The last couple of workbench sessions have been preparing items for fitting.

I had done the rear steps some time ago but I hadn’t curved the treads. I did the front ones and curves all the treads at the same time.

Then I dug out the buffers. I’m not sure where they came from but I had secreted a set of NER buffers in the box some years ago. They came as a Buffer stock with a separate washer to create the rims that is bolted to the buffer plank. So they need to be soldered together. I also need to drill them and fit the prominent fixings that are visible in most photos

I also made a start on making the cab window frames so that they would open. I was fortunate that I had a spare set of etches for the wind frames so I soldered two together and then soldered a short length of microbore tube to the top so that I can hinge them

Lastly I machined a replacement upper rear lamp iron from the end of an earth pin out of the 13 amp plug

There is still quite a bit of the plug pin left for making other parts with at some point.