MDC Climax kitbash

[cnrglen]

A bit more progress this evening.


One of the major shortcomings of the kit is the lack of frame under the smokebox. On the full-size powered model it renders the front coupler useless unless you are coupled to a flatcar. I used some of the frame that I cut from the cab and extended it out under the boiler. I also added some styrene stiffeners on each side for extra strength.

Then I turned my attention to the floor/ frame. It's too long so out came the calipers and saw again:

and glued back together under the body