A friend of mine bought a second hand kitbuilt Adams 02, the thought was of building an Isle of Wight layout.
This didn't come about so, he sold it to me.
The chassis, he had already rebuilt using a 'High level, motor and gearbox, but the body wasn't in good shape, plus the bunker needed to be cut down for a 'Mainland' version. On further inspection, i think it might have had a hard life, paint wasn't great with a number of layers, the handrails in my mind were to thick, no backhead plus a ew other things came to light.. I stripped it and rebuilt it with a phone call to South Eastern Finecast, some new parts duly arrived.
Not bad for Two and a half days work, she is all ready for paint, thats after a good wash and brush up.
I have to say that these kits go together fairly well, just your usual flashing to remove, a bit of filing here and there. If you have never made one before, give it ago, just keep offering the parts up as you go along, just to make sure everything is true, square and inline.
Even all four steps are level, no rocking motion.
You can see the detail on the backhead here.
Everything has been soldered, even the lamp irons. slippery little suckers.
The buffers are from Romford/Markits. These are the last LSWR buffers i have from them, hoping to get some more but they seem very illusive these days.
More cab detail. I have made this a lift out unit to make painting easier.
Looking at photos in the bible, the handrail over the smokebox door doesn't follow the curve of the door, its more like the photo below, i had not noticed this before.
Soldering the sanding box operating arm on was a challenge.
Taking photos like this are always good as it show up any problems and imperfections before painting........
......and that the chimney, dome, safety valves and whistle are all inline....PHewwwwww.
Sitting on her chassis
Hoping to paint her in the week, that's if that dreaded thing called work doesn't get in the way!!!
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