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I just emailed Bachmann (and then promptly saw this reply) and got the same info. Annoyingly I can't find an appropriate screwdriver, so I'm having to text round anyone who might to find one

Thanks. I've just started to try test running the engine, and I think dust in the motor is stopping it running. Do you know how to get the body shell off?

So, progress has been made, and the model is now just about finished and ready for paint. I managed to remove the plastic lump in the cab. This was done by sawing off the top third of the lump with a hack saw, before sanding the face until the plastic was very/quite thin. I then set about attacking it with a Stanley knife. This left a large hole where the face of the lump used to be. Annoyingly I forgot to take pictures at this point, but for any one who's interested, see James Harrison's post above which shows what it looked like. I then took the back head from the schools kit and modified it to take off the bottom section so as the back head fitted better and so that you can't see the motor behind it. The pictures below show all. The back head protrudes a bit more than I would have liked, but it can't be helped. I now have to wait until the start of next month until I have the money to send it off for re-painting, but that's not too long, so I shan't have to get too impatient

Thanks. Did you have to reduce the cab sides before using the saw or did it fit OK without damaging the cab wall? Also, I think another thank you is in order, as I think it was your build thread here that assured me that this was do-able!

That looks great, you've obviously had more success (or patience) with the running plate than me. One question. Did you remove the plastic lump in the cab and if so may I ask how? Thanks

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Thanks. As I'm making this as bit of fun (and have a miniscule budget!), I probably won't add a dome to the engine as I prefer the class without the domes. If I was trying to do a exact 'how it could have been' model I would, but this is more something for my enjoyment so I'm not planning to. I wish I had the ability to do all that! A names not a bad idea, I like the idea of 'Spirit of Sturrock'. I'll have a think...

I just have thanks. It's very good and also nice to know that I'm not the only one attempting this! It's also got me thinking about an M7 - G5 conversion, but that's another story. Oh, and below I've included a drawing to illustrate how the lined BR black will look on the loco (my thanks goes out to 69843 for providing the drawing). The splasher isn't lined but will be on the model:

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Thanks guys. And yes I will Will. I might even get round to making up that scrap wagon and bring that up. I wonder what people would say...

Right, an update. I have started adding parts from the Dapol Schools kit, and as such the engine now has a smoke box door, coal chute, dummy screw link coupling and a vacuum pipe. The smoke box door was the hardest to fit as it had to be cut down to size. After creating a cardboard template, I discovered (thankfully) that the hole for the smoke door was exactly the same size as the central section of the door I was using. This meant that I could just cut around the edge of that section, giving a near perfect circle. This was then sanded to get rid of the moulded number plate and a ridge on the door. It was finally cemented into the hole using a piece of blutac to put it in place so that it would go in level. These pics show the door and the buffer beam detail from the schools. The tender was tackled by taking the coal chute section of the kit and the tender step which were cut down to the right width and, in the case of the step, cut down so that only the step face remained. These were then cemented in place so that the chute (while looking quite high) is in roughly the same place as on the prototype. Also, a pair of tender steps were added to try and represent those of the prototype The next job will be to remove the plastic lump in the cab so that I can add the back head

Thanks for the compliment Possibly. For now, it'll be left as it is and can be added later

YES!!!!! What a good idea!!! Thanks

Nope, I just prised it off with a Stanley Knife. I still have it in the loft. It's gone cross eyed

Right, sorry about the lack of updates but I'm really bad at getting round to this sort of thing! As the pictures below show, I've remover the face off the model, sanded down the running plate (which was quite a bit more difficult around the cylonders than I anticipated), reprofiled the cab and sanded away the moulded coal rails. Once again I apologise for the photo quality The cab The tender The engine in general

My workbench spans many years at this point, though admittedly not a huge number of projects considering the time period (due to my slow work nature!), so here's a brief list of what's here: BR Stirling Single (below) BR Sentinel Railcar Hornby 4 Wheel Coaches mods/repaints Sharpish Stewart Industrial from Electrotren 0-6-0 3D Printed Crane Tank Freelance Pugbash 0-6-0 'Griffin' Static RH&DR No.8 'Hurricane' on LNER Rectank Hornby/Bachmann Ivatt 2MT Hybrid Kernow GWR 1361 Industrial Conversion M&GN Class A Rebuild from a Hornby Adams Radial Sharp Stewart Long Boiler 0-6-0 Attempt 2 BR Stirling Single I start by saying that rule one applies here, yes I know the Stirling Singles didn't last anywhere near this long Anyway, this is my new project to create a half decent model of a Stirling Single from the Bachmann Thomas and Friends model of 'Emily'. It'll basically involve removing the face (obviously), filing down the running plate on the loco, re profiling the cab, and adding a smokebox door, back head, tender coal chute and details from a Dapol 'Schools' kit. It'll then be finished in BR mixed traffic black as number 62835 with a Doncastor 36a shedplate Below are a couple of pictures of the model as bought, I apologise for the qualtiy.