ScR steam in the 50's

Great pictures as usual Richard.

Black Five on shed.

And two views of the yard at Thurso taken in natural light.

What can I say, but superb.

I managed it all without needing anything more than the new boiler to repaint, which saved a good deal of work of relining.

A look at the genesis of the 77xxx now, as promised. As said, a melding of the 82xxx tank boiler and the 76xxx body minus boiler with the missing under boiler added from the cut off 76xxx boiler and the grooves in the 82xxx boiler where the tank slotted into filled in with plastistrip and a good deal of filler. I didn't take pics of that stage  much  but here are the basic bits of it all.

Well, the usual hiccups over picture and text positioning, but the gist is there - one day I may work out how to do it properly….
The detached under boiler was sliced down the middle and narrowed so the diameter and taper matched the smaller 82xxx one  - crude but effective, I'm afraid.