LMS FOW
LER 4F KI
T
The
L
MS 4
F class nu
mbered
772 exam
ples. Th
e first w
ere
right hand
drive e
ngi
nes built b
y th
e Midland
Ra
ilw
ay the
LMS co
ntinued co
nstruction
but soon con
ver
ted to bu
ilding
left
hand
drive eng
ines a
s a
group sta
ndard
.
This kit is
inte
nded to
represen
t a typical lef
t ha
nd d
rive
loco
mo
tive
constru
cte
d in the main ba
tch b
etw
ee
n 192
4 and 1
928. As
with
an
y locom
otiv
e clas
s built in su
ch la
rge n
um
ber
s ther
e
was
a gre
at de
al of
deta
il variation
s b
etw
ee
n
individu
al
loco
mo
tives. If a m
ode
l of
a pa
rticular
engin
e is re
quired it
is
expected that the m
odell
er
will
carry out protot
ype research
to pro
vid
e photog
raph
s and
determin
e exa
ct de
tails. A f
ew
detail alternatives
are
in
clude
d in th
e kit bu
t the k
it
is n
ot
inte
nded to
com
preh
ensively c
over all variati
ons
o
f the
class.
How
ever
the k
it should
provide a very
satisf
actor
y base
on
which to
carr
y ou
t mo
dific
ations.
If
like
m
e
the m
odeller just
re
quire
s a loc
om
otive
th
at
captures the flavour of
a typical
4F then
the illustrations
of m
y
mo
dels co
ntained in th
ese instructions sh
ould
p
rov
ide
sufficient in
fo
rm
ation to achi
eve this.
I o
rig
inally de
signe
d t
he etchin
gs fo
r this
ki
t f
or ACME
mo
dels ba
ck in the d
ays
when m
one
y w
as scarce
a
nd
I had
to su
pplem
ent
m
y inc
om
e b
y d
oing
occa
sion
al k
it de
sign
s f
or
oth
er pe
ople.
Wh
en AC
ME no lo
nger
wan
ted
to
continue
prod
ucing the
4F I
purchased th
e to
oling f
rom
them
an
d
adde
d it to m
y ra
nge.
As I w
as
work
ing to
their
specif
ication a
fe
w a
rea
s of
th
e ki
t design
are slightly
diff
ere
nt f
rom
m
y
norm
al practice, fo
r e
xam
ple I w
ould
n
orm
ally s
epa
rate
th
e
chassis an
d rod
s on
to
a nick
el silve
r sh
eet. These
slight
differences in design
will
pro
babl
y onl
y
be apparent
to
mo
dellers w
ho have b
uilt a
num
ber o
f m
y k
its
as this
kit
builds into a ver
y so
un
d an
d deta
iled m
odel.
BODY A
SSEMBLY
Pa
rts ar
e num
ber
ed in
a lo
gical
asse
mb
ly or
der.
T
he slo
ts
and ta
bs do
n't giv
e
accur
ate lo
catio
n,
the
y a
re o
nly
ther
e to
help
p
osition pa
rts. Tack
solder a p
art into place
then adju
st
the ne
xt part to m
atch
. So
lder solid onl
y w
he
n ha
ppy
with
the
assem
bly
. I
have
tried
to
ma
rk th
e et
chin
gs a
nd
prov
ide
locatio
n
slot
s so
tha
t th
e posit
ion
ing of
pa
rts is obvio
us
withou
t the ne
ed to co
nstantl
y re
fe
r to
com
ple
x explode
d
dra
win
gs. If y
ou are
a littl
e uncertain ab
out the p
osition
ing of
a com
ponen
t fr
om
re
ading th
rough
the instru
ctions
don't
worr
y as this sh
ould
be
com
e obviou
s a
s c
ons
truction
progresses and
mo
st parts if off
ered
up to the as
semb
ly w
ill
onl
y fit into the correct place.
1.
Take th
e foo
tpl
ate (part
1) de
term
ine the
top
sid
e and
then
fo
ld the rear drag
beam
dow
nw
ards throug
h 9
0°.
Tak
e
the valan
ces (pa
rts 2) embo
ss the bo
lt head
s at th
e front en
d
and
th
en solder into
the
ha
lf etche
d groove
s on
th
e undersid
e
of th
e fo
otplate
.
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2
1
Fold d
ow
n
dragbea
m 90°
Emboss b
olt
heads
Em
boss b
olt he
ads on
buff
er be
am
(part 3
) a
nd fo
ld
side strips thro
ugh
90°.
Then sold
er buff
er b
eam
into place h
ard
against
the
vala
nce e
nds
. I
woul
d no
w
reco
mme
nd soldering o
n the
chassis fixing nu
ts.
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2
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