Scrubber Car No 15 in "O" scale part 4

I felt up to a short visit to the museum the other day so I got into the back of the shed and took my camera inside No 15. I'd say that no one has been inside in 20 years and I had to fight my way in through spider webs and dust. Fortunately all the equipment is still in place and I was able to photograph the air tanks, air compressor, the built in tool boxes and the upright locker. These are the items that will be visible through the open doors. So armed with the photographs I made representations of these items. They are not 100% accurate but everything was assembled from what ever scrap I could find in the scrap box and as the view of them will be limited they will look the part.

The first photo is these items almost ready for painting. The air tanks and the compressor will be black and the wooden tool box and locker will be the same brown as the inside of the car.


The next photo is the body assembled about as far as I can go until I get the mechanism and the Brill side frames done. I've been told that the mechanism could take up to 6 weeks to arrive and I haven't got the side frames ready for sending off to the caster either. I'm reluctant to even work on the steps as these may foul on the side frames. I can work on the controls which are quite complex in these scrubbers and also the roof details. So I still have some work for awhile.


The last photo is the motorman's view of the controls that I need to start on now. These cars didn't have destination boxes so the red handle on the right is connected to a large red arrow outside and the motorman would point to the direction he wished to go by turning the handle to the left or right when approaching a signal box.