Got this recently for a good price at a local train show. Marker light is broken off. Jeff Kane doesn't have it listed on his website anymore. Other suggestions to find one besides buying a junker shell?
The bell ringer in the tender works great.
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Contact Henning's Trains, they have a ton of old shells, and I'm sure they could lop one of those off for you or even send you the whole shell.
Thx, I'll try them.
The other thing you could is remove the other marker light and replace both of them with scale marker (class) lights. I think there are even working lights out there now.
Like both of the last two ideas.
I have made marker lights like above, but use plastic spurns, the round plastic waste material that holds parts for model planes, cars, etc. I used a drill bit to make the dished in part to hold the jewel. JB Weld was used to glue the plastic marker light to a cast metal boiler front. Painted with Krylon semi gloss black paint.
Charlie
Another good idea. Thx guys.
Lots of good ideas...you could as @gunrunnerjohn mentioned contact Hennings which is a great resource. Also, there are a number of boiler fronts currently up for sale on the big auction e-site. Look for what seems to match the best. Maybe buy two...then, using a vise to hold the boiler front/smoke box assembly, you should be able to snap off the correct sided marker light with pliers.
JB Weld also works very well to join it.
Tom
Jeff at the Train Tender has replacement epoxy on lights. I'm going to contact him. Also about some other parts needed.
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