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On3 Special - Caboose 901

901 - new brass parts

Picture: Winter 2015, new brass parts arrived - This time, the latest parts arrived. I designed the original parts. Most of the White Pass passenger cars and cabooses had this oil filler.

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Picture: Last Folio for brass engraving - Left the final file at Corel Draw. Left Front, right Back, and the two on the right side are the folio before bring them on the brass sheet. On the final two images right, all black parts are gone after put them into the etch. The white parts will remain. But to draw its easier to have the remain parts in Corel Draw black.

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Picture: new step - slide for brass engraving - here is the brand new folio for the second brass sheet.

CAD Parts

Picture: CAD View - The caboose 901 ready for the wax plotter and later as basic for the brass casting. Boerries Burkhardt.

Brass Parts

Picture: Reality View - Here we see the same parts after made in brass. The quality is perfect and 4 side windows, two coupola windows and the holders for the plag or lamp are ready to use.

Brass Parts

Picture: Coupola window from the back - The back of the window is special made to keep a plastic or real glass in the window.You can paint this part, glue the glass and than glue the black painted part to the frame or sold it directly on the side.

Caboose 901 Floor

Picture: 901 - Floor - CAd view of the caboose floor.

Caboose 901 Coupola

Picture: 901 - Front / Back of Coupola - The windows are already wider to take the brass windows for a perfect museum quality model.

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Picture: 901 - Coupola with windows and roof - Complete part to plug on floor.

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Picture: Brass casting windows - Here I added the first brass castings to the front and back of the caboose

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Picture: Add front and end - The front and end were added.

Caboose 901 Basic

Picture: 901 - Basic Frame - The four sides were added to the floor.

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Picture: The body of the caboose made out of brass - Just bend the brass engraving sheet.

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Picture: Now the side were added -

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Picture: Corner of caboose 901 - The model is now without the brass casting parts.

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Picture: Brass castings added - Here the brass windows shown on the coupola.

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Picture: Castings were added to side and windows -

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Picture: window casting - now in place

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Picture: Roof support made out of brass rod -

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Picture: Roof now on the side. -

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Picture: New coupola on body -

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Picture: New coupola on body -

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Picture: New coupola on body -

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Picture: Storage room added - The seperator will be added as well as the platform will be screwed to floor.

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Picture: WP&YR 901 - standing on narro wgauge truck on real White Pass & Yukon gravel. Thanks to Yukon Mike!

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Picture: 901 End View - The door will be added

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Picture: 901 Platform - Here we see all parts of the platform. They will fit all together

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Picture: 901 Jig - A special jig for the platform was designed.

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Picture: 901 brass sheet -

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Picture: 901 bass sheet -

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Picture: 901 - End Plattform - not connected to the plattform, the steps are ready

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Picture: 901 Platform - CAD View with Kadee Coupler box.

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Picture: 901 - Plattform in brass - Steps

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Picture: 901 with new plattform -

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Picture: 901 step are added -

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Picture: 901 not an easy soldering job -

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Picture: 901 - New underframe - brass underframe was added.