More progress
A quick update on this project, which has not been one of my happiest. It has fought me all the way, the latest being that the Mashima motor seems to have died. I'm going to do what I usually do, which is exactly what I promised not to do, that is to leave it for a bit and do something else. I have to do this before the hammer comes out. It's a shame because I can see the potential in it. As the photo shows the rods are finished, the slide bars / motion plate assembly is straightened out and the broken bits resoldered.The rolling chassis runs quite sweetly with no tight spots, and the pickups and wiring have been fitted. Once the motor has been sorted/ replaced I will probably strip down the body to bare metal. Quite a few bits have to be fitted, and some missing bits fabricated.I have already removed the buffers as the previous owner replaced the supplied cast buffers with spring ones, however the backs of these foul the steps which need to be removed and some metal removed from the back of the castings as they are not flush with the running plate at the moment. I will get there in the end, but I think it would have been easier to build the kit from new.
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