spikey faz
Western Thunderer
Bit of riveting.
And recycling some Bachmann parts to come up with boiler fittings.
Mike
And recycling some Bachmann parts to come up with boiler fittings.
Mike
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spikey faz
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More rivets and handrails/window bars.
Mike
Mike
RichardG
Western Thunderer
Mike, have you made a jig for folding the window bars? Your first photo suggests you are lining up the bends by eye, but everything looks sort of spot-on.
spikey faz
Western Thunderer
Hi Richard.
No jig - I made the bends by eye. I suppose it adds to the agricultural look, but it does for me.
Mike
No jig - I made the bends by eye. I suppose it adds to the agricultural look, but it does for me.
Mike
spikey faz
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michael mott
Western Thunderer
Mike I am curious about the bending roles and the white sheet being rolled. Is it styrene and if not what is it, and how did it stay in shape and not spring back? Nice work on the conversion so far.
Michael
Michael
spikey faz
Western Thunderer
GW Models rolling machine and Slaters Plastikard. The Plastikard appears to have retained its curve.
Mike
spikey faz
Western Thunderer
I've reinstalled the reversing gear.
I would really welcome any input as to what other controls should be present in the cab, as I'm a bit vague on this kind of thing! I'm thinking some sort of brake controls, throttle etc, but not coming up with much on the Internet for fireless locomotives. I don't necessarily need to know how the controls work, but what they look like will be very beneficial for me.
Cheers.
Mike
I would really welcome any input as to what other controls should be present in the cab, as I'm a bit vague on this kind of thing! I'm thinking some sort of brake controls, throttle etc, but not coming up with much on the Internet for fireless locomotives. I don't necessarily need to know how the controls work, but what they look like will be very beneficial for me.
Cheers.
Mike
spikey faz
Western Thunderer
I shall probably cobble something together and just hope the more learned WT folk don't look too closely.
Mike
daifly
Western Thunderer
This might give an idea or two:
Dave
Andrew Barclay Fireless 0-4-0 in 0 Gauge
7mm scale (O Gauge) model of Andrew Barclay Fireless Locomotive 0-4-0 'Calderstones'
www.davidlosmith.co.uk
PhilH
Western Thunderer
Sorry to contradict Simon, but most fireless locos did have two water gauges, one sometimes at a lower level to allow for the large variation in water level.
One is visible on HL 3746/29 at Huncoat Power Station. The locos would be charged with a mixture of superheated water and steam, the water giving off more steam as the pressure reduced hence the amount of water determined how much more steam would be raised.
Note that two gauges are fitted on the rear of the cab frontplate. Some locomotives were fitted with a pressure reducing valve giving a constant tractive effort until the reservoir pressure dropped to the pressure set by the reducing valve. Without the reducing valve the tractive effort would fall all the time from the charging requiring constant adjustment of the regulator. I would assume that the two gauges are one for the reservoir pressure and one for the pressure after the reducing valve, i.e. the pressure actually reaching the cylinders.
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spikey faz
Western Thunderer
spikey faz
Western Thunderer
I picked up a couple of 3D printed valves off eBay. Modified by me to represent the steam supply connection.
Just waiting for the filler to dry before rubbing down and painting.
Mike
Just waiting for the filler to dry before rubbing down and painting.
Mike
spikey faz
Western Thunderer
The fireless project stalled as I wasn't happy with the overall dimensions. Something not right, but I'll come back to it in due course. In the meantime I acquired another LGB loco.
Of course I couldn't leave it alone!
Mike
Of course I couldn't leave it alone!
Mike
spikey faz
Western Thunderer
I didn't take many pictures as this project progressed quite quickly.
Mike
Mike
spikey faz
Western Thunderer
Popped out in the garden just now to take some more pictures. It's not finished, but I'm already quite pleased with the overall result.
Mike
Mike
