NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS - NSWGR AD-60 4-8-4+4-8-4 Steam Locomotive in HO Scale by Fulgurex
I bought this model at a bargain a couple of months ago. The model was missing the front tender shell, but, otherwise in very good condition overall. It has tarnish that needs to be removed and a nice paint job would finish it. Because it would be impossible to find an original tender shell, I had two options, build my own from scratch, or use a metal cast tender from DJH Models. Normally I would take on the challenge and build my own, but, as it happens, I had a pile of DJH parts for an AD-60 model in my parts bin, so I decided to go that route. The DJH models are essentially glue together, even though they are made of medium temp cast metal. Rather than use glue on a brass model (a big no no in my book), I soldered brass brackets to the underside of the metal tender shell, Drilled and tapped for fastener screws. I still need to do all the clean up of the model to remove the tarnish, but, here are some progress photos of the work so far.
NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS - NSWGR AD-60 4-8-4+4-8-4 Steam Locomotive in HO Scale by Fulgurex
I bought this model at a bargain a couple of months ago. The model was missing the front tender shell, but, otherwise in very good condition overall. It has tarnish that needs to be removed and a nice paint job would finish it. Because it would be impossible to find an original tender shell, I had two options, build my own from scratch, or use a metal cast tender from DJH Models. Normally I would take on the challenge and build my own, but, as it happens, I had a pile of DJH parts for an AD-60 model in my parts bin, so I decided to go that route. The DJH models are essentially glue together, even though they are made of medium temp cast metal. Rather than use glue on a brass model (a big no no in my book), I soldered brass brackets to the underside of the metal tender shell, Drilled and tapped for fastener screws. I still need to do all the clean up of the model to remove the tarnish, but, here are some progress photos of the work so far.