Now the carnival is over and almost a week of not being near the bench. I managed to get the brakes for the loco sorted out.

The hangers to my mind were too wide so I narrowed them a bit. I also had to move where they are hung. I also had to make up the linkage for the hand and power brake. You will see this in the photos. I am thinking of lining the shoes with plasticard one to close up the gap and the other to stop shorts.

I also had to improvise the brake pulls as there is nothing in the kit. These may well of been with the castinggs that are not around any more.

I then went back to the cylinders, crossheads, etc. As it was I did not have enough room for things to rotate. I for ease moved the slide bar casting out a tiny bit. This actually made the slide bars a better fit on the motion bracket, so whether it was my remake of the cylinders slightly out or the casting of the motion bracket. But the net result is I have the crossheads flying back and forth and the wheel rotating with nether meeting when they should not. I have for some reason got a tight spot which needs one axle bush moving the tiniest amount. I will do this when I next strip down the frames. I have been messing with the footplates such as the are to check the fit of it all so far. I still need to join all the valve gear together.

I am actually struggling with inspiration on this build at the moment. Hopefully the mojo will come back, might need to do a wagon or something easy to finish.

Lets see how it goes tomorrow, I may be more inspired if I get some decent time at the bench.