Diesel Developer & Pugbash Permitter
Both
kits share a common footplate casting which comes with a strengthening
section on top for packing and transit. This should be cut away with a
sharp craft knife along the cast in groove on all four sides, taking
care not to gouge the footplate.
Once
cut away all remaining traces can be removed, and the footplate
smoothed by rubbing it top down on wet and dry (used wet to damp down
dust) held onto a flat surface. When done the thin centre section of the
footplate can be cut away. Remove any additional remaining flash from
all the castings. The Kato mechanism has to be trimmed to length,
removing an equal amount from each end until it fits snugly into the
hole in the centre of the footplate. Pop the Kato mechanism out while
assembly takes place.
Diesel Developer
Simply
fix coupler castings to the locating pockets on both ends, and the
sideframes to their locating ribs under the footplate. The Kato
mechanism can now be refitted.
Pugbash Permitter
A
little more complex. The couplers again are fixed into their pockets
and the sideframes onto the locating ribs. Make sure that the oval holes
are both at the same end of the underframe (this will be the rear of
the footplate) the sideframes can be mounted either way up to facilitate
this being identical top for bottom. Fix the cylinder mouldings to the
front recessed, flat section of the sideframe; butted up tight to the
first of the side skirt plates, close to the underside of the footplate
and perhaps angled back a couple of degrees. Again the Kato mechanism
can be popped back in place.
All that remains is to fabricate a suitable body, paint and fix together.
