Evening all. Haven't put an update on here for a while as I've been out and about at the odd exhibition and finishing off some track work for a friends layout. But I have been slowly making progress on the prairie.
The body's actually quite good I've come to think although there's a fair bit of cutting and carving required.
The new firebox has been formed from the plasticard carcass made from 80 thou and I've added the bands and lifting covers from a mixture of plasticard and white metal parts. This seemed to take a while but I got there eventually.
I've fitted a GWR short safety valve dome bought from Branchlines and a Gibson chimney. The motion bracket plate's been cut down and refitted and the buffers cut off in anticipation of new Gibson ones being fitted. The body's had a soaking in Modelstrip to remove the layers of paint I must have added about 30 years ago.
I've cut the smokebox door off as it wasn't on square. Hopefully I can acquire a new one, maybe from South East Finecast at Expo EM. I've cut the smokebox saddle down ready for the final reassembly.
I've turned my attention to the Comet chassis by having a good long look at it! First observation was that there's a hole missing behind the rear wheel, so that's been added. Gearbox is sorted (High Level) as is the motor, both from the box of useful leftover bits which means I don't have to buy another one for the time being.
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