Last night I was able to carry out a little work on the boiler for the now named 'Rathbone'. I was able to find a picture of a De Winton 0-4-0 as a reference and then built the details up using brass, plasticard, wire and some Airfix 14xx loco pickups. The scrap box also yielded parts for a regulator and gauge glass. It still needs some more bits adding but I think it’s beginning to look the part. The pipes hanging down from the boiler also locate the boiler in the chassis locking it in position. Next task is to build some nameplates and begin some of the rivet detail; there is also a small issue of connecting the working cylinder up to the boiler with out having to remove some of the pipes.

Comments welcome

Best

Tim