I finally got to working on the loco earlier this spring and finshed it a couple weeks ago.
Hmm, let's see, a bunch of modifications and new parts, VERY little of my SL3 is left in this loco!
Photo 1, front 3/4 view. Yup, a rather nice Victorian brown color. I had fallen in love with the R/H Dylan in brown back in the 1980s, hence the color.
First, I wanted an open cab loco, ala Jane/Janet. So some old MSS tin got hacked up. A lot of careful cutting and some panel beating to remove all of the side metal from the spectacle plate. The only botch was the hole for the regulator, almost tore the metal on that job. To spice things up, I added some stay braces to the spectacle plate down to the tanks of 1/16" brass rod.
Unfortunately, the photos show some "Brasso" residue that needs to be cleaned off.
DJB Engineering smokebox dart added, along with matte black paint and a Roundhouse Bertie chimney cap. Chuck the chimney in your drillpress, find a file and you can make the cap fit. Looks nice in my opinion.
I also added a pair of sand pots from Busybodies, was hoping to get a dome but it seems he has stopped trading or the like, several e-mails went without a reply...
Home made water fills on the side tanks, Steam4Fun quit selling them and Busybodies and PPS stopped trading, so for under $4 US, I made some with some lamp nuts. Of course, right when I completed the loco, Roy Wood started selling them again!
Anyhow, to the backside....
Roundhouse lamp irons added, cab backside cut down and held in place by the rear buffer beam. Some washers added as spacers to keep everything in line.
Much of the visible hardware has been replaced with BA6 hex head bolts in lieu of cheese head screws. Sidestreet burner filler neck can be seen out the rear hole of the back plate. Maybe some lamps, chains or fire irons in the future?
Roundhouse handrails added, they are a BIT small, some washers were needed, they are BA8.
Now the other front corner....
Better positioning of the Roundhouse lubricator, the drain makes less of a mess as it sicks out further.
Gloss black on the boiler. What cannot be seen is the DJB Engineering insulating sheet inside the side tanks. This tip and the dart tip came from "Superbiker" here on the form.
What is left to do?
Roy Wood main rods, will be painted a nice red.
Clean-up and re-paint of the PPS drivers in the brown of the body with polished steel rims and centres.
Name plates, but gotta pick a name tho. "Lady Despard" from the 1963 film "
Heavens Above" perhaps?
Stripes/lining....if I feel up to the challenge!
...and I am sure another detail or two.
Runs just as well as before on blocks, need to try it on track tho.
Should be a good stablemate for Major Hitchcock.
It was the green loco SL1 with freight wagons. I believe late on there was a RS1A introduced later with differant wagons
