The results of a couple of weeks off (in between doing proper holidays of course) has seen a bit of progress on the T9.

I said the splashers were complicated. They're even harder if you try and attach them upside down which I did. So the coupling rod splashers had to be taken off and re-done. The actual wheel splashers went on reasonably ok and the cab just slotted together.

I had a bit of a problem when it came to trimming back the footplate. It snapped at the join with the valence jig, meaning I've had to solder in a couple of replacement pieces of footplate (both sides went the same way) but that said, I don't think the join is that noticeable.

Some pipes have been added to the valence sides just below the footplate and parts of the valence jig have already been cut away. The whole things stays in place until the boiler goes on.

Anyway, all in all a satisfying bit of progress. I've even managed to do this update on the ipad which is progress of a different sort. If a 7 year old can do it then why not me!