it's been a sometime since I have built a 009 loco
So tonight I have soldered up a Chivers RC26 kit using the new farish class 08 chassis
1st I need to change the footplate to fit the new chassis so starting with this
IMG_20170726_101441 by
brian mosby, on Flickr
& once I had removed some of the coupling blocks & opened out the hole giving me this
IMG_20170726_185058 by
brian mosby, on Flickr
IMG_20170726_185102 by
brian mosby, on Flickr
I then used the 2 holes in the chassis for alignment & 2 12ba nuts & bolts for mounting I soldered the nuts to the foot plate
IMG_20170726_184439 by
brian mosby, on Flickr
I then soldered up the rest of the kit using a 25w Iron & low melt solder plus carrs red flux
IMG_20170726_190920 by
brian mosby, on Flickr
IMG_20170726_190924 by
brian mosby, on Flickr
& soldering from the inside I fixed the lamp & exhorts
IMG_20170726_193201 by
brian mosby, on Flickr