I ought to have done some step by step photos, but here are some after the conversion was finished:
Basis was an oddly weathered secondhand Superdetail Hornby Black 5, with rivetted tender and forward top feed, Crownline conversion kit and Brassmasters detailing kit, Gibson bogie wheels, plus a bit of improvisation, or was it scratchbuilding?!
Cheated - using the Crownline etched Timken axle box covers instead of removing the entire axlebox and starting again.....
There are many things I would have liked to have done better........
The etched cab sides aren't quite perfect (windows too small?), and neither are the steampipes.
The tender was slightly damaged when I bought the loco, and I could have used the Crownline Etched overlays.
I wish I'd seen, before I started, the Stanier tender mods proposed (by MuckyDuck?) as this one grates a bit now....
But it captures the essence, and I hope it will look good once painted lined and weathered.
Iain
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