A fair amount of fettling got the boiler to a decent fit around the splashers. I also enlarged and elongated the holes for the washout plugs, soldered a piece of scrap brass behind them and then drilled this with a hole into which a tiny length of nickel silver about .8mm square was soldered to form the bolt.

I adjusted the upper part of the frames to match the drawings and the boiler length by taking them off, re-drilling and positioning the handrails and then putting them back on again. I then soldered the front the boiler into position. The solder has taken a fair bit of cleaning up but I'm quite happy with the result.

I've just made up the cylinder covers. I found trying to bend the curves impossible even after softening the brass by heating on the gas hob and dunking in water. I was able to make the rear curve, but the front one ultimately broke off after one to many attempt. I ended up using a short length of brass tube and cutting a quarter section out of it and soldering in place. I'm not satisfied with the fit yet but I'll have another go tomorrow if I get the chance.

Can anyone give me any advise on the handrail knobs? I presume I should use short ones of the smokebox and medium ones down the boiler, or does it need long ones? The photographs seem to show the handrail was straight and parallel with the boiler with no kinks of bends in it.

David