Seriously, when I get some photos where you can actually see what it is I'm photographing, and not just a blur, I'll post them. If I get chance, I'll have a go tomorrow.

All being well, the chassis itself won't need much work (if any), as I'll be keeping the footplate/running board. Partially because it saves hacking... I mean carefully removing the undersized and wrongly placed splashers off the one in the kit. Partially because the boiler/firebox/cab assembly comes off separately. Partially because it stops me worrying about what the cylinders attach to, and partially because it has the reversing rod as part of it, and that's a lot better than the one in the kit.

The question of whether I'll keep the cab and firebox (and just separate the boiler) is a good one, and is something I'm considering, if only because it avoids the vexed question of clearances...

But seriously, when I say one halfway acceptable photo, I mean, one photo where you can tell that it's a Mink C, and not just a grey blob.