Bob,
It's not my first scratchbuild, but it is my first tender in O-scale.
Unless I stumble across some old Seaboard drawings on the actual thing, I realize what I do at best will not have a load of detail on it.
But I would like to at least make it look better than a plain piece of brass or styrene.
The front end of the tender has me stumped, I was looking at the stokers to see just how they "fit" into the front of the tender, I don't plan on actually putting one in, maybe just something jutting out in front.
Looking at the photo of the front of the tender on the 1st link I posted (and other photos of tenders) I see doors. I guess there's 2 large doors for access to the coal bunker, those can be represented with thin brass or even styrene. But then there appears to be small doors on each side of the coal bunker doors, any idea what these are? Are they for access to the water tank or are they storage areas for tools, etc?
I think the biggest hurdle is getting started. Once I get going it shouldn't be that hard to at least make the tender shell.
I haven't been to any local hardware stores to look for brass tubing yet, but I did find this place online:
ONLINE METALS
A foot long piece of 2" brass is $19.42 plus shipping. 1 foot would do it, but I feel I should get 2 feet just in case. I'll check around town, maybe I can find something cheaper.
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