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All internal parts are present: steam cone, suction cone, delivery cone, overflow check. Tail pieces still have piping soldered in. Both dated 1.82 These were removed from an Atlantic I recently purchased that was finished in 1983, but was not run for the last 25 years. The engine itself has very li...

Hood sides cut and sanded to shape using a paper template.

Hood tops bent using a slip roller and various diameter pipes to achieve the correct compound contour. Then cut to proper length.

Mr. Ron....Thank you for the compliment. I'm not using autocad, just hand drawing my own blueprints and of course making corrections as I go. These will be 24VDC and either a SyRen or 4QD control system and will also be R/C. My plan is to use one motor per truck mounted on top of the bolster driving...

The body ends are 8" x 10" x .062" aluminum 2024. Just as the sides I held all four together to mill out the windows/door for uniformity. Rivet lines scribed and 96 holes drilled for rivets....x4 ends = 384 holes. The ends were separated and drilled individually. Attached the four end...

Taking a brake from the trucks so I started the fab for the body sides. I've drawn up blueprints based on pictures I have blown up from a book. Quite the challenge to build something from pictures and a few known dimensions. The body sides are 6.5" x 18" x .062" Aluminum 2024. I first...

Truck temporally assembled to check fit/clearance.

Making progress. Bolsters are 6061. I always use layout dye then scribe my lines using a caliper. Drilled holes first then machined the angle. Next, 1/4" ball end mill then milled out remaining material. Sand blasted to give that "cast" look. Machined a pocket in the bottom of the bol...

I appreciate that Harold. I was lazy and used a 5C collet stop. There was actually a slight undercut where the wheel will be pressed on so I knurled that area to give me the interference fit rather than scrapping the 1144 axles. I wouldn’t have done that on a steamer. I appreciate the knowledge.