Following on from my last post, the body of the Deltic loco went back on the chassis without issue but then then things went wrong!
Firstly one of the body clips to the bogie chains went missing and the three others saw the chains separate from the clips.
I bent up a replacement clip from some brass wire which with a dab of black paints will look fine. Fiddling with the rest of the chains tested my patience but saw the WMD swear jar put some weight on!
The chains were not the only thing to test my sanity as many of the detailed parts are separate mouldings glued in place but in many cases not glued very well as they deposited themselves on the workbench. Trying to work out where they went was an interesting task such as this air chamber from the middle wheel braking system.
Eventually all parts were glued back in place and the model was put on the track to haul its first train...
...which was an eight coach mixed rake of Mk1 and Mk2 coaches which the Deltic dealt with easily!
It does look good and run well which made dealing with the issues worth while. Now to enjoy!
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