Next up was the steps, both front steps and cab.  I made a start on the steps beginning with the front brackets that are fitted to the bottom of the

Next was to make a start on the ash shield, again something that I'd added to the model to follow the prototype. I am using some 1 mm steel here

Continuing with the smokebox, I cut out the access in the smokebox tube and started work on the standpipe for the outside cylinder's exhaust. In the first picture, I have

Smokebox etc... On 4472 for my era the door hinges etc were burnished steel, I will use stainless steel to represent this look and also to remain looking this way

Lamp irons and grab rails NB: the lamps are from JCT. The lamp irons are simple enough but thought that I'd share how I tackled these particular items as they

NB: When I first wrote this I was looking for some information in regards to the front running board hatch as it isn't on Don's drawing. I will include the

NB: I loved making these little things, very prototypical After finishing the crank, I looked at the chassis to decide what to tackle next.. there's so much left to do

I have now cut the axle keyways and as long as they are correct ( pretty confident of this) then I guess you could say that that's the quartering taken care

So...Coupled Wheels NB: I will state from the beginning that I had a 'whoops' moment with these, soon corrected, never say die is my way of living..:) more details

Main axleboxes continued, on to the important bit, well their all important but for this stage I have tried to be extra careful, after plotting the right hand side crank

Onto the axleboxes, Don has followed full size very closely without going to far overboard, such as no machined pattern on the slot faces or some of the smaller parts.

At this point I decided to do the name plates, I'd got used to seeing it in the reference photo's while working on the running boards so perhaps it's a

Ok so the 'Smokebox ring' , I'm lucky as my son had given me a few off cuts from his work, two of which were perfect for the smokebox ring so

The outside motion brackets are tricky little buggers, first the castings are not identical, they have many surfaces to keep an eye on for size and also on deciding what

Before making a start on describing the construction of the expansion link bracket  which deserves to be explained in detail. I best start with this picture which I forgot to

There are a few bits and pieces that I'll include here just to tie up any lose ends around the frames before moving on to something more substantial. First up

Springs are the topic for this entry, I haven't taken pictures for all the construction as some of it was just a repeat of the tender springs, but there are

trailing wheels.. Now I've used a number of methods in the past for turning up wheels, listed previously with the tender and bogie wheels, this time I took a slightly

The Cartazzi (some say Cortazzi) trailing wheel system is one of those things that, for me  was a delight to make and also unusual when compared to most other locomotive

I am so glad that i approached M-Machine-Metals for the material for the smokebox. During discussing the size needed with the metal company we decided between us that they would

NB: I had thought that I would be giving more detail on the buffer beam at this point as it was the next item to show in my log but

MB: This part is where I really did appreciate the wonders of modern technology with laser cutting. It didn't take too long to fabricate the following parts, If I had

Horns There's a lot of work involved with 4472's Horns so this will be a  larger entry than normal. First job was to file flat the top edge of each

First a few notes on what I'd been up to prior to this latest entry, treat it as what happened behind closed doors.I split the frames and countersunk the

This entry has some involved parts, the buffer housings for one although life was made much easier thanks to Malcolm's laser cut parts, he also drew up a guide which