So
lder a le
ngth
of 0
.7mm
bra
ss w
ire a
long
the f
ron
t edge o
f
the loco to
tend
er fa
ll plate (part
12). Pass
split pi
ns over
the
wire th
roug
h th
e slo
ts
in
the ca
b flo
or
and into t
he holes
in
the fo
otplate. Sold
er th
e tails o
f th
e split p
ins to
the un
derside
of the f
oot
plate. Ensure that the f
all p
la
te m
oves f
ree
ly
at its
hinge a
nd then sn
ip off e
xce
ss of sp
lit pin
tails.
9
12
0.7m
m w
ire
Split pins
So
lder the
fire bo
x (cladd
ing b
and
s) boiler ba
nds (parts
17)
around the
w
rapp
er locating
th
e fu
ll me
tal se
ction o
f th
e band
into the etched gro
oves to
a
id po
sitioning the
b
ands pa
rallel.
Star
t 1mm
fr
om
botto
m ed
ge an
d w
ork
aro
und
over
the f
ire
box
to
p to
th
e ot
her s
ide
. Fold
up th
e tw
o san
d b
ox cu
t out
back
ing pie
ces
(parts 18
) and sold
er into place
behin
d the
fire
box w
rappe
r. The
fire
box
can no
w be
sold
ered to
the
foo
tpl
ate and ca
b fr
ont.
Ensu
re that the assem
bly
is fitte
d as
square
and
central
as po
ssible.
You
ma
y f
ind
th
at p
assing
a
length of
tube th
rough
the
holes in the
cab
fron
t and f
ire
box is
helpf
ul in linin
g everythin
g up
.
Ta
ke
the s
mo
ke
box fr
ont (part 19
) and
em
boss
bolt
heads.
Th
en r
oug
hly
pr
e fo
rm
the
smo
ke
box w
rap
per (p
art
20)
to
ma
tch
th
e pr
ofile o
f the
fr
ont a
nd
fix th
e fr
ont
fa
ce do
wn on
to
a flat
surf
ace. Solder
the w
ra
ppe
r a
rou
nd
the fr
ont,
position
ing th
e w
rap
per
centre to
the h
alf etch
ed lin
e on the
fro
nt
and
work
ing fro
m the ce
ntre sold
er in
secti
ons
around
each
side
. So
lder
the s
pacers (p
arts 21) in
to the slo
ts on
smo
ke
box
fron
t m
aki
ng sure
that
they sit squ
are
. Solder the
smo
ke bo
x rear
(part 22
) in
to p
lace in
side the wrap
per a
nd
locating onto
th
e spacers
. W
hen
happ
y w
ith
the assem
bly
file
a slight rad
ius
around the
fro
nt an
d back
edg
es. Pr
e fo
rm the
rivet detail
wrap
per (part
23) an
d solder a
rou
nd th
e assem
bly
by linin
g up the
chim
ney
holes
and w
ork
ing arou
nd each
side.
Ta
ke a boile
r end f
orme
r (p
arts 24) and
fix
to a
fla
t su
rfa
ce
so that the
etched ri
ng a
rou
nd the
circumfe
renc
e is f
ace
up
war
ds. S
pri
ng th
e en
d of t
he p
re ro
lled
boile
r (
part
25)
around this
ring and
work
ing f
rom
the outside
and using
plent
y of
flux, so
th
at th
e solder is dra
wn und
erneath the
boiler en
d, sold
er a
rou
nd the circu
mfe
rence
. Re
peat
fo
r the
fo
rme
r at
the
othe
r en
d an
d th
en d
ress
back
with
a
file.
4.
Rem
ove th
e fire
bo
x rear
fo
rm
er
(part 13)
fire box
fro
nt
fo
rme
r (p
art
14)
and
fro
nt f
orm
er th
icken
ing
piece
(par
t 15
)
fro
m the f
ret
. Solder the thick
ener to the
firebox f
ront. Ta
ke
the fire
b
ox w
rappe
r (part 16
) and
fo
rm ra
dii on the top
corners to
ma
tch the
fo
rm
er p
rof
iles. I use a
drill sha
nk o
r
length
of tub
e to
help
w
ith
this. T
he ho
les fo
r the m
ud
hole
doors a
re usef
ul to
indica
te th
e centre
line o
f the
curved
bend
. Fix th
e fro
nt f
orm
er fa
ce dow
n to
a flat surf
ace and
lining
up th
e etched
cen
tre m
ark
s solde
r th
e fo
rm
ed
wra
pper
around th
e fo
rm
er. Repeat
with
the back
fo
rm
er.
Then f
ile a
radiu
s arou
nd the f
ront of th
e fire
box.
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