Jennifer Who?

[Jon Nazareth]

Here we are, 1,025 rivets later.

Jon

 

[mswjr]

nice workmanship.

 

[Ian_T]

I admire your patience Jon!

Regards,

IanT

 

[Mike W]

Beautiful. It will be a shame to paint it.

Mike

 

[Jon Nazareth]

Mike
That’s just what my nephew said.

Jon

P.S. We’re all waiting for the next, ‘Some of my G3 rolling stock’.

 

[Jon Nazareth]

I soldered the sides to the end and sat it on the tender to see how it looked, I should have made it narrower. From this exercise I could see the little clearance that exists between the bolts that hold the springs to the hangers and the sides of the tender tank. It was obvious that I couldn’t simply join the sides and end to the nickel base as it wouldn’t then be possible to fix the springs in place. I decided to make a sort of ‘sub-base’ out of brass where the tender tank et al could be made up on and then fixed to the nickel base using a couple of 8BA screws put in from underneath. The screws will go into those two brass nuts that can be seen soldered in place. The main idea is that the nickel floor will be fixed to the tender under frame using 14BA countersunk brass screws, the springs will be put in place and then the tank will be placed between the springs and the whole held in place by the screws. Should work.

Jon

 

[Jon Nazareth]

I’ve added this coal door to the tender. It’s such a simple thing but it did take me a while to get it right as I kept making mistakes. Still, it’s done now.

Jon

 

[Jon Nazareth]

More drilling, more de-burring and more riveting for the part that fits inside the tender. That’s the last of it on the tender and I’m determined to find a rivetless way of doing things when it comes around to building the loco.

Jon

 

[mswjr]

Very neat.

 

[michael mott]

Your riveting work look very sharp Jon. I cannot imagine that there would be anything regarding rivets that could look anywhere near as good.
Michael

 

[Jon Nazareth]

Michael
You’re very kind.

Jon

 

[Jon Nazareth]

A dummy run to see how the tank fits on the base plate/body and the breaking gear lining up. The fitter made the hole for the brake standard in the wrong place so fitted a plate over it and made a new one. I’ll need to make some guard rails to prevent the fireman from falling off and also a fall plate.

Jon

 

[ovener]

Beautiful work. It puts me in mind of a carriage clock for some reason - all that brass and elegant rivetting I suppose!

 

[NickB]

Exquisite. Not just in the rows and columns of rivets, but everywhere the care and attention to detail put this in the ranks of the finest.

Nick

 

[Mike W]

Well said Nick. Beautiful work Jon.

Mike

 

[Jon Nazareth]

Nick and Mike
Any more comments like that and my head won’t fit through doorways. Thank you.

Jon

 

[Jon Nazareth]

I’ve already posted pictures very similar to these but I’ve now added the fall plate and the handrail and soldered in the ‘tank’ top. It will all have to come apart for painting but that won’t be until the summer. It was very fiddly to get all of the fixings in place and I can see that it will be extra stressful, once it’s painted, to get it back together again without scratching the paintwork. I’ve also glued inside the tank a 45g piece of lead which I hope will give a smoother ride.

Jon

 

[Renovater]

Excellent work there, i don't think i've ever seen better rivetting than that, superb....Colin

 

[timbowales]

I like the fight going on in the background

 

[Jon Nazareth]

I must get on and paint them

Jon