Now that the control panel is completed, it's back to the assembly of the bodywork

I've screwed the footplate to a lump of 4 x 1 in the bench vice to hold it steady and located the cab end in place. A square was used to judge that this was roughly vertical, but at this stage I was most concerned with getting the bottom edge aligned with the edge of the buffer beam.

A few tacks of solder hold the plate in place. I had previously scribed a couple of lines in place to make sure I located this centrally (just about visible in the photo).

Here I've tacked the bonnet and cab front in place....

....and then given it a good blast from the mini-blowtorch to get the solder to flow nicely into the joints.

The first of the side sheets in position - I initially just tacked this in place half way up the vertical joints to allow the sheets to be adjusted (bent) for the final fit.

A bit more brutal heating from the blowtorch and the solder flows along the joints with minimal cleaning up of solder to do (which is nice).

Current state of play. It's really starting to look like a Barclay now.