farnetti
Western Thunderer
Todays efforts include fitting the buffers with the lovely OLEO etchings, and sprung as per Simon Varnams' website.
Screw couplings added, I know they are not the correct ones (unless somebody tells me otherwise) but all I had to hand and will change them later.
The vacuum pipe is temporarily in place but needs to be tweaked slightly to lay flat.
The wheels have been blackened (although in the photo it doesn't look like it) but not very happy with the results. Perhaps someone can help. As they were already in place I used a cotton bud to clean them with Meths, then another cotton bud to soak them with Birchwood Casey gun blue and finally buffed with brass wheel in the Dremel.
But the gun blue didn't stick to all of the metal evenly and in areas not at all. Re-applied the gun blue and buffing but after the subsequent soldering session and cleaning in warm, soapy water the treated surface has taken on a rough, slightly green surface.
I bought some re-profiled wheels from Christopher Makepeace some years ago and they were beautifully blackened. Maybe I need to blacken them in a bath rather than cotton buds. Any help much appreciated.
Ken
Screw couplings added, I know they are not the correct ones (unless somebody tells me otherwise) but all I had to hand and will change them later.
The vacuum pipe is temporarily in place but needs to be tweaked slightly to lay flat.
The wheels have been blackened (although in the photo it doesn't look like it) but not very happy with the results. Perhaps someone can help. As they were already in place I used a cotton bud to clean them with Meths, then another cotton bud to soak them with Birchwood Casey gun blue and finally buffed with brass wheel in the Dremel.
But the gun blue didn't stick to all of the metal evenly and in areas not at all. Re-applied the gun blue and buffing but after the subsequent soldering session and cleaning in warm, soapy water the treated surface has taken on a rough, slightly green surface.
I bought some re-profiled wheels from Christopher Makepeace some years ago and they were beautifully blackened. Maybe I need to blacken them in a bath rather than cotton buds. Any help much appreciated.
Ken