Skylark

 

The loco is in bits again ready for paint to be applied. Hopefully tomorrow the parts will look good and ready for reassembly on Monday.

The PDF Skylark

 The new loco is slowly looking more like a railway engine.

The chassis is slowly coming together and will soon be disassembled for painting. 

The boiler, smoke and fire boxes have been fitted to the running plate and the side tanks placed to see what it all looks like.

Lockdown jobs

 As we will be going back into lockdown this Thursday I have been looking at what tasks I need to do now I will have some time on my hands. I have plenty of stock that could do with some extra details like loads or rivet detail etc., I have several locomotives that need completion plus I have an oval of old Triang track that needs sorting out so I can use it as a test track and Christmas Train track around the base of our Xmas tree.

I also need to sort out the spare room where my workdesk is located, getting rid of the large double bed that is rarely used and replace it with a sofa bed. This will give me somewhere comfortable to sit and read or watch the TV plus a nice big area of floor space to work on railway and Cosplay items.

More details as and when this happens.

PDF Skylark Kit

 I have just taken delivery of one of the new PDF Models Skylark kits and I have begun to put it together. I am in no hurry to get it finished and will add extra details as I go along.

Started with the smoke box by assembling and fitting the chimney and then fitting the smoke box door and its dart

All assembled and ready for rivets

Rivets going on

Boiler back has been fixed in place

The boiler assembly ready for some undercoat before I continue although I will finish the rivets first