Model Railroading > Completed more Kats

That's Katsumi engines, now the AC4 is done except for a little tweaking on the pilot truck. I saw this first picture was a little out of focus but it still looks OK. You can see more detail in this rather then the rest. I scratch built the plow and added the box (for the hose) below the headlamp.
I used 12 volt lights in these engines, they ft the opening better and look good. The AC12 had an LED but I took it out because I thought it was too bright.
Ed



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/15/14 20:04 by SPED.

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Couple more shots, I like the rear shot, you hardly ever see one form that angle.

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Another beautiful Brass engine given a new life! Awesome!

Javier Cervantes
Castle Rock , CO

OK I have to bite on this one ... how do you scratchbuild a plow? Getting those curves right and to meet properly must be really hard.

Rick

That is one nice looking engine, great work.

Nathan

Great work, great paint job. Lookin good!

rschonfelder Wrote:
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> OK I have to bite on this one ... how do you
> scratchbuild a plow? Getting those curves right
> and to meet properly must be really hard.
>
> Rick

Rick,
The plow is actually three pieces, the two plow halves soldered together with the little rib added in the middle. Originally I was going to leave it just pressed onto the pilot so I could remove it but it kept falling off so I soldered it on to keep it aligned and secure.

Ed



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/16/14 12:46 by SPED.

I will sometimes take a picture of a model to see if there are any flaws. Seams like the lens finds everything that is not right! In this case I find the #700 M.V. Products lens for the classificaation lights are right-on, to bad I didn't light them up but you have to stop somewhere and say "that's good enough".
Ed

Excellent work!

I've done the picture taking routine for a long time while building an engine. You can stare at something forever while working on it and miss something obvious but the camera is ruthless.

Any way to fill the slots on the screws on the rods?

Kimball Wrote:
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> Any way to fill the slots on the screws on the
> rods?


You could fill them with a little strip of styrene and paint them, you'd have to make it removable for servicing though. Another way would be using a hex head with a shoulder but they might be hard to find, PSC may have them.
Ed



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/17/14 12:17 by SPED.