There is only so much temptation that a man can stand, and it was not long before I had one cut out and on the workbench
Firing up the old soldering iron, and out with the solder paste (what a fantastic invention). being the 3rd iteration, Mark has worked out the bugs we have pointed out, and added a few nice bits as well.
The spring and axle box assembly folds up in 6 layers, and Mark has worked out how to get the axle box lid set at an angle. A nice touch I must admit. The underframe is a scratch aid rather than a kit, and there are some tricky bits which nearly tripped me up first time round. Finally it was time to add the re gauged 2mm finescale wheels and put it in front of a camera. Note the nice brake cylinder which is a one dimensional fold down.
The brake shoes need a bit of tweaking but apart from that its good to go.
And of course I could not resist putting the J top onto the underframe
