Well, here's the latest update photo.

The metal that Farish used for their A4 bodies... is really tricky to cut. Fortunately, I managed to get it to the right length. (Sorry that the picture doesn't show that... ) At the moment, it's held together with blu-tack just while I wait for my B17 chassis to be chipped.

There's a small amount of metal at the cab end that needs to be removed so that it clears the last set of wheels and pickups.

Also, I need to adjust the body just behind the cut so that it joins together nicely - at the moment, it's a fraction too low.

As for the chassis, well, I need to chop the running plate at the back to separate it from the chassis. Other than that, it seems to just clip on.

Once it's done, I'll need to fit some handrails. And for that, I need some handrail knobs. This could be fiddly. It could be a bit too fiddly.

[And yes, I still haven't stripped the paint. I haven't got round to getting any stripper yet. And I have a feeling that I might need to remove the whistle first...]

[Oh, just as an aside, I've trimmed the Grange boiler to length, and now I need to get some milliput to finish off the boiler, so that it's round all the way round, not missing off the bottom...]