Hi Chaps thought it was about time I updated you on the Simplex I've been slowly making progress (around fitting in a couple of holidays).
Most of the work has been about tidying things up so that that they look less like a bodge, so her' a few pics of some of the work done.
The running board didn't clear the top of the cylinder so fitted a bracket so that the running board could be lifted up.
![](http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/sbwhart/DSC01291_zps53ab0fd8.jpg)
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I also split the running board so that it would be easy to get to the valve chest for maintenance with a one piece board the side tanks would have to be removed to get to them.
![](http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/sbwhart/DSC01293_zps8f3d7de7.jpg)
This is how they now fit over the cylinders a lot better.
![](http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/sbwhart/DSC01289_zps941b2d29.jpg)
Full shot of the new running board fitted
![](http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/sbwhart/DSC01296_zpsa4d11fe9.jpg)
Also re worked the smoke box door re-skimmed the face, with the rough arse finished it had it wouldn't have closed air tight, also made a new hinges, dart and closing handles.
![](http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/sbwhart/DSC01298_zps31b283ae.jpg)
Had a problem fitting the left hand side tank, the boiler fire box is a bit lop sided as a result the tank overhung the running boards on that side a fair bit, the fix required a bit of drastic surgery I had to move the side of the tank in 1/2" and fit a false side with space to accommodate the boiler.
![](http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/sbwhart/DSC01287_zps71ea4784.jpg)
I would lose some water storage capacity but there is more than enough available. The fix worked out OK.
![](http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/sbwhart/DSC01300_zps5b64fa38.jpg)
You can also see the fire box cladding that I've made in the last pic along with the new spectacle plate..
He is a pic of the footplate I still need to do the pipe work.
![](http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/sbwhart/DSC01302_zps2d0154e7.jpg)
I just have the bunker tank to make that should take a couple of days, then its a strip down to do the plumbing, then the 1 1/2 working pressure test and the steam test at the end of the month with luck.
Getting excited
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Stew