ex NB J88 No 68334
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my J88 conversion is progressing steadilly, the loco is complete now and has been painted and numbered etc. i decided the other nyte that the cab needed to be altered, i knew it would not be right if i had left is as it was so took the plunge and had a go and, it turned out well. although looking at the pics from this evening, it does need a bit more finishing off.
the other little job was to finish off the roof, i had deliberately left this till last as i was not quite sure about the roof, i then used a bit of guesstimation again and used brass dowel which was soldered up into a square shape for the main strips around the roof sheet an, a single piece for the centre strip, this again needs some finishing off but looks not too bad.
i have had the loco running on Glendevon tonight and it really looks good when it is running, it even has the wobble that i am told the real loco's had. i did look through quite a number of books until i found a loco that had the correct boiler, dome and safety valve combination as some of the class had an earlier type where the safety valves were mounted on the dome and others had them above the firebox.
all i have to do now is weather the loco as it is far far too clean, although i am told that the Haymarket shed pilots and some other were kept reasonably clean. back to the books for me i think.
th pic below came out well although these locos wouldnt be seen together. not with a class twenty with yellow ends i dont think.
at rest.
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