@S. Islander posted:That is an outstanding piece of work you did on the LWS kit.
A masterful exercise in brass work, with impeccable attention to detail.
Congratulations!
S. Islander
Thank you @S. Islander! You had mentioned at the very beginning of this building adventure I would need extra structural brass components to complete a Locomotive Workshop kit. You were correct. I needed brass flats, sheets, angles, round tubes and square tubes to finish the build. I would recommend anyone thinking about building a LWS kit to get familiar with the available items sold in the brass section at your local train store.
Since you brought up attention to details... I was not content with my original choice for the LED headlights on this LWS kit. In my opinion the color emitting from the 3mm, bright white, pre-wired, 12~18-volt LED’s part# L123W were too blue on the color spectrum. This set of LED’s has already been removed.
A new set of 3mm, warm white, pre-wired, 12~18-volt LED’s part# L123WM were installed in their place. As seen in the photo below the new dual warm white LED’s emit a more prototypical color that matches a real E9's locomotive headlight.
