As I think I may have mentioned in another thread, this "lok" came to me with missing buffers, and only one powered truck, and that was not running.
I had some left over stuff from a Fairbanks Morse project, and was able to swap out and power both trucks. I wired them together to enlarge the electrical "footprint", and now this old gal runs as well as any of my other engines (Atlas and Weaver, all Pittman powered), using less current and is actually quieter! I used short roofing nails for the buffers. Have begun to enhance the details somewhat:
There's only so much I'll be able to do, what with the truck-mounted couplers. Am waiting on some proper size wire to replace the large handrails below the windscreens.
Since this is (currently) my only German loco, I'm able to focus on it exclusively and hopefully will end up with a half-way decent model when I'm "done".
Mark in Oregon
PS:...just wish I could do something with those awful couplers... 
