Well I've switched back to the body work. I needed some 12BA bolts to finish the brakes. I was going to pick some up from the Preston show this weekend but it's been cancelled, so the bolts are in the post somewhere.

I covered a little bit on the cab platework in the previous RMweb thread, basically the cab roof supplied in the kit is a white metal casting which although there is nothing wrong with it per se, I felt that I'd struggle to get the characteristic roll on the cab side sheets using the bits supplied. So I replaced the cab side sheets but this also meant making up a new roof from nickel silver and devising some method for making it removable to fit the cab detail and crew. I've not done a cab roof this way before so it'll be interesting to see how it lasts but this was what I came up with.

First cut out a piece of 16thou nickel to size, run it through a set of rollers to fit.

Then on the underside on the right I fitted a couple of tabs to slot under the side sheet, on the left hand side a couple of lengths of small brass rod slightly overlapping the edge of the roof.

So fitting the roof involves sliding the tab side under the cab side sheet.

The other side drops down onto the other cab side sheet.

With a little downward pressure the roof snaps into position.

A few strips of angles brass for rain strips hides the joint quite nicely. The roof is quite firmly held in position.

I'll have to see how successful it's been after it's had a coat of paint.