Earlier in the year I showed progress on a test build of the Brassmasters J17 kit test build. What follows is progress since then.

To be fair there wasn’t a huge amount left to do as I left it.  One of the jobs was the business end of the brake gear on both the loco and tender.

The other little job on the tender was the guard irons which had been missed off the test etch.  These were fashioned up from scrap using a scaled image of the production etch as a guide.

When I showed the side on view before I had managed to get the sanding linkages all wrong. This was subsequently corrected.

(Video © Tim Horn and used with permission) Then it was off to Tim’s for a few days work blocking in the basic greenery on North Elmham which was also an ideal opportunity to give the J17 a chance to stretch its legs.   It was unweighted at this point except for a few pound coins in the tender.  Attention then switched to getting Brettell Road ready for Scalefour Crewe and besides I thought it would be good for the loco to be displayed on the Brassmasters stand in the raw so to speak.  However since then it’s now been finished off with the exception of a crew and some coal in the tender.

For part one of this little project click here