Standard Eight - 2nd time round
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Way back in the mists of time (2007) I built my first BR Standard "neverwazza" the 8F 2-8-0 that was in the 1956 build programme but never made it into metal
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8690&hilit=+93xxx
It has run successfully on Summat Colliery ever since and always provokes a reaction when folks clock the number and count the wheels etc. However, it's tender drive makes it tricky to add sound to and as the only remaining tender drive loco in the operating fleet it's days were numbered.
So, on to MKII - I had a spare loco drive 8F chassis, bought some Railroad 9F cylinders and valve gear. Bringing them together gave this:
The original plan was to make a new loco and tender chassis and use the original bodyshells - quick job. However last night I spotted a Bachmann 73xxx body on eBay, so I bought it. The 5MT was always the better option as the boiler matches the weight diagram for the Standard Eight - it would also make better sense in the "standard" scheme of things to use an existing boiler/cab/running plate 
So, now I'm making a complete new loco, do I sell the original or keep it for posterity?
UPDATE:
Here's the chassis with one side of the valve gear attached 
The location point should be right where the gear shaft is on the 8F chassis! I drilled a small hole just ahead of the bearing slot and shaped the stub of the plastic "weighshaft" to fit. Then I softened it with Plastic Magic and bent the whole thing into position - it's remarkably rigid, just got the other side to do then that's the chassis more or less done.
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