Br 52 WIP

Started weathering the deck

Thanks Carl

Found the correct buffers at RB, they are nice.....

You never cease to impress me Rob !

Here's the page with Rb's selection of buffers . #35A09 looks flat .

CARL - Those are nice looking buffers.  I'll go take a better look at RB.  Will also have to pull out the dragon kits to see how things would work out.  There is one problem with those buffers though, they are both flat faced but one of the two should have a globe shape to it to be correct.  They still look really tempting though

BILL, TREAD - Glad y'all like the window fix   Your right, a little detail and a simple solution.

OK, been sitting here sniffing paint fumes and watching my paint dry.  Needs to dry faster. 

Put down the base color then post shaded the interior pieces, done a little detail paint work, and have given the wood pieces it's first wash of artist oil.  Have also given the tender a primer coat of flat black.  Now the waiting game so that I can continue with these parts.

Hi Rob 

Exquisite job on the window problem !... you added a lot of detail and solved a touchy problem in one swoop!

The boiler firewall looks great too!

tread

Now that's what I call a nice solution to a difficult choice...open or closed! Top-notch work as usual Rob.

Hey Rob , check out these railroad buffers from RB models .....

http://www.rbmodel.com/picture.php?dir=35A10

http://www.rbmodel.com/picture.php?dir=35A11

Rob , glad the new paint booth really sucks ............errrr.......

CARL - B36 would hang out a little but not much......just enough to tease you

CLAY - Thanks a bunch!  You could use a train to move all those Sherman's your building

RAMBO - Unfortunately don't have that much hard copy research on this   Usually for my builds I have many books, pictures, and have seen most of my subjects in person but this is not the case with the BR 52.  Have been searching a lot on the net to find what I need.

BILL - Thanks...paint is soon on the way though

OPEN OR CLOSED, THATS THE QUESTION?  Not knowing exactly how the overall scene will play out in the very end, could not decide if the cabin windows should be open or closed?  Was back and forth for a while but the decision must be made so that I can put in any required items before assembly and painting.  Decided to make a simple window jam and have my windows have the ability to slide open or closed.  Looks like this

Have the back part of the frame cut and ready but it will not be added until painting of the inside of the bulkheads.  Must be painted first, then add the window, then can add the last part of the frame.

Have also given the wood parts; cabin floor, seats and seat backs, tender coal retaining planks, and smoke deflectors a base coat of MM Wood.  They will receive a coat of Dullcote tonight and left to cure overnight then will use my wood painting procedure tomorrow.

Would like to add how much I really like this new paint booth !!!  Have not done much but can tell already from the ease, good suction, very low noise and room, it is really great! 

Thanks for looking and happy building

That's some sweet looking detail work Rob. Very cool, almost a shame to paint it!  

Thats insane you must have a ton of research on this

"HOLE CRAP"!!!!!! Rob thats AWESOME!!! i've always wanted to make a full train even with Karl i have it "ALMOST DONE" really like this build buddy.

Clay

Some really great looking details Rob !

I wounder if a 1/72nd B36 would fit in there ?

ANDY - thanks buddy

STEVE - Thanks for the help with the paint, I'm working on it, almost ready......

CARL - Thought it was a very appropriate name for the same reason.  The nice thing about this booth is you can almost put that "Peacemaker" in it !  It will take a whole 1/48 B17, or 24, 25 etc.  Should have plenty of room for my armor

Not quite as far as had wanted to be but might get to laying some paint down tonight?  Have to finish up the cabin work first and have been working on it today.

Added - Styrene strip with hex bolt heads for caps, 3 wire pull valve handles, wired all gages, chain, burner door shelf, stove lid guard, and drilled the holes in the door.

Pull valve handles

more plumbing

top view

Now back to work and wrap up the interior and get ready to paint it.

"Peacemaker" ...thats a good name for it ....keeps the wife happyby her not havin to smell them paint fumes . By the way that thing has enough aluminum in it to remind of another "Peacemaker" ...........

Cor  'at's  a  luvy bit of  al' rite, govner

only problem I see is............IT'S TOO CLEAN!

 Let us see some paint flying; Here, I'll help 

Seriously: I'm jealous, that booth  looks so much better than any of even the best home built ones.

It should be amaizing and it will make you look 10 years younger, I understand

Freakin' AWESOME!  If I could do it all over again, I would have ordered the biggest set.  Hope you like it... so easy to set up and clean up too.

  someone here gets it

Thanks for looking in

No progress was made during the week, this thing called work kept getting in the way but the good news is its the weekend !  Some even better news, yesterday the UPS man dropped me a package.

AHHH...my new paint booth.  Spent the night setting it up, just have to run the exhaust out the window and then will be back in action

PANZERWAFFE

  Do know that this tender is a "K4 T30 Steifrahmentender".  

is Steifrahmentender German Rail Road Talk  for ... "LoveMeTender" ?      

never mind.

Seriously  Great job, sorry about the bumper mismatch, but I'm confident you'll figure out a solution.

TREAD - That's a cool picture and no, haven't seen it.  Am now using it as my desktop pic for the duration of the build

BILL -

CARL - Might try asking in a train forum like you have mentioned.

Nice to see an update Rob, as always sharp work on the details.

Great Stuff, Rob
It is a shame the Trumpeter and Dragon buffers don't line up...which is correct ?
In any case, that is a must fix as it is critical to the European coupling system. The buffers are supposed to be the same width as the gauge of the track, from my understanding. I know you will figure something out.
You have probably seen this picture already, but in case you have not, here it is , Tandem 52s.
keep up the great work, man !

tread

Looking impressive Rob ! Maybe look into asking the question  on model railroad site ?

Thanks guys

Taken a break from the small stuff turned my attention to the tender. 

This is all built straight from the box with the exception of the wiring for the lights on the rear and the added handles.  Only thing left to put on it is the ring that connects the tender to the engine, the wood rails that go on top of the open section of the car, and the airlines on the rear.  All with the exception of the airlines will be added after paint.

Does anyone have or able to direct me in the correct place to look for detailed pics of the tender?  Thinking of adding the undercarriage linkage, brakes, and airlines, etc.  Would also like to see if there is anything else that could be added to the body of the tender.  Have not been able to really find anything though   Do know that this tender is a "K4 T30 Steifrahmentender".  From my research there were 15 planed and 14 built variants of this tender with 5 being used during the war: 2'2' T26, 2'2' T30, K4 T30, 3'2' T16, and 2'2' T13.

Here is a sneak peak of things to come

Already going to be difficult to find a place to put this thing and still have 7 more cars to add.  Will have to build a special shelf for it that runs the length of the wall   This is a peak at a futer problem.

The Trumpeter kits and Dragon kits don't quit line up correctly with each other.  Will modify the parts of the Dragon kits for the cars that will be connected to the engine and tender......I hope.

Looks like a complicated build, but your add-ons are sure improving it.

Did I ever tell you that you are one real sick man?  Those PE stuff you are doing is absolutely killer!  Glad I get to follow this and learn from you my old friend!  

looking good! I look forward to seeing new pics of this one

OK Rod as I've asked this to some on here i thought i really needed to ask you ."do you find it helpful that being TOTALY insane help's your ability to work on kits AHAHAHA. really awesome work Rob

Clay

WOW!  Have not checked in on this one for a while.  When I saw the last update i went back to look at all the one I missed and just WOW!  And I vote for the zig zag pattern.

BILL, CLAY, GUNEY - Thanks guys for the comments they are very appreciated

Tonight's work was on the valve , shaft and linkage for it.  Once again used some modified parts from the spare parts box, wire, and assorted styrene.  Looking at some of these pics seems theirs still some sanding dust so just look past that for now and it will be cleaned off for the next go around of pics.

Close up of the left side.  Can see the added PE, the strip styrene and hex nuts.  You may also notice the seam line or "gap" on the left, bottom of the picture by the hand wheel, from my references I believe this gap is suppose to be there but it sure bothers the heck out of me and I am tempted to fill it?

Close up right side shows the styrene linkage arm and the added chains.

Extra pic

This is everything dry fit. 

Hope ya like