Got a lubricator, got a chassis – no room ! There is a foul between draw hook shaft, angles for fixing buffer beam and cylinder block. Drawing shows it directly behind hook which is clearly wrong. Where does it go??

Thanks, Phil

Thanks all for help and pictures. Where I went wrong was building to drawing; the drawing has the drawhook going 1.25" back from front of buffer beam to accommodate a spring and this is impossible at the front with the lubricator. Another big error on the drawings and clearly LBSC never made the loco from his plans ! I will convert the hook to unsprung and then put the lubricator where it is shown on the plans

Thanks again, Phil

Thanks Michael I have copies of the articles but they are full of 'I've described this many times before so I won't do it again' for critical operations and lots of text telling me the completely obvious. I had rather hoped that I could build the loco from the drawings but they are really only a reasonable indication of what is required (leaving aside those who think the valve set-up is all wrong). Another example that comes to mind – the motion plate. The cut out for the crosshead pump drive isn't on the frame drawing, it just 'appears' later when you have to strip the chassis down to remove the motion plate to put the cut-out in.

Anyway lubricator going in nicely now, the hook is solid to the buffer beam and I am doing the pipe, linkage and filler

Good job we didn't make Airbus' like this, Phil