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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Another front shot showing the built up pilot from roughly 15 pieces.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Beautifully fabricated tender trucks from brass stock.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Built up sprung tender trucks from brass stock, notice irregular rivet lines on tender.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Built up trailing truck, the solder joints are hidden because I painted this truck brass color to hide the dingy color after I cleaned it.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Close up of pilot
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Close up of the trailing truck.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Drivers were turned on a lathe, then the craftsman added the counterweights.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Photographed Aug 08, 2012
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Electrical connection is made by a dress snap to the tender
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Front view, notice the air pumps are painted brass, I did this because I didn't like the die cast air pumps to stick out on an unpainted model. I should have left them unpainted.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Front, underside.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Locomotive, Engineer's side.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Machined and hand shaped valve gear and drivers
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - More fabricated details
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Overhead shot of cab showing the tight fit of the various parts
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Rear shot of tender, showing the extreme precision the craftsman did to align all of the parts.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Rivet lines are good, but you can see that they do not line up perfectly.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Shot of cab & boiler, applied boiler straps are not clear because I painted over the solder showing on either side.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Shot of stack showing scribbed center line and point for centering the stack.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Shot of the cab showing an extremely large open frame motor with cloth covered wire lead.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Underside of tender, showing turned detail
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Underside rear, showing what appears to be Tetsudo rear truck configuration.
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Hand made HO Brass NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - Very crude details, but well done by the maker. Notice the sand dome is made up of sides and top soldered together.