Friday Update: Thirteen Eleven Twenty-six…

I’ve taken a quieter approach to work this week - and feeling better for it. That however means slightly less variety to share today - never the less, the usual variety abounds…We’ll open with a trio of Isle of Wight O2 here for reworking as mentioned, I think, last Friday. I’ve removed the lining from one and modified the boiler to represent a Drummond example - now in green. A second has been selected for lining from plain black - both have has a coat of gloss lacquer - but further research has led my customer and I to realise the black one needs the lion and wheel removing too… back to the bench once more! A pair of tiny kits this week - a Narrow Planet Keef K12, sadly not available at present. It’s a lovely piece of etch origami… alongside an old Mosskito Ruston - again a neat piece of etch design but an incredibly tight fit for the mechanism. A slight change of plan means I’ll be reworking this to open cab next week.Beyond the physical bench I’ve been making a start with the CAD…

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