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Lil big hualer saddle tank loco bash.
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I thought of saying "middle", but decided not to because it would need extra work done.
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Wow nice pictures. These forney's are really cool looking locomotive's. Thanks .Some didn't have a rear lamp, some had it on the roof, and some on the tender!
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Thanks guys. I will ponder for a bit more.
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From the internet images that I've found most prototypes only have front lamps. However many models have rear lights, some on the cab roof and others on the bunker.
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Thanks Neil . It's a hard decision. I like the light both ways.
Just do what you like, your loco.
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https://youtu.be/2FrJWWYUU7U Funny I ended up centering the light on the back of the coal bunker. Also I needed more weight. part of my problem was the front truck kept jumping track. I filled the boiler with cement and tire weights lol. Getting better all the time. Really like this loco.
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How about being really radical and having 2 lights?
Cement now that is extreme, lead flashing can occasionally be got from old buildings if you are lucky. Often new house builds will have off cuts that can be scrounged if you ask nicely. Or do you not have thatbin your neck of the woods. Advantage is being flat it can be manipulated and cut to almost any shape plus it is heavier than Concrete. Though the use of Car Tyre Weights will certainly help.
Do you not have to be careful with lead and plastic together, or is that just liquid lead that can be a problem? I seem to remember an article somewhere about plastic reacting adversely to liquid lead
Could cause melting! Just jesting. Not sure about the so called liquid lead that is like very small lead shot and could escape via small holes etc.
Not quite but doesn't it cause a chemical reaction and distort the plastic?
As I said I do not know about the so called liquid lead. I have been using various forms of Lead, old tyre weights (before I discovered roofing flashing), roofing flashing, fishing weights (when lead was allowed) and all have never had any effect on plastic. I go way back to the days of Triang TT Gauge so have a long experience. Having said all of that I have had few needs to use lead in G the most recent being to weigh down some Bogie a Bachman and LGB loco. Both now some years back and no ill effects on these either.
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I used the concrete that I use for the jigstone moulds. Seems to be great so far. The biggest plus was that it was cheap and on hand.
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From the internet thingy!
Organic compounds are the chief category of substances acting harshly upon lead, and Acetic acid is among the most destructive of these carbon compounds. Acetic acid acts upon lead and transforms it into lead carbonate which is the white, granular, powder we frequently see on lead ship model fittings. The museum objects conservation community has been aware of the phenomenon for several decades and the chemical process that causes it is well-understood.
The chemical process is: Acetic and some other acids, in the presence of carbon dioxide, catalyze with lead to produce lead acetate and lead hydroxide. Lead acetate and lead hydroxide together react with carbon dioxide and form lead carbonate. Lead carbonate then releases acetic acid and the process becomes self-sustaining. It is important to recognize that the formed lead carbonate is not just a substance clinging to the surface of a casting, it is the surface of the casting transformed to powder. For practical purposes, a portion of the lead is gone and lead carbonate is left in its place. The lead carbonate releases acetic acid which can continue the process until the lead part is progressively consumed from the outside.
Organic compounds are the chief category of substances acting harshly upon lead, and Acetic acid is among the most destructive of these carbon compounds. Acetic acid acts upon lead and transforms it into lead carbonate which is the white, granular, powder we frequently see on lead ship model fittings. The museum objects conservation community has been aware of the phenomenon for several decades and the chemical process that causes it is well-understood.
The chemical process is: Acetic and some other acids, in the presence of carbon dioxide, catalyze with lead to produce lead acetate and lead hydroxide. Lead acetate and lead hydroxide together react with carbon dioxide and form lead carbonate. Lead carbonate then releases acetic acid and the process becomes self-sustaining. It is important to recognize that the formed lead carbonate is not just a substance clinging to the surface of a casting, it is the surface of the casting transformed to powder. For practical purposes, a portion of the lead is gone and lead carbonate is left in its place. The lead carbonate releases acetic acid which can continue the process until the lead part is progressively consumed from the outside.