More pastes! This is my first working brass model and a kit bash to boot. It does work but I have a new cahassis ready becasue I want to make it run better.

Tender doors? Not many pics with it on James, plus in real live they were not always on.

Paint messy in places, had a drama with it because it is a gloss, I hate gloss paint as a base, but it is good enough for me for now, maybie with varnidshes and washes I can fix it later.

I haven't weathered James yet, brake dust and running plate gray etc, the funel is plonked on because of smoke gen so might be abit 'off' in some pics. The boiler and dome however ARE off, had a problem when building it so the angles are dodgy, luckily though you will only see it in some pics. Oh yeah, the safety valves are bent aswell, no ones perfect!

Runs ok, good enough as you seen by the test vid' before.

Haven't put balance weights on because I can't see any on the real loco, plus the kit had none so unless I find out later, it has none. Class 27's are a different story apparently. Also the Hughes Class 28 had 5' 1" wheels, I've bashed mine to have 5' 6" wheels as Wilbert Awdry said. (Wander if the real James did, Si'?) I've also reshaped the cab windows and the splashers, the 4 stand alone splashers are completely scratch built, plus lots of other things mensioned before in the threads. Still need to make a face or 50. This model isn't perfect by any means, but it's my 1st brass soldering kit and it works and it is a kit bash, so I'm bloody happy enough!

Extra boiler band to what you are used to seeing also.

Still needs worksplates, anyone help?

So without further adoo (spelling?) may I present to the world:

NWR#5 THE REAL JAMES

YEAH!