43xx part 4 - boiler
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The chassis was retrieved from the paint booth and I made the final assembly. I had that nagging feeling I should have done something about the slide bars and cylinders and so it proved. Wheels were reinserted and no problems with the quartering but there just wasn't space between the leading crank pin and the back of the cross head. So dodge number 1, I cut through the cylinder assembly spacer and re set about 1.5mm further apart. Some redundant 00 frame spacers were soldered over the cut with a hole aligned accordingly. I filed the outer edge of the cylinder wrappers down to allow them to fit over the underside of the footplate. I took a little too much off in the end as I'd forgotten about a projecting tab for the steam chest assembly but some plastic strip filed to fit will disguise my botch. I don't think anyone will notice once it's covered with paint. Chassis rolls beautifully which is all that matters and you can't tell that the cylinders are further apart than they should be.
The boiler assembly was absolutely no bother. The firebox was formed around the formers with a piece of tube and the three boiler/smoke box components rolled on my GW models rolling bars. Really impressed that everything fitted first time. The boiler fittings have been trial fitted for the photos and will be glued on with epoxy.
That will be it for a couple of weeks as I'm off on the Coast to Coast walk Saturday so modelling will have to take a back seat to my other hobbies for a change!
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