engine drawings

Just for fun, let’s look at the engine from line drawing perspective this time.

I added the pilot (cow-catcher), smokebox braces, and the deck, so that the engine now look fairly complete. Lots of other details were added since the last update, too, such as the cylinder cocks and the associated linkage, which are of course “operable”.

Here’s the right side:

Just looking at it: there’s no mistake that it’s not the Lilly Belle, or any other 4-4-0s, it’s indeed the CK Holliday. It’s the overscaled cab, the balloon stack, the long pilot, and 1000 other details that help shape the whole engine.

The smokebox braces were interesting because they actually curve inward at the front. You can see this effect in the front view:

More details on the pilot’s construction to come…

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