Hi everyone...

I managed to get a little more work done yesterday.

Having placed the extra added detail that I am putting into the body of the K2, it means that I really needed to have a look at all of the valve gear as I really wasn't happy with it. It works well enough with the working reverser etc, but I was never going to be happy with the look of it, so I have started to take it apart, piece by piece, detailing each piece, chemically blackening them, and then replacing them on the rolling chassis.

here is a before and after..

The main part that has been worked on so far is the eccentric rod, which has been thickened by double by soldering onto a piece of scrap nickel, then filed down, but more importantly, I have added a forked joint onto the expansion link, as per prototype, and the return crank end has been reprofiled. I still need to put a cork on the return crank end, but I want to drill the hole using a pillar drill so that will have to wait until next I am at WMHQ.

The return crank has been 'beefed up' and a little detail added, though it still needs a little more attention. Hopefully the rods will look as good as the rest when it is done..

JB.