Project Advent has gone on hold for a day or so as I wait for some electrical connectors to arrive so I have turned my attention back to the Ivatt. More fettling of the chassis has got it running smoothly and I have filed the backs off the return cranks so they lie in the right direction.
The next item on the agenda, given I propose using the tender weight to hold the rear of the engine down, was to construct a suitable robust drawbar at the right height so the front of the tender hangs off the back of the loco. This I also managed to do this evening and the whole assembly seems to run OK up and down my very short workbench track. I will take it for a slightly longer stretch on Daisy Sidings tomorrow evening at the EMGS area group meeting and see how it performs there. A couple of photos attached.
Nigel
