Moving back to the build, there is a rather nicely designed base for the smoke box number plate. Here are the two parts before soldering together.
And after soldering. The folding lugs on the base are shaped to take into account the curve of the door. Clever stuff.
And in place on the door.
And back in the smoke box.
Now back to the chassis starting with the brackets for the brake hangers. Here they are after fitting and after marking the position of the holes for mounting the sand boxes between the middle and rear wheels.
Here are the hangers, yolks and plastic brake shoes during preparation. A length of rod is soldered into the hole in the hanger, then the halves of the shoes are mated over the rod and glue together with super glue. The excess rod is then snipped and dressed back.
Ready for fitting.
And after fitting to the hanger brackets. The sand box has also been fitted after drilling the holes marked out earlier.
And after fitting the yolks and pull rods.
A view from the side.
Next the cab steps. Here's one after soldering, with the five parts for the other laid out.
And the same for the rear steps.
All four ready for fitting.
The cab steps after fitting to the balance pipe casting.
Cheers,
Peter