Sorting my Saltford Models 'Audley' class.

As I've mentioned before, I recently aquired a Saltford Models 'Audley' class loco. It arrived with a broken rear bufferbeam, no couplings or cab roof and the cab rear separate from the body.

The first job was to sort out the rear bufferbeam, an easy fix. I just prised off the old one, which was made easier by the glue (epoxy) having failed between the brass frames and the plastic and made up a new one from .030" plasticard.

A new roof was rolled from .010" brass, with rainstrips from .33mm brass wire soldered in place. I tinned the end of a length of wire, soldered the wire in place with an overhang at both ends, then trimmed the excess wire to length once I was happy with the joint.

I tried a new method when cutting the roof to size. I marked out the brass then scored the sheet with a 'scrawker' type plastic cutter, the type with a 'v' shaped edge. Once a deep line is scored in the surface the sheet can be snapped over the edge of the bench, just as you would for plasticard. Which works rather well.

The cab rear and roof are just superglued in place.
Couplings are my own turnings, which look similar to the type shown in an old Saltford advertisement that I've seen.

So, now its in one piece. I shall probably leave it like this for now, unpainted.

Paul.