Canadian Pacific 2-8-0 Kitbash

[sailormatlac]

Wayne,

Your invitation paid off, once again, it pushed me go farther in my modelling. Now, #2500 will be a beginner's work compared to this one. It is a good practice for the Hudson project. I've always liked to follow WIP, it's a pleasure to have to do one too.

Back to the WIP.

Chopping the tender was easier done than said! I've cut 3mm (about 1/8") so the lower part is now 5' high according to the prototype. A esthetic trick is that habitually, the tender deck align with the cab window.

The first cut, I always scrib plastic instead of cutting through the plastic shell. It makes straight edges that can be levelled easily with a large file.




Here's the resized tender. Looks far better, much more like a switcher's one.



Removed all misplaced cast-on rivets. Only kept the upper line and the line near the rear seam. On the prototype, this welded seam existed. I used sandpaper to remove all unnecessary details.



A quick shot with the engine. You're not dreaming, the fireman tries to load wood on this coal burner!!!! My hunch is that he's gonna be fired soon.



Next steps: Coal bunker, railings, water hatch and headlight. Then rivets. SInce I removed the tabs on the tender, I'll need to fix the shell on the frame with screws.

Matt