Is this centered??

Set the train on a known, perfectly level surface. Take a carpenter's speed square, and place it right in front of the train, lining up the vertical edge of the square with the known center, probably the middle of the coupler. Does the headlamp line up with the edge of the square?

To answer your question, YES, ....it looks awesome!....fine modeling!...let’s see her lit up, fire in her belly, and in revenue service,.....I know there’s an incandescent lamp in there, ....the way the good lord intended it to be!...

Pat

@Arthur P. Bloom posted:

Set the train on a known, perfectly level surface. Take a carpenter's speed square, and place it right in front of the train, lining up the vertical edge of the square with the known center, probably the middle of the coupler. Does the headlamp line up with the edge of the squar

@Arthur P. Bloom

Thank you for that.  Would you then rotate the vertical edge to the headlight so you can see if that lines up with the middle of the headlight?  Seems to me that to completely remove human error, even slight, is going to be difficult as there is still a component of eying the center.

Thanks @harmonyards!!

It looks good to me, perfecto!

Looks good man! I am sitting here perusing my Bert Pennypacker’s M-1 Dual Service Mountains book. Good job!

Was that a rhetorical question? You know you can drive yourself crazy staring at these things.

Looks straight to me, and my wife and  i consider my self very persnickety. Like my dad used to say “do you want it done, or do you want it done right?”.😀🚂🚂