Last updated: 6 June 2006
This etch replaces the firebox front, boiler and smokebox end plates from the David Andrews kit for the SR/BR U class 2-6-0 so that a brass tube can be used as a basis for the structure. There is space enough in the tube for a DCC speaker mounted in a plastic tube. It is expected that the sound decoder will be housed in the tender.
The next picture shows the rear of the smokebox and boiler with new end plates in place.
... and this shows the front with the smokebox door in place. Note the tube in both pictures which will contain a plastic tube and speaker.
... and this shows the full assembly with smokebox in position.
A number of changes are planned for the next version of this etch, mainly to help with construction, including:
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