Finished - sort of

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southwestern737
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Finished - sort of

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After 10 years I finally finished my heavy Mikado today, sort of, still need to letter it, time it, and finish the tender. I know the pictures are upside down, no idea why, no time to fix.
Brent
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John Evans
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Very nice !!
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Wow, nice...I'm not far behind you....mine will be finished by the end of the year
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Raj S
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Post by Raj S »

Great to see a new steamer come on line. Agree very nice!
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Builder01
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Photos look okay to me.
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Post by amadlinger »

Hi Brent,

Looking great!! What type of paint did you use?

Sincerely,
Adam
southwestern737
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Adam, I have built three steam engines and have painted all of them with Rust-oleum rattle cans, the paint has held up very well on all of them and touch up paint can be bought anywhere. The one exception is the smoke box, I use VHT header paint from the auto parts store.
Brent
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Nice shop too.
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Bill C
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Post by Bill C »

Hi Brent, that is a beautiful locomotive ! Is it a coal burner or propane?

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southwestern737
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Bill, it is a oil burner. I have two coal burners but getting tired of trying to find coal.
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Outstanding! Nice looking ride!!
Congratulations!
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Post by KarlKobel »

Great work.

Mine has been running for 3 years (coal).
I'm in the process or providing more clearance in the trucks (they were too tight).

Karl

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BTW - it's kinda out of date. More work on the loco than the web page.
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