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| This kit comes from Custom Finishing and is a prototype of a
National Steel Corporation of Hamilton ON. It is made from Pewter
(White Metal) castings but has been improved. The original
castings had molded on “Blobs” to represent the air cylinder and triple
valve. The piping was vague at best so all were sanded and
replaced. The triple valve on the prototype was encased in a
protective shell that was not modelled correctly on the kit variation
so this modification was made from looking at photos. Piping was
manufactured from some Details Associates wire and the brackets for
holding the piping was from some etching offcuts. The whole car
was put together by soldering using the Carr’s products (Red and Green
solder). Accurate decals were obtained from Andy Wegmueller’s
excellent and expensive products. On the prototype, the vertical
stakes are in fact hollow and this would be hard to model. I may
put some black decal on the top to represent the hollowness.
These stakes also had chain across but the chains often were
misplaced/lost. I did replace the molded brake detail with some
chain to represent the brake linkage and added Detail Associates
coupler cutlevers. |
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