Heather Kay
Western Thunderer
Thanks everyone! The news isn’t all good, but it’s not getting worse. Save for ankles swelling up like barrage balloons.
Which is why I have illustrated the workbench in this iPad digital zoomed and rubbish image from the relative comfort of my sofa. I’m simply too lazy to stand up and do it while I can have my feet up for a bit!
Prairie work has been slow. Yesterday and today I fought the cab. For whatever reason, these loco kits are designed with gaps in the cab front where the backhead sits. Without something bunging the gaps up, the casting would just fall through the hole. I was going to be really clever and make a neat folded-up filler, but gave up. It wouldn’t fit, and the backhead would still be miles out. In the end, I made a brass sheet plate that plugged the gap. It’s a bit like a brass tombstone at the moment. Having not-quite-lost that battle, I then installed the half-etch rivet strips along the bottom of the tanks. I might get to adding further cab detail tomorrow, and then fitting the bunker overlays.
Which is why I have illustrated the workbench in this iPad digital zoomed and rubbish image from the relative comfort of my sofa. I’m simply too lazy to stand up and do it while I can have my feet up for a bit!
Prairie work has been slow. Yesterday and today I fought the cab. For whatever reason, these loco kits are designed with gaps in the cab front where the backhead sits. Without something bunging the gaps up, the casting would just fall through the hole. I was going to be really clever and make a neat folded-up filler, but gave up. It wouldn’t fit, and the backhead would still be miles out. In the end, I made a brass sheet plate that plugged the gap. It’s a bit like a brass tombstone at the moment. Having not-quite-lost that battle, I then installed the half-etch rivet strips along the bottom of the tanks. I might get to adding further cab detail tomorrow, and then fitting the bunker overlays.