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 Posted - February 28 2015 : 9:30:43 PM
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So, went to a train show today. Only one I ever go to anymore. Found some parts...then came across this booth with a bunch of stuff marked "as-is".
There is a die cast 0-4-0 with slopeback tender...and I knew what it was, Zamac rods and all.
So, for five bucks, I got a complete Yardbird, bad paint, needs tender truck repair (all wheels, one sideframe and springs), got it running good, lubed up, boiler is in the tank right now encouraging the remnants of the poor paint to dissipate.
I also happen to have a spare Yardbird complete tender with trucks, so I might just swap it in.
No photos yet...wait for the paint to go away.
Dave
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Posted - March 01 2015 : 3:40:01 PM
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| Always take befores, so we can see the crap-to-cream transformation.
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Posted - March 04 2015 : 6:42:52 PM
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Yeah. Well.
Chassis is done, painted, assembled. Tested.
Boiler is clean, extraneous holes filled, couple waiting for filing when fully dry. Tender shell is clean, extraneous holes filled, smoothed, tender trucks repaired (go figure...Revell sideframe exact match....must have had wrong sideframes on as it was needle point style). gotta drill two holes and add handrail, then paint.
Close.
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Posted - March 10 2015 : 10:07:23 PM
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Still have a drawbar and backup light housing coming. Have to add the rear coupler (have it).
    
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Posted - March 11 2015 : 06:19:19 AM
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Turned out nice. What did you do to repair the tender trucks?
~ Dave
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Posted - March 11 2015 : 09:56:42 AM
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Wow! That Yardbird is gorgeous. You did a great job on restoring it. Now all it needs is the CV Valve gear kit.
Regards, Vic B.
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Posted - March 11 2015 : 12:43:08 PM
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quote:Turned out nice. What did you do to repair the tender trucks?
~ Dave
Originally posted by RDC1Â -Â March 11 2015Â :Â 06:19:19 AM
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When I got it, no wheels on tender at all, one sideframe and springs for that sideframe were missing.
I dug around, in one of the bins in a parts drawer was a Revell truck and spare (single) sideframe....all the same sideframes....and exactly the same as what was on this tender. If I recall...Revell used straight axle stubs, but the ones on the tender and in the bin were for pointed axle stubs. The spare is the same right down to the same corrosion. Had 4 matching metal wheelsets, insulated, pointed axles, so that part was easy!
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Posted - March 11 2015 : 1:01:00 PM
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* BOY DO I LIKE THAT JOHN English PRR A4. And now to be a pain in the A_ _. Where is the back up light on the tender?
frank
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Posted - March 11 2015 : 2:44:34 PM
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quote:* BOY DO I LIKE THAT JOHN English PRR A4. And now to be a pain in the A_ _. Where is the back up light on the tender?
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - March 11 2015 : 1:01:00 PM
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As in, where does it go, or this:
"Still have a drawbar and backup light housing coming"
Ordered. Experience tells me it may be a while, so I drilled out the hole for a pilot, size it when the housing gets here.
Runs good once I futzed with the mesh. I remember from my last Yardbird rebuild, the worm gears can be oblong or out-of-round.
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