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Tap the hole in part U39 10 BA, so that the smokebox and boiler can be screwed together. Now check the fit of the
boiler/smokebox to the firebox and saddle. Form the ejector exhaust pipe from 1.0mm wire and attach using parts U50
through the slots in the boiler together with part BR18. Leave it over length as it passes through the cab front the rear. Add
the boiler handrails from 0.45mm wire.
SECTION 17: CAB
Solder the cab floor (part C2) to the cab floor support (part C1). Add the washout plugs from 0.5mm square wire.
Now form the bend between the cab sides and the cab front (part C5). To do this, first scribe, with a sharp point, the fold
lines (make them quite deep) on the inside. The lines run from the slots in the projections at the top and bottom. File off the
marking projections when satisfied and make the folds between the sides and front to match the cab floor. Solder the
spectacle window frames (part C6) in place on the inside. Solder the inner cab window layer (part C10) in place aligning the
small holes for the cab side windscreens (part C14). Solder the sliding window frame (part C11) over part C10 before breaking
off the rear piece along the etched line. The outer window layer (part C12) which retains the sliding window (part C13)
cannot be fixed until painting and glazing are complete.
Solder part C7 inside the rear edge of the cab sides and solder the cab handrails in place. Assemble the cab seats and fix in
place. Form the bend in the cab front and solder the cab sides and cab front to the cab floor. Decide on which fall plate you
require and fit as shown in Fig.25. The tabs on the hinged fall plate (part C3) are folded down and fit in the slots in the cab
floor to give a hinge effect. Form part C8 to shape and solder in place in the slots in the cab front. Solder the safety valves
(part BR11) in place in the holes in part C8.
Anneal the hinges on the cab doors (part C9), by heating in a flame and bend to shape around a 0.45mm piece of wire. The
hinge pins have been made too long so that they can be bent over to stop the doors falling off!
Fold up the back, front and central roof rib of part C15, to give a solid base upon which to build the removable cab roof. Roll
the cab roof, interior detail, and ventilator parts to shape. Solder part C17 in place, on the inside of the roof, as shown in
Fig.22, before soldering the roof in place on the former assembly. Complete by adding the ventilator parts and rain strips
(part C18). Now using a Carborundum disc in a mini-drill cut through the unwanted part of the former and snap off the
redundant parts along the etched lines. The edges of the formers will now need cleaning up.
SECTION 18: FINAL ASSEMBLY AND DETAILING
Now permanently attach the cab/firebox/boiler/smokebox to the footplate by fixing the smokebox to the saddle and bolting
the footplate to the cab. It may be possible to arrange a non-permanent fixing to the saddle to make painting the model
easier but care will be needed in handling the footplate once the redundant material is removed. Remove this unwanted
material in the same way as for the cab roof.
Solder the mechanical lubricators (parts BR16) in position as shown in Fig. 23. Thread parts M46 & M47 through the footplate
holes and locate on the lubricator spindles, but do not solder in place yet. Fold over the crank on part M48, with the fold line
on the outside before soldering in place in the etched recesses under the footplate. Link parts M46, M47 & M48 with a piece
of 0.45mm wire. Add parts M30, M31 & M32 as shown in Fig. 23.
Attach all the remaining parts using the drawings and photographs as a guide to position.
Using the drawing of the cab interior the back plate can be assembled and the cab interior detailed. Use the 0.7mm copper
wire for the pipes.
If you have any problem with the kit or any criticisms or suggestions please contact Brassmasters.
Best wishes
Martin Finney March 2001