That'll look nice in lined green with a copper cap on the chimney.  But seriously (sorry, I was being serious anyway) that is a most impressive job Al.

Thanks, Mike!

Not a perfect job by any means but it ticks a few boxes for me in that it's got valve gear and apart from one or two fiddly bits, no glue went near it!

Looks good Al .

Could you not let it run for while to see if it loosens up rather than

do a strip down as a first option ?

As Mike said , lined green ( olive ? ) would look good .

Thanks all. I certainly won't be rushing in to make any adjustments.

I made that mistake already, on the Branchlines City of Truro. For some reason it began to run lumpily, and I made the error of taking off the coupling rods and opening up the clearances, before asking myself why the problem had suddenly manifested itself, if the loco used to run well. It turned out that the quartering of the outside cranks had shifted, probably due to exessive force when cleaning the wheels, and in fact there was nothing wrong with the coupling rods. But, by the time I realised this, I'd ruined the rods! I had to order a new set from Branchlines, which I only got around to reinstalling last week. The moral is, think twice, before opening up clearances!