Well, another series loss for the Blues. Perhaps I should've left the telly off, or stayed in the pool, instead of retiring to the room for some more BHG goodness.
Have vice, will travel. Damn mini-bar is looking more attractive as I identify more deficiencies with the Hawksmoor kit.
Straightening the floor / underframe. Using the bogie mounting screws from the kit, I attached the floor to the edge of my travelling cutting block, and applied heat from the hair drier thoughtfully provided by Rydges. I'll leave this overnight to see what happens once it's cooled.
Majority of de-flashing done, and holes drilled for buffers. Along the way I posted some questions on a FB group regarding the steps & handrails. Evan Rees & Tom Pall provided some sound advice & photos,
so I lopped off the kit steps, and carefully scraped off the handrails. The steps will be replaced with styrene & staple versions (similar to what I did on my ILM Yass Town HG4148), and the hand rails with 0.008" wire. There is a chunk of solebar missing under the guard's compartment on one side (moulding defect), so I tidied that up and will let in a piece of styrene to fix it. The ends are proving troublesome, as they are concave. Will try soaking them in hot water tomorrow, then leaving them weighted down.
More photos found via Google images, from the SDS Models site, and an archive of James McInerney's blog posts over the years, revealed that I need to remove the dog box doors. I think I'll cut these out completely and replace with styrene, then scribe in the matchboards, rather than trying to fill and then scribe the filler, which I find just chips off completely.
Bed time, I think. Another day of AS/NZS3000 public comment review looms ...
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