{"id":5399,"date":"2022-04-17T21:26:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T20:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5399"},"modified":"2022-04-24T19:46:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T18:46:22","slug":"david-andrews-princess-getting-carried-aaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5399","title":{"rendered":"David Andrews Princess,  Getting Carried Away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although I intended only to make sure that the footplate fits the chassis correctly I got a little carried away and added quite a bit of detail. In reality it actually doesn&#8217;t look much but probably represents 5 or 6 hours work.&nbsp;<br>In this kit there are quite a few parts that require trimming to fit. In fairness, the instructions do mention it and it&#8217;s better to have them oversized, than parts being too small. But it really does create a time sink.<br>The buffers provided are some rather nice Hobby horse items but like the LG valve guides, the etched holes are too big for the stems. So I had to turn up a couple more spacers to locate them properly. I wont bore you further, with photos of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"795\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0010-1024x795.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0010-1024x795.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0010-300x233.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0010-768x596.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0010-386x300.jpg 386w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0010.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>David Andrews Princess Footplate details<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had in mind that the piston rod covers were whitemetal items so I was fully prepared to turn replacements if they were out of register like some of the other castings have been but I was pleasantly surprised to find some nice brass castings on the sprues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0011-1024x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0011-1024x499.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0011-300x146.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0011-768x374.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0011-500x244.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0011.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>David Andrews Princess Footplate details<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although I have wittered, above about having to trim a good number of parts. Despite having to trim them to fit, the design of the splasher tops made them some of the easiest I have ever fitted. That is once I had them bent to the right shape and managed to hang onto them to tack solder in place &#8211; they kept slipping out of my fingers&#8230;&nbsp; can&#8217;t blame the kit for my being clumsy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I intended only to make sure that the footplate fits the chassis correctly I got a little carried away and added quite a bit of detail. 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