Re: CB&Q #537's asymmetrical Handrail.

Posted by Chris Walker on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/CB-Q-537-tp550p8831.html

Chris Walker wrote

Mike, I can't help but blow smoke in your direction with your brass skills.
When building these models, and you notice a detail that is somewhat whimsical in nature do you model it as is, e.g. prototypically correct skewed Markers perhaps and suffer endless jibes as to you ability to solder straight...... or correct that detail to the normal, to avoid having to prove up all the time?

I have noticed an oddity with the #537 {:))

Mike,
Thanks for the memory jog on your #537,  now to the unfinished business!

This has always bugged me about this loco;
I recall getting docked points on one of my models here in a contest, I failed to point out in the entry form that the wonky bit was on the prototype, and thus the judges assumed it was a poorly executed part.  I'm not certain if Mike has modelled this faithfully (since I can't tell from the photo's) or chosen to make it more "even" to forgo the "finger pointing".

I am referring to the lop-sided smokebox front handrail here.....


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