Here is the last of my old projects. From here out you will see things as I do them This engine came to me with modern UP decals sort of plastered all over it. No idea what that was about but it took some time to carefully strip them with 70% rubbing alcohol. I turned my attention to the tender first. There is a picture of the Number 10 tender following a crash in 1901. I tried to copy the paint scheme as closely as possible using Woodland Scenics Dry Transfers. The coal in the tender is from a piece of coal I had from one of the abandoned D&R G lines near my house...so its real railroad coal! Add a shovel on the side and the tender looks ready to go. It needed weathering because I am modeling the FALL of 1899 so the engines had been on the road for nearly a year and had gained some dust and grime. The Fireman is from a Woodland Scenics set of engineers...I simply backdated him with a new hat. The engine is sort of an anomaly. Note the air tank mounted on the left side rather than on the top. This comes from a 1939 picture of the Number 10. It seems it originally had the tank on the side, then in 1908 had it moved to the top like all the other C & S engines, then by 1939 it was back on the side. Anyway, the tank is actually an old fountain pen cartridge I cut down and sealed on the open end. The additional walkway is simply a popsicle stick cut to fit and painted. The C & S logo was only ever photographed on the Number 8 in 1903, but it may have been on other engines early on. I still have lots to do on this engine BUT it is ready for use and I can add detail slowly as I go now. John
Smooth as silk in July!! Now if I can only get the courage up to go DCC and add control and sound decoders... John
