Klein GeTrein

Solid stainless steel frames for the KgTMb 15Fs, with roller bearing pockets that allow for vertical movement, but no horisontal movement.

Brass smoke deflectors for the KgTMb 15F in Cape Gauge HO:

Just a follow-up on the previous post; the KgTMb 15Fs are photo etched, machined and casted in brass, nickel silver and stainless steel

The KgT Mb 15F in Cape Gauge HO running boards with turbo generator, reversing cylinders and opposite link cover and sandboxes (without lids):

Test fitting detail parts on the KgT Mb 15F in Cape Gauge HO, 1:87:

Getting some HO 15F patterns ready for brass castings. The holes in the firebox are for fitting brass and stainless washout plugs after painting of the firebox and boiler. The cylinders also get stainless end convers, and brass baypass fittings, and finally stainless cladding in 0.1mm sheet:

The EW tender bogie castings of the SAR/SAS Class 23, later used on the Class 15F, carry various cast-in markings. One of them is the small angled “43”. Its meaning is unclear to me, but it’s on the prototype — so it’s on the 1:87 scale model too:

Roof detail on the cab of the KgT Mb SAR 15F in 1:87 scale, in brass:

KgT Mb 15F, 1:87 scale: Stainless steel tyres for the pony trucks, trailing bogies, tenders, and main drywers, precision-machined by master machinist Leon Kamffer. Fabricated to jewellery grade standards and precision micro model engineering at its finest: