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Making use of one of my few remaining Friday afternoons off work I have cracked on with the 47xx body.
It has now been fitted with all the remaining castings (epoxy) and etches (soldered except for the footplate steps under he smokebox which were too fiddly for me.)
The pipe along the right side of the boiler was formed from brass tube, I pinned the cab end onto some 1mm brass rod to hold the two together
This was followed by drilling holes for the handrails.
There are three tasks remaining on the body
> fit boiler hand rail
> add step and steam lance to smokebox door
> add cab details (after painting)
Next will be working on the chassis, it needs slide bars/ motion, brakes and a round bar filing flat then drilling as a mount for the pony truck. We are out with friends this evening, so it will have to wait until tomorrow now.
Once I have the final bits glued on, attention will turn back to my 1998 class 58s to get them finished off before it’s back to the 47xx chassis
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