{"id":31,"date":"2010-06-06T20:26:11","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T20:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/?p=31"},"modified":"2012-01-16T16:45:02","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T21:45:02","slug":"t-eduty-viou-yopiuj-ojojl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"Steam Locomotive Ultra-Detailing in \u201cO\u201d Scale\u2026Erie K-5a #2935"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This loco started out\u00a0as a Max Gray early 1960&#8217;s import, that was extensively super-detailed\/re-detailed to represent K-5a #2935. as she would have appeared in her 1947 role as a suburban New Jersey commuter locomotive.\u00a0 Loco also sports a custom made, 20-ton USRA tender with extended coal boards, as rebuilt by the Erie&#8217;s Hornell Shops,\u00a0and an accurate spoked\/disc mixed driver set.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1009\" href=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/?attachment_id=1009\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1009\" title=\"Erie USRA tenders 010\" src=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Erie-USRA-tenders-010-630x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Erie-USRA-tenders-010-630x472.jpg 630w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Erie-USRA-tenders-010-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Erie-USRA-tenders-010.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>K-5a completed, and ready for paint&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1010\" href=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/?attachment_id=1010\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1010\" title=\"Erie USRA tenders 008\" src=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Erie-USRA-tenders-008-630x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Erie-USRA-tenders-008-630x472.jpg 630w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Erie-USRA-tenders-008-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Erie-USRA-tenders-008.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Closeup detail of USRA 10K, 16 ton tender, with extended coal boards (per Erie practice) that increased bunker capacity from 16 to 20 tons.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1011\" href=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/?attachment_id=1011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1011\" title=\"Erie USRA tenders 011\" src=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Erie-USRA-tenders-011-630x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Erie-USRA-tenders-011-630x472.jpg 630w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Erie-USRA-tenders-011-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Erie-USRA-tenders-011.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cistern deck and bulkhead detail&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1012\" href=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/?attachment_id=1012\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1012\" title=\"K-5A in progress 001\" src=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5A-in-progress-001-630x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5A-in-progress-001-630x472.jpg 630w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5A-in-progress-001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5A-in-progress-001.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boiler, fresh from the paint booth, with cab lettering applied&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1013\" href=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/?attachment_id=1013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1013\" title=\"K-5A in progress 004\" src=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5A-in-progress-004-630x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5A-in-progress-004-630x472.jpg 630w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5A-in-progress-004-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5A-in-progress-004.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Closeup of tender paint&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-81\" href=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/?attachment_id=81\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-81\" title=\"K-5a 001\" src=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-001-630x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-001-630x472.jpg 630w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-001.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The completed locomotive, on display&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-82\" href=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/?attachment_id=82\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-82\" title=\"K-5a 011\" src=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-011-630x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-011-630x472.jpg 630w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-011-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-011.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Engineer&#8217;s side detail&#8230;note the injector controls, outside of the cab.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-83\" href=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/?attachment_id=83\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-83\" title=\"K-5a 020\" src=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-020-630x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-020-630x472.jpg 630w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-020-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-020.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fireman&#8217;s side, showing Okadee blowdown, water connection from tender to Elesco feedwater heater, separator blowdown funnel, and solid operating rod from cab to whistle (the Erie did not use a pull-chord, but instead opted for a solid steel rod).<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-84\" href=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/?attachment_id=84\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84\" title=\"K-5a 022\" src=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-022-630x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-022-630x472.jpg 630w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-022-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-022.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cistern deck and tender rear&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1014\" href=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/?attachment_id=1014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"K-5a 2935 w_front spoke and sport tender\" src=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/K-5a-2935-w_front-spoke-and-sport-tender-630x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>K-5a #2935 in her role as a suburban commuter locomotive. (<em>image courtesy D.G. Biernacki, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Erie USRA Heavy Pacifics<\/span><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The model was custom built for a high-end RR collector from Japan. The man was an old friend of the late Mr. Katsumi Mokieten of KTM, who was the founder of the company, and\u00a0a builder of brass RR models (this one included)\u00a0that were imported by\u00a0Max Gary. The rebuilding and acquisition of this locomotive was in tribute to his old friend\u00a0&#8220;Katsumi San&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-79\" href=\"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/?attachment_id=79\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This loco started out\u00a0as a Max Gray early 1960&#8217;s import, that was extensively super-detailed\/re-detailed to represent K-5a #2935. as she would have appeared in her 1947 role as a suburban New Jersey commuter locomotive.\u00a0 Loco also sports a custom made, 20-ton USRA tender with extended coal boards, as rebuilt by the Erie&#8217;s Hornell Shops,\u00a0and an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clients-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1022,"href":"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions\/1022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattforsyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}