I was going to prime things over the weekend, but Life sort of had other plans. Nothing to worry about, it was just I went off and did something more interesting and slightly less messy instead.
My goal today was to tick off a couple more items on the snagging list.
First, do some minor adjustments to a pair of the Slater's knuckle couplers. The twisted wire represents the fine chain you can see on various end photos. The outer ends of two vehicles have been assigned the full drawbar detailing mojo.
Taking careful heed to turn my reference photo upside down to match my work piece, here is the van end of the composite brake.
Back up the right way, and that looks reasonable. There’s sufficient slack in the "chains" to allow the coupling hook to be pulled out against its spring so other non-buckeye vehicles might be attached. It’ll be a right fiddle, and I don’t suppose it’ll ever happen, but it would be possible. The loco end, though, well, that’s another kettle of fish.
This is the outer end brake third. I reckon that looks okay. A good dose of grime under there and all will be well.
Having consulted again with the client, I will be leaving well alone on the other drawbars. No extra slotting required, as the client will do the necessary to allow fitting of the semi-permanent couplings he’s having made. That’s all good, because I can fit dummy buckeyes for the portrait session at the end of the job.
At the end of last week I measured up all the windows. It would seem that there’s a lot of panels the same size, but when you get down to it one or two odd sizes sneak in when you’re not looking! Hopefully I shall be able to cut out the glazing without too much wastage. I may make up little ziplock baggies for each coach to store the glazing in until it’s time to fit. Incidentally, can anyone give accurate info on which compartments were non-smoking? I can only find one drawing in the King book that clearly shows such info.
Oh, just remembered! I need to tidy up the body side and end joins. That’s my next job, then.