For a variety of reasons it has been an age since I posted anything. Main reason is slow progress but the mojo has been re harnessed and now that the day job is back to 50% I will be able to model in the mornings and work for money in the afternoons.
So progress with the frames:
I now need to work out where precisely the ATC shoe goes, injector fitting and how the pony truck attaches.
Work has started on the upper bits:
Apologies for the tarnish: I have cleaned a bit since then but it's a thankless task here.
So onto the firebox. I discovered that I didn't have any suitably long screws or studding here and you need these for form the firebox. Gladiator supplies some spacers and I had hoped I would still have some here but I think I have recycled the ones I had. So I made some spaces from tube and 6BA fixings.
The firebox forming was easier than I dared hope. A testament to a well-drawn kit.
The forming spacers were removed by unsoldering the joint between screw and tube.
Then I shaped the front and added the fiddly bits.
Will it re complete by Bristol I wonder? Half a chance I think.