Nick Dunhill
Western Thunderer
Here we go on another exciting adventure. I know this build has been covered recently on a thread by Richard Lambert but I had a minor hand in the development of this kit and now it's time to make a couple of them myself.
So far I have found the kit to be wonderful (I have no financial associations, only social, with the Finney7 co-op) and it's by far and away the best kit I have ever made (I've never built an MOK Kit!.) I have a penchant for hidden detail, but looking through the comprehensive instruction booklet it appears my trusty piercing saw will be largely redundant during this one.
First you make a load of sub assemblies....
and then put some bends and overlays in the frames
If you carefully do as instructed it just falls together
One is a commission but the other is for sale. One will represent the loco as running in the 1950s and the other is the choice of the new owner! If anyone is interested in owning the second loco, and has any specific building requirements, get in touch quickly......