An update on the MOC Wild West military train's IRL progress
Look closely at the unused clip on the Lone Ranger-era cannon on the right. Now, compare it to the one on the left and notice the difference. This happened without provocation, where the broken clip in question (which was holding a cannon plunger since ~2015 with no problem) suddenly decided to dispense of it's load. Not sure where the tip landed, as I can't find it.
Oh, and the train cars in the background are from the 8-wide Wild West 4-10-0 + military train. I've built everything but the steam loco itself, but I can't finish this whole MOC today. I've had to redesign the prisoner car's exploding wall area (twice!) and have realized I'm short a couple parts for the tender that I know I don't have extras of. Frankly, I'm afraid at this point the loco won't work as planned, judging by how this day is going so far!
When this train get's completed, it will join four other trains on the photography table. I'll get the pictures taken at that point, due to this being the last Western train I plan on making. (yeah, I'm not so confident that will argument hold up in the future!)
An update on the MOC Wild West military train's IRL progress
Look closely at the unused clip on the Lone Ranger-era cannon on the right. Now, compare it to the one on the left and notice the difference. This happened without provocation, where the broken clip in question (which was holding a cannon plunger since ~2015 with no problem) suddenly decided to dispense of it's load. Not sure where the tip landed, as I can't find it.
Oh, and the train cars in the background are from the 8-wide Wild West 4-10-0 + military train. I've built everything but the steam loco itself, but I can't finish this whole MOC today. I've had to redesign the prisoner car's exploding wall area (twice!) and have realized I'm short a couple parts for the tender that I know I don't have extras of. Frankly, I'm afraid at this point the loco won't work as planned, judging by how this day is going so far!
When this train get's completed, it will join four other trains on the photography table. I'll get the pictures taken at that point, due to this being the last Western train I plan on making. (yeah, I'm not so confident that will argument hold up in the future!)