the cab railings using Precision Scale small stanchions #371. As you can see they look really awkward... Too long for the prototype.





I decided to redo the railings again... Wasted half the afternoon getting them right, near mental and physical breakdown! Finally, I found out cutting the stanchions with pliers was enough to get them right. Looks far better that way. Still half the job to do. I need to buy stronger wire for railing. Brass is too malleable, piano wire a real pain to work with...



BTW, doesn't anyone knows CPR interior cab colors. Was it apple green like CNR? Couldn't find any valuable info on the web (as I said, I'm not a CPR fan, which means I own nothing about it!)...

Matt