Tonight saw a little progress on the underframe. The plan is to start with a fairly basic representation with the intention of further improvements later. (As such I'm aware it's on the wrong bogies, and the vac cylinders are on the wrong ends)

New v hangers and separate linkages were added from wire and plastic strip, along with the tanks which were made from lengths of plastic tube

Still need to replace the BR1 bogies with the tempory Hornby 7ft gw ones....

At some point the chassis will be rebuilt with brass section, at which point the battery boxes and vac cylinders will be replaced.

I have also got the paints out to finish off the interior, (not properly located in the body yet.)