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I've had a little time between the layout work to progress the Aspinall saddle tank, aided by the 2 days demonstrating at the BRM show in Peterborough, and took some photos this morning in the decent light.
The first one shows the basic chassis, milled frames and rods, and general battleship construction. I'm not compensating or springing this one.
The next three show some details on the chassis - Laurie Griffin brake hangers, shoes and spreaders, and Warren Shephard springs.
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I had a little play last night with the buffers. The stocks come as brass turnings, which are fine as far as they go. Except that they are round (they should be clipped top) and they have no details (there should be 5 bolts securing the buffers to the beam). The first part was easy, the flat could be filed on the stock. There second problem is a little trickier. Time to live up to my moniker
I needed a jig first of all if I was going to drill the holes, and I came up with the idea o
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And just for Ressaldar and 28ten, here's one I made earlier Great minds etc.
Still awaiting final detailing and painting, and yes, it's a fantastic kit.
Richard
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After a furious bout of layout building I have returned to my workbench for a rest.
I am assuming that my layout Heyside will be on the exhibition circuit next year, and I have identified 3 locomotives that I need to assist in setting the location - on the Oldham Loop just up the road from New Hey. They are an Aspinall 0-6-0 saddle tank, an Aspinall A class 0-6-0 tender loco and a 2-6-0 Horwich Crab. I'm starting with the easiest first, the saddle tank, which started out as a Chowbent
