Mike, Very nice work on that Mike. I guess the MoPac is somewhat
privileged in S steam with the Berk, and the 2-8-0, So your addition
will make a reasonable roster. It's too bad you have to tear out that
layout though. Do you plan to reuse parts?
Bob Werre
On 8/2/13 1:24 PM, Mike S wrote:
For those that have been following my build. The day has come for that
first ever run around the layout. This was the first ever run on rail
and my heart was in my throat. The layout is in it's last stages and I
have had stuff hit the concrete in the past. We will be selling the
house in the spring of next year so this layout will be gone sometime
this winter.
As you all know I started this loco back in January and my goal was to
finish by June. Well that did not happen. At this time August 1st the
soldering iron can stay unplugged. The next step is installing the two
decoders and the lights. After that I will paint a decal the loco. But
that is most likely after August. I will photo every step of those two
procedures as I have the build.
If I were to figure the hours spent on actual work this loco would
have taken 8 hours a day 5 days a week for 2 months or more to get it
to this point.
I have uploaded some videos of the first ever run to YouTube.com. To
see them just go to youtube.com and type in mopac 1414. What you will
see is a first every back and forth run and then a run around the
layout on individual video section.
Mike Swederska
