Standard 4 Tank.
Details on building the MOK Standard 4 Tank kit
I'm going to use these pages to detail the building the superb MOK Standard 4 tank kit, to Scale7 standards. I helped out manning the Scale7 stand at the York 2011 exhibition, this photo shows the current state of the build. I'll add pages of the build as it progresses. It is a superb kit and extremely well designed, however in my usual initimable way I had to modify it slightly. As designed it uses beam compensation on the driving wheels, I prefer sprung suspension so the kit is modified slightly for continuous springy beam, more on that to follow.
So lets get started, the first post are a few details about the research for selecting a specific loco to model. Followed by a tempting display of what exactly you get in the box.
The build instructions start with building the ashpan, which is a nice little introduction to the build methods in the kit. It then follows into building up the chassis and pony truck. However when I got stuck or bored I switched to building some of the bodywork, starting with the boiler and the front footplate.
After the Wigan show I was spurred into a little more action so a start was made on the rear bunker and the main tanks.