Hello.
I think its time for an update. I havent got that much to talk about this time really apart from a little bit of work I have done on my Lord Nelson Ebay purchase. The initial intentions were to do a little bit of tweaking to it then repaint it into something a bit more appropriate to my modelling era then move onto the next thing. Of course me being me, it hasnt quite worked out like that...
This is what the underside of the tender originally looked like and I wasnt that happy with the solid chassis as it was that representative of the prototype. With this in mind added to a corner of my next test etch I added some bits to make a proper set of bogies for it....
They didnt exactly go together according to my first ideas bit I managed to get a pair of bogies out of the etches. The lesson I learnt from it is not to rush etches through without really checking them. I finished off the bogies yesterday at Ally Pally and made the bogie pivots today on the lathe. Of course when testing the bogies under the tender for fit I then found out that the model was 2mm too wide according to the drawings I have so there was only one thing for it...
Chop the whole thing apart and rebuild! There is still work to do on the tender and then the engine is next in line, fingers crossed it wont need as much work as the tender...!
Missy
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