The rail guards are hand‑cut with a hacksaw and then shaped with files, using photos of the real locomotive as a reference.
The wheel arches are still missing. They are made in the same way, using a hacksaw and files, and the radius is scribed onto the metal with a compass.
The small flange was formed using the bending machine.
The front wheel arches also include the sandbox, a feature often seen on British locomotives.
The large radius is traced directly from the middle wheel arches.
For the small radius, a piece of 70 mm round steel was used, as my radius gauges are not that large.
Once again, the parts had to be shaped by hand.
Here I am tracing the right‑hand side.
First the top of the wheel arch is rolled; the small edges are bent afterwards.
After clamping the parts with a parallel clamp, they are soft‑soldered with a soldering iron. A 300‑watt iron delivers plenty of heat for this work.
The small radius is bent once again over the round steel. Some minor hand‑adjustment is needed to make it fit closely to the arch, and with 1 mm steel this is still manageable—though it does take a bit of finger force.
To bend the 5 mm radius, a bending jig was made. It is clamped in the bending machine with the help of a few gauge blocks.
Soldering the end pieces...
These are made of some scrap pieces
.…and then the inner supports. Once the soldering is done, the cleanup with files and sandpaper takes place — a job that often takes longer than the soldering itself.
With the boiler partly finished and the laser‑cut cab temporarily held together with magnets, it’s really beginning to look like a Y14.
The sandbox lid is turned from mild steel and fitted with an M3 extension, allowing it to be screwed securely onto the sandbox.
The operating rod is the next part to make.
