I only have 3 more Friday afternoons before changing jobs and having to work a full Friday, so I have been making the most of it.
The first job as was to finish off the clyinders, first up the castings were added (glued into place with superglue), before soldering the crosshead to a pin through the drive rod. In order to secure the pin I used a piece of etch offcut drilled with a 0.8mm hole soldered in position (rather than the supplied nut which I lost in the carpet!)
With this finished, it was time to start painting!
First up the tender chassis and sub chassis were sprayed black, this was followed by giving the loco body and tender body a coat of Rover Brooklands Green. The paint dried almost instantly (despite the cold air), so after checking the tender and noticing a couple of marks on the tender where I hadn't got complete coverage.
So it was straight back outside to add another coat of paint, all was going well when the tender body popped off the paint handle and fell onto the grass. Fortunately after cleaning a few flecks of mud off one end, I was able to quickly wipe it down and then respray the top coat. The paint is now drying before hopefully spraying the black tomorrow. I am not looking forward to trying to mask the sides of the splashers, especially those behind the sandbox / reverse linkages!
The final task was to make a start on reassembling the model, first replacing the motor (this time adding the final drive gear). Annoyingly I have missed a spacer off the first gear (which allows it to side out of engagement with the worm). I have some Peco fiberglass washers that I am planning to cut and fit in order to keep the motor engaged, however for the moment being able to isolate the motor is rather handy. This was followed by reattaching the con rods (using wire insulation to hold in place.)
Tomorrow's task is to spray the black, add pickups to the left hand side and wire up the motor. At which point I can finally give the loco some testing. Once that is done I need to buy those washers so I can secure the con rods into position.
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