Reply to "Anyone builid a brass locomotive kit and convert it to 3 rail?"

At this point I'm not going for perfectly authentic, just close enough, as I'm starting with an imperfect model and modifying it. After all it's going to run on 3 rail track, so there will be some compromises. The plan right now is to use a Williams USRA Mikado as a base with the above Vanderbilt tender, so I'm going for scaleish size and close enough, because this is going to be a fun project for me. I plan on adding the following parts to the Williams USRA Mikado to make it close to the SP prototype:

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The above items should get me "close enough" for 3 rail Hi-Rail.