A little discovery here, having made the replacements parts yesterday afternoon was all about fitting them. Besides fitting the castings I started to fit the small pieces of etch that represent the backing plates for the rear steps and those just above the foot plate on the rear of the tender.
MOK 8F This is where it fits
Once I had added them I noted that there was quite a big intermittent gap along the bottom. I read and re-read the instructions and couldn’t see where I had gone wrong. There are not too many bits of etch left and one of them that I couldn’t find a home for is part 146. After much head scratching I worked out that although completely omitted from the instructions it fits as outlined in red on the image below.
MOK 8F Part 146- Not mentioned in the instructions
This is on the top side of the tender footplate (thankfully at this point I had only retained it by the tabs so it was easily removed). As if omitting it from the instructions wasn’t bad enough, there are no positive locating marks and in this photo I have it slightly too far towards the tender rear so I need to take it off and move it back a touch or the tender body won’t sit down and close the gaps.
What was I saying about soldering allowing you to take it off and adjust it…
