5.
Fold th
e splash
er fronts throu
gh 90°
and
fit the
splasher to
ps. I
fitted
these be
fo
re f
ina
lly f
ittin
g the sm
oke
box an
d boiler
assem
bly
but
ch
ecke
d that the sm
oke
b
ox
would
fit snu
gly
bet
ween
the
fron
t splash
ers as I
fitted
them
.
You m
ay
wish
to f
it th
e bo
iler b
efo
re the splash
ers but access
is th
en a
little
restr
ict
ed.
First using
a length of
tub
e ro
ughly
pre
fo
rm th
e splash
er
tops (pa
rts 27
) rea
r (pa
rts 2
8) ce
ntre a
nd (p
arts
29)
fro
nt.
Solder in
to place
w
ith t
he
fron
t edge
slightly
o
ver
lapp
ing the
splasher f
ron
t so th
at yo
u ca
n then
dress the
spla
sher f
ron
t
with
a f
lat
file
to a
chi
eve a
crisp
sq
uare edge
. It m
ay be
neces
sary to trim
the length
of the
splasher
tops sligh
tly
.
Fit the f
ire
box to f
oot
plate bea
ding
strips
(parts
30). T
hese
are very
useful to tid
y u
p the join
t.
F
it t
he sp
lash
er to
fo
otp
lat
e be
adin
g (p
arts
31)
rear
(p
arts
32) cen
tre
(parts 3
3) f
ront.
Again it m
ay
be ne
cess
ary
to trim
slightl
y to
ach
ieve a snug
fit. Using
a
gen
ero
us amount of
flux
allow
the so
lde
r to f
lood
into the ga
ps and join
ts a
nd th
en
clea
n ba
ck
with
kn
ife a
nd f
ibr
e gla
ss br
ush t
o a
ch
iev
e clea
n
crisp edges.
30
33
32
29
28
31
27
30
PAGE 6
Fo
r transf
ers I w
oul
d recomm
end
the on
es produce
d by the
Historical Model Railway
Societ
y, 8
Gilpin Green,
Harp
enden
, He
rts, AL5
5N
R. You
w
ill
require s
heet n
umb
er
2, LMS
yello
w loc
o insignia
or
shee
t nu
mb
er 1
4, BR stea
m
era
loco in
signia
. Th
ey ar
e als
o st
ocke
d b
y so
me
specia
list mo
del shop
s su
ch as Hom
e o
f 0 Ga
uge.
Scre
w Revers
er
Cab Gaug
es
Regu
lator
Handle
Th
at should
be abo
ut e
ver
yth
ing
covered fo
r the loco
construction
so no
w bu
ild the ten
der o
r if
this is alread
y bu
ilt
paint.
Livery is ve
ry ea
sy a
s a
ll 4Fs w
ere
black.
You sho
uld
have
num
bering d
etails
from
yo
ur pro
tot
ype
resear
ch.
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