So, as David says back on track.
I finally got the boiler glued to the chassis, so the cab sides could added. Here's a view looking into the cab from the rear.
And a view from above with the cab rear/bunker placed for the photo. It's looking quite business like in there now.
The sandpipes as expected are not easy to glue even with cyano, but it does hold in the end. Fortunately being a display model it won't be handled much so the less than perfect adhesion to the pipes should not be a problem. Here's the forward set on the left side after fixing. To keep them aligned with the tyres, I've glued the ends in place.
After getting the rear set in place, I was then able to add the right hand tank. The forward cab handrails have also been fitted but are yet to be painted. I'll do that before adding the cab rear/bunker.
Here the bunker and roof have been placed for the photo. The roof is not the best of fits so will require some extra work to get it acceptable.
And a view of the bunker rear. The tool boxes underneath and the lower part of the ladders have yet to be weathered.
The front end still looks a bit bare without the tanks and small upper platforms.
Here you can see the control rod from the cab to the cylinder drain cocks. I've since added a short length of copper wire to the reversing shaft to represent the reversing rod to the cab. As it dissapears behind the tank and does not need any support at the rear, there was no need to run it back to the cab.
A similar view of the left hand side before the tank was added.
Cheers,
Peter