Neil
Western Thunderer
Since the last photos were taken one of the pair of pugs has come on a bit. Most of the work has been with rattle can (Halfords - Rover applejack) and brush but before painting I had cut out and fixed the scalloped roof edges.
There's still some detailing and painting left to do. One disappointment was that I tried a mock up of a single 1mm square slide bar, there's room in the top of the slot in the cylinder for this, but the crankpin on the front wheel clonked it on every revolution. There seem to be two possible ways to a better chassis, the Branchlines kit seen here under a very nice build at the other place or the Dapol B4 mechanism which looks as though it could fit. However as my aim is to pursue a simpler more basic approach I'm happy to go with what I have.
There's still some detailing and painting left to do. One disappointment was that I tried a mock up of a single 1mm square slide bar, there's room in the top of the slot in the cylinder for this, but the crankpin on the front wheel clonked it on every revolution. There seem to be two possible ways to a better chassis, the Branchlines kit seen here under a very nice build at the other place or the Dapol B4 mechanism which looks as though it could fit. However as my aim is to pursue a simpler more basic approach I'm happy to go with what I have.