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A1 Models Hunslet cab.

halfwit

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Soldered up the cab next. All fairly straightforward, although care is needed with the sides which needed bending to match the ends and are quite flimsy until the doors are fitted.

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The doors are inset with 2 frame sides which I soldered in place before fitting the doors. Oddly only 2 frames are supplied, enough for one door, so I had to file up 2 out of scrap fret. Not difficult but unnecessary...

Putting the cab and bonnet together on the footplate I noticed that the bonnet top angle and the angle of the front windows don't match.

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I can only assume that the fold lines on the inside of the bonnet are in the wrong place, which would explain why the front of the bonnet didn't match the sides.

So, what to do.

I could unsolder the bonnet and refold it, although straightening and refolding would be very difficult.

I could even try using a resin body kit, either whole or just the bonnet mated to the etched cab and footplate. Hmm...

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buffalo

That's a bit of a b*gg*r :icon_sad: Though maybe it explains the mismatch you showed before between the front piece and the bonnet? If so, it does rather look like the fold lines were in the wrong place.

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halfwit

Thats what I thought. No excuse for it really as its the kind of mis-match that should have been picked up at the test build stage. I would be a shame to scrap the bonnet as the etched detail is actually quite nice...

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BobRowlands

I Have only just read your article today. I was looking for some info on a couple of Judith Edge North British shunters I am building for my Bonninton goods layout.I built a hunslet about 10 years agoI had the same problems but I managed to finish it . A picture of it can be found in Railway Modeller Dec 2004 P 683 and Railway Modeller November 2009 I am still running it today and I have no problems. I used to build MTK kits many years ago as well as some of the early Ks kits so building this was a doddle.

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halfwit

Bob, have you seen Kenton's blog covering one of the Judith Edge North British shunters?

And did you find away around the bonnet/cab mismatch?

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