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Kits Index

An index listing of the ten kits and their contents for easy reference
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Kit No.Kit Contents
  1  Side frames and stays, buffer plates, running board and footplate supports
  2  Running boards and footplate, axle pump with eccentric strap, banjos and valves, motion plates
  3  Wheels, axles and axle boxes, springs and adjuster pins, axle pump eccentric, coupling rods and motion arms
  4  Cylinders and steam chests, pistons and rods, slide valves and rods, end plates, top plates, gaskets, etc.
5A


5 B,C,D
A) Connecting rods, cross-heads, sliders and rails,  blast pipe and steam tee

B)
Brake rods, hangers, shoes, brake stand and the various linkages
C)
Lubricator, linkage and pipework (not actually fitted until kit 6)
D)
Draincock operating levers
  6  Reverser quadrant, lever, guide, handle and reach rod, and the valve gear. Valve timing and first run on compressed air
  7  The boiler with regulator fitted, superheater and banjo, buffer beam and buffer, firebox door, blow down valve, steam dome cover and gasket
  8  Smokebox and cradle, boiler cladding spacers, boiler bands, chimney, smokebox door, hinges and dart, boiler feed clacks, dummy exhaust pipes,
  9  Two side tanks, hand pump and handle, steam turret, whistle and valve, water gauge and glass, pressure gauge, safety valve, injector, steam and water valves, and all the pipework for the above
 10  Cab roof, front and sides, windows, steps, dummy steam dome and safety valves, dummy outside regulator, steam pipes and control rod, dummy sand dome and pipes, grate and ashpan
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