At long last I sourced a sheet of 8 thou nickel silver (thanks for the recommendation, Frank) allowing me to continue with Toynbee Hall’s taper boiler – see post of 4th October, 2020. I also found it so much easier to in-fill the cut-out in the cab front rather than make a new item, and the Finney chimney certainly helps the look of the model.
The boiler and firebox bolt together, and the boiler is a push fit onto the extended smokebox inner. The complete boiler unit sits on the saddle at one end, bolted to the smokebox, and is bolted to the cab front at the other end. I finished this stage of the work by preparing a nickel blank for the cab roof, then put the project to one side to take a break.
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