The floor and cab splashers from the kit were useless so I scratch built new ones, taking the dimensions from Peter Tatlow’s drawing; when these were soldered in place it made a strong construction. The top of the insulated drawbar pivot, an 8BA screw head, protrudes above the chassis and fits neatly under the cab floor, from where a wire leads to a motor terminal. I screwed the chimney on with a long 8BA screw that goes through a plate soldered inside the chimney and locates in a threaded hole in the footplate; later I’ll solder the chimney onto the smokebox. The brass spigot inside the dome was ground away and the hollow filled with Milliput, which was shaped to the boiler by putting a sheet of abrasive paper over this, then pushing the dome back and forth along it until it was a good match. I drilled and tapped an 8BA hole in the Milliput and screwed the dome onto the boiler from inside: I can’t solder it on with all that Milliput inside, so eventually it will be simply glued in place.
