LNWR A Class in S7

[john lewsey]

Hi ,it's been a while since I posted here.As some might know I made an A class in P4. But .............I have wanted one in 7mm for some time so when I spoke to Nick Neaston recently and he said that he could do one in nickel silver I just had to give myself a Christmas present. So hear are a few pics of the start.
John

 

[bambuko]

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looks lovely

 

[john lewsey]

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looks lovely

Thank you

 

[john lewsey]

I have just noticed that I have spelt here incorrectly

 

[bambuko]

You can always edit your messages... (bottom LH corner of offending message)

 

[john lewsey]

I'm rolling the boiler at the moment,so far so good. Do you like my rolling bars. I will use 22mm copper tube to do the finishing and tightening up of the boiler.

 

[john lewsey]

I actually did it I rolled a boiler with two bits of waste pipe and a couple of bits of broom handle. I will say that this bit had me worried. Its now looking like an engine.. I'm not using the wheels that you see ,these are an old pair that I have had for years. Somebody on the LNWR Facebook group makes his own wheels and his H spoke LNWR wheels look the part.

 

[David Waite]

What a perfect rolling job you have done on the boiler shell and to think it’s done with waste pipe
and a broom handle that’s amazing well done, necessity is the mother of invention.
David.

 

[john lewsey]

Thanks David. I watched someone do it like that years ago at an exhibition. So I thought I'll give it a go. I did it over two days a little bit at a time.
Thank you for your comments. Maybe I was just lucky.
John

 

[john lewsey]

Hi I have just received some photos of the wheels for the A class. They look great to me

 

[John Duffy]

That looks very nice indeed. Following with interest.

John

 

[john lewsey]

A slightly better photo I hope