March 29, 2015 Update

I made a little progress on the engine on Sunday. Nothing too noticeable, but things that needed done.

The trailing truck has been reworked a couple of times since the last update. It is a lot more solid, I am just not sure I like it yet. Maybe once I get more black tiles and 1×1 plates it will look better.

I also reworked the connection between the engine and the tender. The current state is not final, I just used what pieces I had available. It was getting near impossible to connect the tender without a lot of hassle. I wanted to make the connection between the two to make it easier to reach.

I started on the detailing between the drivers and the walkways, I didn’t get too far because I am lacking in most pieces that I need to do it they way that I want.

I also started on the detailing under the cab. I am very disappointed because I realized that most of the detail will have to be on the trailing truck which is going to limit what I can do and make it look even stranger when going around a curve.

With the very WIP tender. Notice that she is about 5 track length long with her tender. From what I found in my research, she normally ran with 2 tenders…