provided for this on the cab front and back walls.
The kit comes with a 4.3 gram, .008″ thick ribbon of soft lead-like weight material to be cut and wrapped around the motor to add weight. I had some .055″ thick lead I used to create weights for the inside of the cab and under the floor of the chassis. (Note: avoid han- dling lead with bare hands and do not eat, drink, or smoke around lead. Do not leave any scraps or shavings where children might access them.) The cab weights were cut to fit under the win- dow sills and glued to the inside of the cab sides. In addition to these weights, I also fabricated weights for installa- tion under the footplate in the chassis. One on each end is secured with the same screw that holds the Micro- Trains couplers in place, and one is held in the center of the chassis using double-stick tape. A total of 5.3 grams of additional weight needs to be added, giving a final weight of 20.4 grams. A white metal casting is provided for
The decoder (above) is installed flat to the motor. To fit the decoder in, the tabs on the sideframes, which extend up into the cab, have been removed and the power pickup leads have been routed through to connections under the floor. The yellow and white light leads are now removed from the decoder and one copper wire from each LED is soldered di- rectly to the pads on the decoder. The other copper lead goes to the resistor connected to the blue lead. The motor has been blackened with a marker where it would be visible above the window sills. The decoder (below) takes up the remaining room in the cab, so a photograph is substituted for the figure of an engineer. It is glued directly to the motor.
the radiator casting and brass etchings are included for louvered doors on the sides of the hood and louvers in the end of the hood opposite the engine. These are to be glued in place. I also wrapped the styrene headlight housing with a thin (.001″) copper foil, and installed headlight bezels made from wire. Use the soft, single strand wire used for grain-of-wheat lamps for things like this. This particular wire has no spring and will stay at the diameter formed. To add some character to the switch-
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er, I fabricated an exhaust pipe and muffler from brass wire and tube that was installed on the engine hood. I avoided the temptation to apply a multi-color paint scheme and instead used Floquil Reefer Yellow for the su- perstructure, roof top, footplate, and chassis frames, expressing the utilitar- ian nature of this locomotive. Prior to this, I primed both the superstructure and the chassis with Floquil Primer us- ing an airbrush for the superstructure and a brush for the chassis. After 24 hours drying, I applied the Floquil Reefer Yellow and once dry, added glaz- ing to the cab. Because the sash etch- ing on the cab ends is only at the win- dows and not at the door, use two separate glazing inserts for each end. Before installation, I painted the muffler and exhaust pipe a mixture of Master Modeler Acrylic Burnt Umber and Burnt Sienna, then touched up where required. I also installed a fuel filler cap made from a straight pin head on the other hood. Be sure to fill the headlight lens area with a thin layer of Testor’s Clear Parts Cement and Win- dow Maker, adding layers to build this up flush with the bezel, allowing each 71
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