The ongoing saga of the G6 continues.
Thinking as the chassis is running, it might be a good idea to start building up the body, i couldn't Quite work out how the body was going to fit to the chassis. As the chassis is designed for other models it looks as if one has been left to ones own devices to make it fit.
The boiler sections are in Three pieces, top half of boiler including tank tops and Two off, of the bottom left and right section including the front splashers
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| Adams G6 Boiler parts |
I trial test fit didn't look that good. The top half was high at the front.......
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| South Eastern Finecast Adams G6 |
.......and some rather nasty looking gaps at the joints.
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| South Eastern Finecast Adams G6 |
This is going to need some work to get right, A 3mm gap at the front and neither side sitting square.
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| South Eastern Finecast Adams G6 |
Closing the gap at the front just opened up the gaps on either side.
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| South Eastern Finecast Adams G6 |
Lots of filling and sanding later, its beginning to look better.
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| South Eastern Finecast Adams G6 |
We're sitting flat now with a perfectly round hole for the smok box door but still not good enough for me.
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| South Eastern Finecast Adams G6 |
That's opened up the gap on the side. Lots more fettling of the castings i was finally happy and beginning to see something that i was happy with.
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| South Eastern Finecast Adams G6 |
Well now, that looks a lot better.
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| South Eastern Finecast Adams G6 |
I had to fill in the front with a sliver of White Metal.
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| South Eastern Finecast Adams G6 |
I will have another go at this side, we still have a small gap, only shows up in the photo.
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| South Eastern Finecast Adams G6 |
This took a lot of sanding, trying to be careful not to remove the banding detail in the process.
I know some people file them off completely as they can look rather overscale but decided that these don't look that bad.
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| South Eastern Finecast Adams G6 |
The other thing that bothers me is the 'pitting' on the castings, this is unusual for SEF kit but this one is particularly bad. Guessing that air was trapped in the casting during the pour. This will need smoothing off before painting. She is going to be Black with Green lining and as we know, Black shows up everything.
Not sure what to use yet, the spray filler primer stuff or modeling filler sanded back, the later is probably my preferred option.
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| South Eastern Finecast Adams G6 |
