Rear truck mk2

Thanks to Dave Holt for sending me some photos showing the rear truck & cab area, I've set about trying to correct the position of the rear truck. In my last post on this it looked much too low, partly this was as a result of me fitting the spacer washer on the wrong side of the mounting arm (meaning that it wasnt lowering the truck). I also remounted the sideframes a little higher, so that they were better located.

Looking at the attached photos it still looks like there is a bit too much space above it. I think this might be in part a result of the compromises Hornby had to make in order to get the truck to go round toy curves, as again in comparison with Dave's photos it looks like the bottom of the part above the truck (firebox?) is at too sharp an angle, and the bottom 5mm from the side of it are missing. This will all be added from plasticard when I start working on the cab mounting brackets, frames and headstock (though I dont really want to start working on this until I have got it to a state where I dont have to take the body off again (i.e. once the valve gear/con rods are fitted and its been tested & DCCed.) Lack of a DC controller is still holding up progress, on this front as it still hasnt been tested.