Dikitriki
Flying Squad
Outriggers - post 532 here 7mm - Dikitriki's Dark side: L&Y Crab....temporarily | Page 27 | Western Thunder
Richard
mickoo
Western Thunderer
I usually solder the sides to the base and then the tops to the well deck and coal space, not easy or neat but like yourself, I've not found away to get in there once the internal sub assembly is complete. On the A1 tender I did solder the sides to the internal structure and then added the coal space and rear well deck but that was just as fiddly.
It's all looking very good though
Mick D
Thank you: hadn't thought of that. I'll look into it. Pity I have painted the bogie!
The other thought was something that OzzyO (I think) posted on another channel. Solder some brass bar inside the outer frames, drilled and tapped so that the spacers can be held by screws.
Thank you, and thanks for your very helpful information and advice during the build. I am looking forward to seeing her in the flesh so to speak!
Wot! No posts since August! Well Telford came and went followed by a couple of business trips but I am now back in the swing of things. I'll post a better update later but these show progress.
Frames went together nicely. No real issues with the running plate: just the usual pfaff in forming the curved sections.
The firebox wrapper was a bit long and had to be filed back to the former, but otherwise the smokebox/boiler/firebox and cab assemblies went together well. The cab is secure but the rest are just positioned in this photo.
I had fun making a support for the bracket that stops the ABC gearbox from rotating.
Work is now underway on the brake gear. The only issue here was that the pull rod from the crank to the rear beam was a bit long and had to be shortened.
It's good to be back at the workbench again.
Frames went together nicely. No real issues with the running plate: just the usual pfaff in forming the curved sections.
The firebox wrapper was a bit long and had to be filed back to the former, but otherwise the smokebox/boiler/firebox and cab assemblies went together well. The cab is secure but the rest are just positioned in this photo.
I had fun making a support for the bracket that stops the ABC gearbox from rotating.
Work is now underway on the brake gear. The only issue here was that the pull rod from the crank to the rear beam was a bit long and had to be shortened.
It's good to be back at the workbench again.
No posts for a very long time, but that is because the last model across the bench was a Finney West Country, not something you can knock together in a weekend! In fact this has taken me 9 months but is now back from Paul Moore who did the final detailing and painting. Many thanks for his help.
Crediton will be on display on the Gladiator stand at Doncaster next week. We are next to the Finney stand, so if you like it, you can pop next door and buy one!
I am just finishing a Gladiator H2: the unpainted model should also be on view.
Crediton will be on display on the Gladiator stand at Doncaster next week. We are next to the Finney stand, so if you like it, you can pop next door and buy one!
I am just finishing a Gladiator H2: the unpainted model should also be on view.
Peter Cross
Western Thunderer
They look so much better in BR green than that awful colour Bullied painted them.
Lovely work from both you and the painter. Look forward to seeing more on the Atlantic.
Lovely work from both you and the painter. Look forward to seeing more on the Atlantic.
