Blog- Kelvinbank, a Caledonian Railway project. - CR Diagram 11A CCTs part 2

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<p><span style='color: rgb(40,40,40)'><span style='font-family: Helvetica'>A useful week, both chassis up and running so on to the bodies. </span></span><br /><span style='color: rgb(40,40,40)'><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><br />My first concern was the buffers. The whitemetal ones supplied are ok, but they are solid and they don’t have a footstep. Magnifying the best available picture of the D11a I am sure that they did have a welded on footstep. So I opted to use a L+Y buffer which is very close in shape to the CR one and solder a footstep to it. More solid than the whitemetal one, and of course it will give me working buffers.</span></span><br /><span style='color: rgb(40,40,40)'><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><br />Here is one in progress.</span></span><br /><span style='color: rgb(40,40,40)'><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><br /></span></span><br /><span style='color: rgb(40,40,40)'><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><br />The body itself just requires handrails, door handles and lamp irons. A coat of grey primer shows the odd spot that needs a bit of fettling. </span></span><br /><span style='color: rgb(40,40,40)'><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><br /></span></span><br /><span style='color: rgb(40,40,40)'><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><br />Lastly I spent a happy evening making the safety chains. </span></span><br /><span style='color: rgb(40,40,40)'><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><br /></span></span><br /><span style='color: rgb(40,40,40)'><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><br />Well, off to the paint shop. </span></span></p><div id='attach_wrap' class='rounded clearfix'>

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