Project Vulcan Part 2

With the weather turning bad recently I haven't had a chance to finish the AW car. So I decided to at least get the J-class tender finished. Assembling the oil tank proved an interesting exercise, and I opted to follow the instructions to make my job easier. The tank wrapper is brass, and the ends are whitemetal. To join the 3 components the inside of the tank wrapper was tinned with standard solder, then a layer of low-melt solder. The tank ends were inserted and flux applied before rolling the barrel of the soldering iron around the edge, being careful not to melt the beading on the tank ends. To keep the wrapper taught around the ends some copper wire was wrapped and twisted around the wrapper. The rest of the tender assembly was pretty easy with all the details added to the rear. I must also give thanks to David at Steam Era Models for supplying a replacement fireman's side step after I broke the first one. Anyway here are some pics of the tender more or less finished. The pickups still needs to be wired hence the tender top isn't finally secured and the oil feed from the sump is not fitted either:

BTW the number J541 is planned to be temporary until some J549 plates are made. It just so happens J541 is one of the numbers supplied by Steam Era Models.