Weekend Update 7/21/13

[mark dance]

All I did this week was spray paint the Fort Nelson River bridge.   It looks way better than the black and white plastic of last week.

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That big bridge looks awesome....the world *needs* more large N scale bridges of BC prototypes!
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[chicken45]

Hi Josh:

The tender looks great.  To answer your earlier question, wheels and some other lower hardware may have been painted black rather than DGLE, but with a minimum of weathering, there is virtually no difference between black and DGLE, so don't sweat it.

For the coal load, I would recommend painting on some glue (I use carpenter's glue) and sprinkle on either real coal particles, or crushed charcoal particles.

Here is my tender with real coal (bought at a train store):


And here is a hopper with crushed charcoal:

Doug! Awesome! That tender is fantastic! What's behind that tender? A reefer?
What class tender is the Trix tender? I haven't been able to find a lot of info on tenders. I've checked the diagrams but I can't tell some of them apart.

I've also just found out that this loco is tender pickup ONLY. Not sure how I feel about that, but I hear that old Kato steamers were also tender pickup only.
I think I'm having some pickup issues, but I think it's just dirt and grime.  What to use to clean that phosphor bronze?

The gloss looks better in person, but it looks like a gloopy mess in photos. I need to make another coal load for my L1s, do you think scenic cement would ruin the natural coal sheen?

[dougnelson]

Doug! Awesome! That tender is fantastic! What's behind that tender? A reefer?
What class tender is the Trix tender? I haven't been able to find a lot of info on tenders. I've checked the diagrams but I can't tell some of them apart.

I've also just found out that this loco is tender pickup ONLY. Not sure how I feel about that, but I hear that old Kato steamers were also tender pickup only.
I think I'm having some pickup issues, but I think it's just dirt and grime.  What to use to clean that phosphor bronze?

The gloss looks better in person, but it looks like a gloopy mess in photos. I need to make another coal load for my L1s, do you think scenic cement would ruin the natural coal sheen?

Josh:
Behind the tender is a brass R50b reefer.  The K4s had many tenders.  I think that this one, probably the most common, is a Class 110-P75.

Are you sure that the loco does not pick up on one side?  I have not worked with a C55, so I cannot say.  Max Magliaro or someone else more familiar with the C55 may be able to help.

I am not sure what the scenic cement that you mentioned is (diluted white glue?).  I use carpenter's glue because it is slightly thicker than white glue.  I paint it on with a brush and sprinkle the coal on, so it never coats the top of the coal particles.

Doug.