While I have been thinking about how to do the next steps on the tender (thanks again to Mike G for the advice)
I have been cracking on with the body
First up the Dapol firebox was removed, it had already been cut at the cab end to clear the new cab front, so. Careful cut along the boiler end, along with using a scalpel to score two lines along the splashes.
Then using the trusty xurons the top was broken. And carefully snapped along the cut line.
Next up a Hornby 8f was dismantled and then hacked up to provide a new firebox. All the lms details have been carved off and filled ready for replacement with gw parts. The photo below sees it test fitted in place .
A little filler will be required to blend the splashed into the bottom of the firebox (given the over width original),
The next job is to add the missing bottom of the boiler, for this I am planning to reuse the bottom of the 8f boiler
Back to the tender, I have soldered in the front and coal scope (both need a lot of cleaning up of my poor soldering). Still really strugelling to get enough heat, so will be ordering a bigger tip rom eilieens ASAP.
Rather than messing around scratch building an accurate coal shoot side, I am thinking of adding a flat top and a scratch built fire iron tunnel, then adding a full load of coal (as per the prototype photo I am working from).
This will be the main job for the weekend
I want to crack on and get the body and tender finished before I get tempted to work on the 42xx when the brassmasters bits arrive next week
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