Looks great Peter. I like watching your attention to detail.
I'm hoping it's the camera but the smoke box door hinge seems to be out of true.
Hi Peter,
Looking at it in the flesh, it is OK. Thanks again for querying it, as it's better to know now than when it's painted.
I only had a short spell at the bench due to family commitments, and was also distracted playing with my new lathe (see my other thread).
Anyway, here's an underside view of the pony truck showing the added details. I did in fact use the lathe to turn some brass rod for the spring mounting, but overlooked to take a photo before it was all soldered in place. To be honest, if wasn't the best bit of turning you'll ever see but it was a start.
This is an earlier view showing the "basic" pony truck as provided by the kit parts plus the added axle boxes and keeps, but before replacing the springs and hangers and adding the stretchers and dummy side control spring.
At the rear end I made and added the missing rear tank support brackets to the frames above the bogie.
With the body on, they are not so obvious but can be seen.
By rights, there should be two buffer beam support brackets between the frames and the beam, but adding them will foul the nut securing the buffer head and prevent its compression. I'll think about that.
And a confession. The bend in the cab step back plate is incorrect. I've got the vertical bend too high up as it should be just above the upper step. However, with the balance pipe and injector and pipes in place, if will be a mare to correct so I'm leaving it. Just a few more bits and Bob's to finish it off externally.
In the cab, I'm thinking of plagiarising some of Nick Dunhill's work with cab floor boards and gauge glasses, but they may be wasted on such an enclosed cab. We'll see.
To possibly distract me further, my two Maxon motors and ABC gearboxes for the Finney A3 and Finney 7 A4 arrived today, so I may go off on a tangent and get them fitted, at least to the A4 so I can bring it to Doncaster for a buzz around the test track.
Cheers,
Peter