That's quite enough work on Class 47s for one week......

So now back to Clan Line.

I've spent the evening working on the rear trailing truck, I started off trying to build it with bearings and pinpoint axles. Unfortunately there didn't appear to be enough space between the frames as they splayed out when the wheelset was fitted. Rather than mess about trying to reduce the axle size I took the alternative option with inside bearings instead which seems to have worked ok. Hopefully it wont affect the running quality.

To re use the Hornby location point, which required drilling out an extra hole and then re-bending the attachment arm in order to get the frame parallel with the track with the wheel in the right place.

Going to leave it there for now, I've worked out how I am going to model the frames now, aiming to get the castings in the new year and rebuilding the Comet frame etch to add the upper flange.

The next job is getting the soldering iron out so that I can start building the front bogie (although until I get on and order another axle from Gibson, I wont actually be able to fit the wheels to it...)

After that its going to be a bit of a wait, as until I get my orders from Masokits & Bill Bedford for the tender chassis and connecting rods respectively there's not a lot more to do.

One other job that is going to need some thinking is how I am going to couple the loco to tender now that the Hornby trailing truck (and the attached loco to tender coupling) has been removed.