Mark. I'm 'drawn' to brightly colored motive power.
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SP GS-4 4-8-4 factory painted in 'daylight' colors. Decoder install, final assembly and 'yard test'.
Got 'one thing' done this morning.
video:
I tried a speaker that I purchased at a train show a few years ago.
It is very 'quiet' but, considering the distance we are from the engine, it is more scale.
A very quiet 'drive mechanism'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTOQLMBXaSk
8-pin connector made and all parts assembled for the tender.
Yellow wire for the headlight and brown for the marker lights.
A different speaker was used.
Rectangular slot makes it easy to push the 8-pin connector into the tender so only the 2 sets of 'heat shrink' wires are visible.
9-pin connecto ( female side) made along with 4-pin connector for the boiler.
Programming track.
Throttle mode on the programming track.
Boiler.
Heat shrink tubing over the marker light wires and taped to the top of the boiler.
Extra wire for future PM and, again, heat shrink tubing over the wires and taped to the top of the boiler.
Running board LED wires, headlights and marker lights routed and 'bundled' to the back of the boiler.
Tested all lights via 'signal checker' at each 'step' to insure I didn't 'hose anything up'!
The 2 heavy lead weights added back to the boiler. Glad I had extra wire for the headlights as I needed access to the front to move the running board wires while inserted the front lead weight.
Plenty of room for the motor and 4-pin connector.
Ready for assembly.
Motor wires taped.
Front view.
Fireman's side view.
Running board lights.
Fire box glow.
I didn't add any back head or cab light as it is a 'closed' cab so difficult to see 'inside'.
Top views.
Engineer's side view.
A schematic sheet showing all wires, what they are for and what Functions control the LED's are inserted in each engine box.
