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What does a steam engine have in common with a woman? Well they both have a tender behind of course! In this episode we're gonna look at the modifications I made to the standard Bachmann tender to bring it up to 7/8 scale standards and looks! To the left is the stock tender, looks so innocent, little does it know whats getting ready to happen to it! |
| One of the main problems with the tender as is, is its a little too narrow, so off comes the shell, and to the bandsaw we go! Sliced her right down the middle. Now to splice a half inch into her center to get her to look right |
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After the splice is made with styrene plates, a little Squadron green putty takes care of making it nice and neat. I sanded off the rivet detail that was molded into the tender and prepared for the new ones by applying a .001 styrene side and ends. |
| The markings for inserting the new rivetheads are apparent. These are made from sequin pins and each one requires that a hole be drilled and it be inserted individually |
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