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2500 Gallon Tender

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I finally finished making and fitting the lamp sockets to the 2500 gallon tender, so it is now ready for painting. The engine and tender have been scrubbed with 'Bar Keepers Friend' and warm water, and are now drying after rinsing in cellulose thinners. In the meantime, I'm trying to warm the garage sufficiently to get a coat of primer on before it gets dark and the temperature drops. This was the state of the tender and its chassis a little earlier this afternoon.

 

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Nick

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Looks great - both the model and the prototype. Amazing how even something as workmanlike and basic as a tender could me made to look pleasing back in those days (designers can still do that of course - it's just the style that has changed!)

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Yes, Mikkel, I entirely agree. Somehow, once they started replacing the coal rails with side sheets, I think they started to lose some of their elegance. This form is about the earliest that can be built with the Finney kit, although it could be backdated slightly by building without the water scoop. What I would really like is one of the earlier generation of tenders with the pierced frames. IIRC they were originally built to go with the Armstrong goods and its contemporaries, but many of them were re-used on the Deans in their early years.

 

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