hook. Both chains and the drums were washed with rust during the painting.
Superstructure
This was the most ambitious part of the project because I had to cut away the sides and parts of the roof and rear to backdate from steel to wood. I trimmed along the roof eaves and down the rear plate on both sides. The rear bulkhead of the Walthers model has a molded-in large access door. I cut this away, leaving an open doorway. I cut away the forward part of the roof to provide a lift hatch four-scale feet wide by 14-feet long. This widened out a bit later when I extend- ed the superstructure width as detailed below.
The next step was to widen the super- structure slightly to fit over the station- ary engines. I scribe-cut what was left of the roof and rear bulkhead down their
center and added 0.060-inch extenders. Some sanding with 600-grit emery paper blended the joints, so they are invisible. This added width, which lends to the hulking look of the model.
The thickness of the forward part of the roof was shaved down on the inside, so it looked more like sheet metal. The next step was to cut the hole for the stack and pop valve. I did this with a 5/16-inch diameter metal-working punch and the resulting hole cleaned up with a miniature rat-tail file.
I fabricated the roof hatch (intended to lift when the boom is at a high angle) from 0.010-inch styrene and bits of 3/64- inch angle. Because the hatch is flat and the roof slightly curved, I glued a spacer of 0.020-inch styrene to the inside edge of the opening and the hatch glued to that. I left the hatch slightly open since it no longer closes properly due to wear
and tear. The walls were cut from scraps of an
MDC Varnish Pullman car, but the same result could be had using Northeastern scribed siding. The MDC car material I used had letterboards, but if you are working with Northeastern siding, you can make them with 1/8-inch x 0.010- inch styrene. Ventilation hatches were cut into either side, and the open hatches folded back against the sides, partly ob- scuring the lettering.
The machinery access doors along the lower sides are 0.010-inch styrene. The drip sills along the top of the doors are 0.010-inch x 0.020-inches, and the vari- ous hinges and latches are 0.010-inch x 0.030-inch. Styrene this tiny is very hard to glue, since getting enough liquid glue on there to ensure a solid bond without melting the tiny parts is a neat trick. I found ultra-thin ACC is better for this.
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