More work has been done on the pair. The n.g. loco now has its bonnet fitted and I've fitted the reinforcement strips to the botom of the frame sides, these were cut from .008" x .040" brass strip (from Eileens Emporium) and sweated in place. On those the axlebox gaurds are soldered, first by tinning the back of the gaurd then sweating in place. I left a tag on the gaurds to give me something to hold with self gripping tweezers to make positioning easier. A couple of pics;

This made life a lot easier.

I've also made up the steps. I soldered them up using 188 degree solder planning to fit them to the frames using 145 degree, however after struggling with the first one and managing to unsolder the steps I've decided to fit the rest with superglue. You can see one step fitted to the EM loco below. The buffers on this one are Gibsons with the base filed from square to rectanguler. Handrails (.5mm rod) and sandpipes (.7mm rod) are now fitted to both locos. Door handles are .33mm brass wire. The white blocks on the EM chasis are for mounting the brake shoes which are from a Peco 'Fitted Stock Set' accessory pack, picked up from an exhibition. Not quite the right size or pattern and made from a bendy plastic which is proving difficult to glue...

A pic of the EM body and chassis;

And a shot of the n.g. loco in its current state, note the plates between the top of the bufferbeams and the bonnet front and cab rear;

Holes have been drilled in the bonnets of both locos for the exhaust, which will be 1mm thin wall tube, and the radiater and fuel tank fillers.