Phil Harding
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Hi all, first post but have been reading others for a while.
The YouTube link is to my Star, named Princess Charlotte after my granddaughter. It's a Scorpio kit modified to correct the wheelbase, with a Maxon/ABC power unit, Zimo decoder and Slater's brass and plastic hornblocks down each side with split axles. I machined the wheel castings from Mark Wood without insulation. The four cylinder valve gear fully works, made from scratch, or acquired castings from very helpful fellow modellers. Most of the whitemetal castings from the kit were used as masters for locally made brass castings. The chassis bolts together using over 40 x 14BA nuts and screws, so it can all be stripped down if required. A few bits still left to fit, I need to source some mud hole covers as the bits in the box were just blobs of white metal. Number plates, outside steam pipes etc still to be done as well as LA shed code on the valence. I may have made some errors as I normally model the Southern west of Exeter.
Phil.
Phil.