Next steps are to soft solder the tender tank parts together, file off the tabs and add the detail and gas/water fittings. I still have some outstanding work to do on the tender chassis also.
Saturday 31 July 2010
Tender Sides
Some more progress with the tender sides today, finished adding the rivet detail and formed the curves/folds. The picture below isn't great but you get the general idea!
Next steps are to soft solder the tender tank parts together, file off the tabs and add the detail and gas/water fittings. I still have some outstanding work to do on the tender chassis also.
Next steps are to soft solder the tender tank parts together, file off the tabs and add the detail and gas/water fittings. I still have some outstanding work to do on the tender chassis also.
Friday 30 July 2010
Riveting stuff!
Spent some time trying out the rivet embossing tool from Metalsmith Ltd (see link right) - it is the perfect match for the tender kit from Model Engineers Laser. It's actually a lot quicker that I expected to add the rivet detail. Must remember when I do the other side that the sides are handed...
Sunday 4 July 2010
Tender drag beam
The long-suffering wife allowed me a couple of hours in the shed today and further progress was made on the drag beam for the tender. The drag and buffer beams are the key parts of the tender chassis as they hold the two tender frames together, once have they are finished I will have a proper rolling tender chassis.
All the dimensions for the drag beam are correct, apart from the cut corners at the bottom. Must have made a dodgy imperial/metric conversion somewhere (drawings are imperial, mill is metric). No major problem, just need to take a little more off each corner. Also need to drill and mill the slot in the centre (for the bar that connects loco to tender).
All the dimensions for the drag beam are correct, apart from the cut corners at the bottom. Must have made a dodgy imperial/metric conversion somewhere (drawings are imperial, mill is metric). No major problem, just need to take a little more off each corner. Also need to drill and mill the slot in the centre (for the bar that connects loco to tender).
Saturday 3 July 2010
Some piccies
About 6 months along the way now, thought I'd post some piccies...
Still some way to go yet, although I would say that there are lots of bits that have been acquired that are not pictured here, including kits for cab and tender body, crankpins, connecting and coupling rods, cylinder castings.... just awaiting machining/assembling! The picture above reminds me that i need to file down the tabs on the main frames also.
As mentioned before, the boiler looks the business. It could be a while yet before it steams... I have spent around 3 hours over the last couple of days machining the tender drag beam and it is only around half done so far - this is a time consuming business!
Mike at Maccsteam also made the tender tank. Although you can't see it in this picture, the tank extends below the tender baseplate with a trough underneath. It has a number of stays and in many ways is no less complex than a boiler so I was glad when he said he would be able to make it. The tender body needs some folding but looks straightforward enough... the tricky bit will be adding the rivet detail - I stopped counting at 180 rivets when I looked at the drawing!
Still some way to go yet, although I would say that there are lots of bits that have been acquired that are not pictured here, including kits for cab and tender body, crankpins, connecting and coupling rods, cylinder castings.... just awaiting machining/assembling! The picture above reminds me that i need to file down the tabs on the main frames also.
As mentioned before, the boiler looks the business. It could be a while yet before it steams... I have spent around 3 hours over the last couple of days machining the tender drag beam and it is only around half done so far - this is a time consuming business!
Mike at Maccsteam also made the tender tank. Although you can't see it in this picture, the tank extends below the tender baseplate with a trough underneath. It has a number of stays and in many ways is no less complex than a boiler so I was glad when he said he would be able to make it. The tender body needs some folding but looks straightforward enough... the tricky bit will be adding the rivet detail - I stopped counting at 180 rivets when I looked at the drawing!
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