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When i left school back then i was lucky enough to enroll on an engineering apprenticeship. I think this lead me in good stead. I was always one of those children that pulled things apart but actually put them back together again. My first engine given to me at the age of Seven, a Triang Princess Elizabeth. The rest as they say is History. Later in life i got back in to Model Railways and started building Pine Road. This could lead anywhere so i hope you enjoy my Blog.

Monday, 22 April 2019

Drummond M7 part 3

Still winning!

Oh god, we have fitted hand rails. I had to use all short handrail knobs from Alan Gibson otherwise we would of ended up with handrails going through the front cab windows.

Of course some cleaning up to do. Also fitted the front casting, while i was at it thought it might be a good time to attach buffers which has now highlighted yet another problem......

....as you can see they don't fit flush. i was thinking from the start that the buffer beams look extremely thin, thinking they look more like overlays, perhaps it needs something more substantial behind them, this would push the buffer beam level with the front of the footplate and guess what, the buffers would sit flush. 


One big problem i am having with all this soldering and desoldering, the whole thing has begun to warp and no longer sits flat. 
I also attached the sand boxes to the underside of the foot plate and now the chassis no longer fits between them.

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