Ben motor mount

I built a U-shaped cradle on the chassis to take a blob of Blu-tack which holds the motor firmly in place; I know that Blu-tack is disapproved of in model engineering circles but it works really well in this case. The two motor terminals are connected to the copper-clad insulation board glued to the lhs of the motor by a black and a red wire respectively. From the CCIB a red wire connects to the loco body and a black one goes to the insulated draw bar pivot in the cab. You can see that the rear splasher sides don’t allow much clearance above the wheels, so it’ll be a tight fit when I come to fitting the splasher tops.