It will be this coming April since I posted any progress in detailing my LTI Chessie Steam Special. As we all know winter is here, so work on my Chevelle has ground to a halt, and now the inside toys come out.
When I left off, I had put on a Worthington feedwater pump, feedwater heater and one of the Pyle dynos. Since then I have also added the second Pyle dyno, grab handles on the sand dome, and a wire for the supply steam pipe to the forward dyno. Now mind you, I'm looking at almost 45 year old photos, which were taken from a distance. I still have work to do...
I have detailed the feedwater heater as best I could. I have one coat of paint on it, but the whole boiler front needs repainting 'cause I was sloppy in painting the blue.
After painting the B&O blue I painted the dynos black and the whistle silver and black.
This is the photo I'm working off of...
I still need to paint the area under the cab windows blue, But I'm holding off to make sure I have the correct font to replicate the numbers and lettering. I still need to repaint the lower half of the boiler, but I have some detailing that needs to be completed first. The LED lighting in my work room makes the blue look purple.
Until next time...
