There are more kids of tender steps than I can count and no matter how many are available from PSC, Stevenson, and Wiseman I can't ever seem to get the ones I want. Well this loco has front steps I can't find and I only have photos. I started to draw from the photos and use those to estimate dimensions. Here's a photo with the step:
my tender is different from this one but the step next to the man in the straw hat is the same. Here's the first piece:
The top and bottom parts are cut half way through so I'll get a clean bend:
You can see the drawing in the background. Here they are with the side pieces soldered on:
While this is a complicated part for me I still look at some of the last wax parts like air compressors and turbo generators and marvel at the work. Hopefully one day I'll learn how to do that.
