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kristofer4301
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 Posted - April 13 2021 :  11:34:38 PM Link directly to this topic  Show Profile  Add kristofer4301 to Buddylist
Hello everyone.

I've finished my brass 4-8-4 that I've been working on the side here and there. One thing not shown here is that i replaced the original motor with a can motor. You can see that here: https://imgur.com/r2JqP8L

It's a KTM made Max Gray imported brass Union Pacific FEF locomotive.


The damage.


Destroyed pilot and bent front frame.


One of the first things I did was repaint the tender. The tender was missing several handrails so I remade them out of brass wire and soldered them into place.


Replaced the broken pilot with a brass FEF-1 pilot. I took the dummy coupler from the broken one and added it to this one. I also had to remake both front handrail sections.


I used epoxy to fill in the headlight and mars light. Painted and lettered boiler front. I chose UP 828 as the road number as 828 is my area code lol.


I used a soldering iron and pliers to bend everything back into shape.


Painted loco. Took me days to get all of the old paint off the boiler. I used citristrip and it turned the paint into literal tar. Also they aren't kidding about wearing latex gloves when you handle that stuff!


Weathered loco and tender.


Weathered loco and tender.

While the dent repair isnt 100% perfect I'm happy with the way it turned out.
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Nice restoration. The "before" pictures looked pretty discouraging.
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Chops124
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Amazing.
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wks
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Nice work.

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Top_Jimmy
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Looks fabulous! Great work.
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Awesome work!
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fabulous work,a piece to be proud of
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kristofer4301
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Thanks for the kind words everyone. :)
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from the damage I'd say it was in a crossing accident & later someone dropped a heavy I-beam on it
OR a rock hit the boiler going thru a canyon
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Srenchin
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quote:
from the damage I'd say it was in a crossing accident & later someone dropped a heavy I-beam on it
OR a rock hit the boiler going thru a canyon

Originally posted by microbusss - April 16 2021 :  12:32:33 PM



I agree that the model before restoration looked like a realistic wreck, I wonder what happened to the model...
Any way great restoration work, I would love to see a video of that engine in operation!

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Is that thing not too heavy for the model rail??
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