Thanks for your interest. Yes the ptotos are not the best! First efforts - ironically the loco looks better in the flesh.
Modifications are:
Remove buffers & couplings from chassis, file ends flat, create platicard curved partition (so the bogie rotates freely), fill with lead offcuts/pva
Body - first appreciate the fine detail on both mouldings which were good for the time.
Remove buffer beams & replace with those from a dapol/airfix 03
Remove & raise fuel tank to give roughly square rear windows
Remove moulded on horns, exhaust, headlamp & bonnet top details (mine had a melted bonnet from a faulty motor & needed filling - it was easier to remove & replace the small details)
Add bonnet & roof rectangles to represent vents/inspection hatches, replace bonnet details
Add 03 horn & an exhaust stack with split pin support to cab, add rainstrips
Add plasicard to front grille to resize
Replace headlamp with one from the dapol 03 kit
Add window bars / flush glaze
Modifications are based on the Hunslet 0-6-0.
Learn to recognise the number 8 - no. 9 is a WIP 06!
The changes are subtle but make a huge diference.
I'd like to do 2 sister locos by replacing the sides with grilles from an 03 and another by shortening the body & removing the petrol tank.
An enjoyable project and cheap as the loco only cost a fiver plus an 03 from the scrap box
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