Omscaler is digging away at the 0-6-0 shifter rebuild. What we have just completed as of this writing is why I think of this as more like “micro-engineering”. As you readers may have already guessed, the locomotive bell was just fabricated. It is small. The bell proper has a maximum width of one sixteenth of an inch and the height is three sixty-fourths of an inch. And boy was it fun to make! It is not perfect but it is a major improvement. We had to search online for a reference picture which now resides in the equipment file for later use as well. This lets us move forward with the rest of the rebuild. The frame is done including coupler boxes and wheels. Cross head guide is ready to install as well as steam cylinders. We need to make domes, stack, smokebox door, cab, air pump, air reservoir. Am I leaving something out? Still digging, omscaler
