Thanks Mark.
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GTW U-4B 4-8-4 streamlined imported by Nickel Plate Products in 1977, more conifers and Harrison, Ohio train show.
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GTW 4-8-4 disassembly and first 'coat'.
The front screw securing the frame to the boiler was 'butchered' by a previous owner so I used a Dremel metal cut off disk to make a 'slot' in the screw.
Some 'plumbing' had to be re-soldered.
First, to the boiler...
and then the two pipes.
Wheels and engine frame already factory painted.
Speaker holes in the tender's bottom plate.
Already a large 'hole' at the front of the tender for decoder wires but drilled out some holes at the back of the 'coal bunker' to route decoder wires.
Tender light drilled for an LED.
From my first experience with the C&NW 4-6-4 small marker lights, I did the same 'procedure' with these small marker lights, IE.
1) used a very small drill bit to drill through the marker lights and into the side of the boiler.
2) The needed #57 drill bit used to enlarge the marker light hole via a pin vise so not to 'rip off' the marker light with too much 'power'.
The smaller drill bit on the left and the #57 on the right.
The very small drill bit doesn't 'dig into' the marker light and 'twist it' off but the #57 can so a '2 step' procedure.
I used the 'wire strippers' to hold the marker light to insure it doesn't 'twist' while, manually, enlarging the hole.
'Ta da'!
Nice; wasn't expecting NPP to include a 'back head'.
Washed and ready to get the first 'coat'.
Scalecoat high gloss black.
2 hours at 200 degrees.
What I'm hoping it will, eventually, 'look like'!
I use a paper towel to, immediately, wipe off the rim of the jar to prevent 'dry paint' falling into the bottle plus easier to get the jar lid 'off', the 'next time'. The paint will dry very fast around the rim and wiping it quickly is important.
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More trees.
Removed the 'golden rod' that was behind the trestle but before the upper track and replaced them with conifers with the 10 boxes of trees that just arrived.
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Harrison, Ohio train show.
Figured it wouldn't be very 'large' but only 40 miles away.
Mostly all 3-rail.
Was a few tables with HO stuff.
A foam 'layout'.
Glad I 'went' as I purchased more books.
The dealer had 3 for a buck for these paper backs. There were 53 of them so I bought all of them for 15 bucks.
These are really nice paper backs. All 'steam' 
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These are 'quarterlies'. I've never seen them before but each one covers 2-4 subjects.
The ones I have are from around the 80's to early 2000's.
They weren't cheap as the back cover said $47 per year.
Very high quality pictures and lots' of them!
4 more for 5 bucks each. I may already have the C&O book but, for 5 bucks, I bought it anyway; better 2 than none!
