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7108119clamp and the wrappers in place with 00-90 screws temporarily(Photo 8). Photo 9 shows a side view of one wrapper inplace with 00-90 screws in the handrail holes.With the screws holding the wrappers in place I was ableto bend the ends around to the rear (Photo 10), then trim andsolder the two wrappers together. I cheated in that I soldereda piece of strip brass over the seam in the center rather thanunderneath the seam as Bob had suggested (Photo 11).Back at the front I cut strips of 0.5” and 0.25” wide 0.032”thick brass to fit tightly between the angle clamps holding thewrapper ends around the tender’s water legs. I removed the00-90 screws at the bottom and soldered a strip in place andthen worked my way up the front removing screws and solderingas I went. Once I had all the horizontal strips in place I ransome solder between the wrapper and the angles for goodmeasure (Photo 12).The last bit of wrapper work was to solder a bead on thetop edge of the wrapper and install the handrails. I made thebeading using 0.020” straight brass wire and my makeshiftresistance soldering gun using soldering paste. The trick is toget the wire attached straight to the inside edge of the waterleg and then work your way around the lip slowly. Once thebeading was done and joined at the back, I removed the00-90 screws from the handrail holes and reinstalled the factoryhandrails (Photo 13).The final details were installing a small water hatch andmaking a backup light and bracket which the PRR tender didnot have.Paint and DecalsI primed both the engine and tender with grey auto primerfrom an aerosol can. After this was dry to the touch I airbrushedeverything with a mixture of 50% Floquil GrimyJuly/Aug ’09 - O Scale Trains • 25