After a property move and a fair bit of DIY I have decided it is time for a new build. After some deliberation I have opted for the OcCre Stevenson's Rocket.
I have build their kits before and am aware that their build instructions can be a bit sparse (Here are the parts and here are some pictures )

Will start with the wooden parts, I intend to complete as many as I can before I start on the painting. I will add pictures as I go.

Starting with boiler. The tank itself is straight forward, I did bevel the sides of the wooden strips to give a better fit. The ends of the boiler uses pins to create the rivets and these need to be trimmed. A word of caution here, the pins when cut tend to fly in all directions so wear glasses.

Next the fire box. Ensure you have the orientation of the sides correct. It is easy the get them the wrong way round.The top of the box consists of strips which again I beveled to give a nice fit. Again the rivets are created by using the pins provided.

The eight wheels come next. each wheel consists of two parts. The main drive wheels have 38 pins each. Again these need to be trimmed. I need to add some aluminium strips to complete the wheels before painting.

Boiler support next - No problems here

Water tank next. I cut the staves to length and used my plank bender to create a curve. This makes it easier to fit/glue. Initially i used elastic band to hold the the staves in place but the kept slipping off. In the end I found that the cutout from the wheel where just the right size to fit over the end of the water tank and this held the staves in place whilst the glue set. Need to add the second layer of planking.

Back to the tender to add additional supports. Think I got this right the pictures are not to informative here.

One thing I have found with OcCre is that their customer service is excellent. Broken/Missing parts are replaced very quickly. So far so good no issues.

Pictures attached

Great to see you building Gil-Even if it is an OCCRE kit I built this one a few years ago.it is a nice kit with all the usual OCCRE twists and turns thrown in!!!

Looks great so far.

Carl

Nice kit, and great work so far.

Mark

Nice one Gil. Looking good already.
I wonder what gauge the wheels will be when it's finished...?

Lots of fiddly bits to spray with this kit. So decided I needed a turntable to help me. Being parsimonious I felt sure I could devise one from bits and bobs laying about in my garage/workshop.

Take one empty CD spindle add a piece of offcut timber. Drill the correct size hole on the block and trim the spindle. Insert the CD holder into the hole in the block and bingo one hand driven turntable. When using I use a small platform to hold the target piece (BlueTac can be useful for smaller pieces, The spray cans can and will eject smaller components off the platform)

You can now move the target piece to facilitate spraying

Jobs a goodun

No problem

I think one of the best things about this forum is the free advice/suggestions
offered by members to assist with either specific builds or just in general

Nice work, great idea as well.

Mark

Time for an update :-

Lots of small components to this build, but as I am no longer able to leave the house (Except for "essential" shopping like Beer) I should have more time to build.

As stated in my previous post the build instructions are vague and sometimes misleading, but I like a challenge.

The attached pictures will show how far I have got. With the number of parts there is a lot of gluing, waiting then painting and yet more waiting.

My next step is to finish the construction and painting of the wheels. This should be fun as with all my other models the wheels have been provided fully constructed so watch this space.

Hi Gil,

This looks an interesting kit Gil, always had this one in mind, think it must go back to my school days, watching with interest.

Regards

Trev

Looks excellent, some very nice work. I can see a new product in the making here,” mini modelling pegs”

Mark