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The plan last night was for some painting, followed by the completion of the soldering on the tender.
I started with the painting, the chassis was sprayed Halfords Satin Black while the body was sprayed in Halfords Rover Brooklands Green. Unfortunately the latter ran out half way through so I need to buy more before I can finish it off. I will also need to have a look at how best to angle paint onto the model, as I am struggling to get coverage of a couple of areas behind detail (lower firebox behind the sandbox linkage and boiler behind the pipe). Hopefully I will make it to Halfords today or tomorrow to buy more.
While the paint dried It was back upstairs to the workshop and onto the soldering, starting with the assembly of the tender steps before soldering them onto the tender chassis behind the valance. This was another of those areas I found rather poorly designed, as it was tricky getting the soldering iron into the gap behind the step to apply heat. Far better would either have been further tab and slot, or fitting to the valance before soldering in place. I find it a bit odd that the frames were fitted with tab and slot yet nothing else followed the same approach, despite it being more suitable…
Once I was happy with the final positioning of the steps the second assembly was to solder up the raised platform on the front of the tender, this still needs to be soldered into position on the chassis.
With the soldering finished for the moment, I made a start fitting the castings to the tender chassis (which is now fully fitted with axleboxes and springs). This is now ready for cleaning and a coat of etch primer.
The final job was to fit the top valance to the tank, I started by removing circa 0.5mm from the bottom of the bulkhead which had been etched too large (presumably a mistake in the material allowance for the fold given the removal is mentioned in the instructions). Once I had a good match, the etched top plate was glued to the resin tank with Epoxy and put to one side to dry.
The final job was to reassemble the chassis, it should be an easy job but unfortunately I am having issues getting the Markits wheels back on square.
Updated Plan:
Tonight – Detail the tender, refit the gearbox and pony truck to chassis + ensure wheels are square, prime tender, paint inside frames red
Tomorrow- Buy more green paint so that body and tender can be sprayed green
Friday – Build Cylinders, aim to test run
Weekend – Paint black on loco / tender, final detailing and assembly
Still need to buy:
Replacement isolated wheels for one side
4707 etched plate
DCC Decoder
Crankpin nut retaining washers / replacement crankpins
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