Himself has rebuilt and detailed up the bunkers which have been given a coat of dirty black all over.
They look not unlike some of the parts of Pete Waterman’s 109 while it was stored in bits at Dinas, but this deconstructed loco does not have a formal identity.
The boiler has had its cladding bands fitted and treated to a coat of red oxide.
It’s lost it’s chimney but has gained a backhead.
The original white metal casting has been lost along the way so I made a copy in resin of the part from our last unmade NGG16 kit, along with some cylinder covers.
Handrail knobs complete the look.
Himself has been able to salvage one bogie from the wreckage and used some ingenuity to attach pony trucks.
It will have no coupling today but those huge cylinders and the big fly cranks are there for all to see.
We’ve definitely made something out of nothing here I think.
Brilliant work all round, Himself has excelled and the paint job without lining a joy I am sure. How long before another surfaces and temptation to make one from two ! ... just like the real ones.
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