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No 13 - Tender Wood LoadWood was plentiful along the route of the NPC. Farmers were paid to cut and stack cord wood for the locomotives. So my Bachmann Spectrum 2-6-0 would appear out of place on the line with the coal load with which it was shipped. See the page on tender disassembly if you wish to see how I disassembled the tender and removed the coal load. Also, because I need additional room for electronics, I removed the recess that held the coal load and glued a piece of styrene in place. Check out the page on tender electronics if you wish to see these modifications.
No 13's Wood LoadThe NPC piled wood fairly high on their tenders. This photo shows No 13 with a partially used load. The hungry boards at the top of the tender allowed the wood to be piled even higher than the curved edge of the tender allowed. See the hungry board page for a description of how I fabricated the hungry boards. Making Scale WoodNothing looks more like wood than ... er ... wood. So I headed into the woods behind our property scouting for limbs that had fallen from the trees. The woods is mostly white pine, balsam, and spruce. I picked up a handful of 3/8 to 1/2 inch limbs. They were diced into pieces about 1 inch long with a hand saw. I then used a cold chisel to split them into quarters. With wood in hand and my book showing wood loads open, I began gluing the wood in place using Borden's exterior wood glue. When I finished the job, my tender looked as in the following photo.
I'll replace the above photo with one from the No 13 tender once the hungry board fabrication is complete. |
(c) 2007 Iron Horse 1:29 |
