Repairing an old and broken brass loco.

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The tender was repaired and is now level and looks good.

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Next came the cab roof repair. This was a real big pain in the A--. Thankfully, the cab sides were still solidly soldered to the cab base. I did straighten the front and rear cab walls a little.

It seems I remember now I lost the photos of the cab roof repairs. Here are the after roof repair photos.

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AFTER:







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That's a good recovery on the roof.  Do you ever anneal brass parts before straightening them?

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That's a good recovery on the roof.  Do you ever anneal brass parts before straightening them?

James,

Thanks for checking in on the thread. No, I never have. On the reshaping of this cab roof the brass was very soft. However, I did use two pair of needle nose pliers to shape the roof.

Not shown or discussed so much in the thread but I tried to match one side to the shape of the top of one side of the cab. I then slowly used the pliers and by trial and error, shaped the rest to fit. It worked out better than I expected.

I'll have a little more on this thread perhaps tomorrow evening.

Tom

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Tom

I really enjoy your threads on the brass locomotive repairs.  One of these days I hope that I will be able to do this. But  I need to get some track placed and running.  so much to do. 

From the beach in Cancun.

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Tom

I really enjoy your threads on the brass locomotive repairs.  One of these days I hope that I will be able to do this. But  I need to get some track placed and running.  so much to do. 

From the beach in Cancun.

Steve,

From Cancun huh? Are you getting your hair "braided"?

As always, I very much appreciate your support and for following along. Getting track down will help the trains run better. LOL.

Tom

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After all the repairs were made, it was time to strip and paint. I won't go through all the steps necessary to prepare the brass for painting as you can read all about that from my other brass painting threads.

I do want to mention that the entire hanger assembly is "riveted" together and can't be painted as a separate hanger bracket. This assembly was painted by hand, two coats one at a time, and baked between coats.





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I don't have enough hair to get braided.  Anyway, I would a blond look with braided hair.

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I made some all weather cab curtains out of Chili's Restaurant paper napkins.



I used regular sewing thread to tie the top and bottoms.



More in a few.

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Once made, the curtains were painted with Floquil Earth and installed on the loco.





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I added two 2X6's to the top of the coal bunker so the loco could hold more coal.