Last night, while out of our little group, I fitted the brakes to the locomotive chassis . The etchings were fairly basic so I added a representation of the bolt holding the brake block on by drilling each brake block and soldering a length of .45 wire through the hole. Also, while the kit included a etching for the rigging which joined the brake hangers together, it didn't include anything to represent the pull rods from under the cab. I ended up using some scrap etch from the chassis to at least but something in the right place. It took most of the evening but the result was 4 brakes and the rigging fitted.

Returning home (late) I put the loco on the track and much to my surprise/relief the whole lot did not short out.

David