West Country Conversion to P4 part 1
Just like buses eh?
The Van B Link here needs something to pull it and rather than start on the Finney T9, I've gone for the quicker option. I want to have something ready for Manchester in October.
So this is a (hopefully) straightforward conversion of the Hornby West Country pacific, using 605 Squadron as the donor engine and following the EM Gauge Society manual sheet as the basis of conversion.
First step is to take everything apart. It's quite scary when you get to this stage:
Next bit is to convert the tender as it's easier. I've changed the body it came with for a cut down version. The keeper plate just comes off, you drop out the wheels, put in new ones and put it all together. Took about 10 minutes and didn't have to file anything down. Wheels are from Alan Gibson.
Onto the loco and the first bit to covert is the pony truck. The keeper plate is prised off and replacement wheels inserted after a bit of filing down. I've also taken off the lower part of the ash pan as I'll be replacing this with parts from Albert Goodall (now available from RT Models). The truck has been cut back to a more prototypical shape. The keeper plate needs to be screwed back in, so a couple of holes were drilled and tapped to do the necessary.
The front bogie's been cut in half (mazak I think and it made a mess) but I forgot to take a photo of that.
More to follow next time.
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