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Post by vk2dj on Sept 24, 2015 11:28:51 GMT
G'day all I am new to this forum my name is Gary Gillam I live on the south coast of N S W Australia I have been following the build threads & impressed with the workman ship of the builds<br>I have found it quite informative & picked up several different perspectives of how to go about a making a particular part <br>I am into my 4 th year of a North British Hudson 4-6-4 imported into Australia between 1952 & 1956 they were called the Victorian R-Class I will try & post a pic of the frame construction so far ,I have just about finished the tender about 2 years work so far I decided to have a brake from it to finish the boiler of which I had it pressure tested by our club boiler inspector last week end ,at present boring the cylinders <br>Not sure what size the pictures have to be but here goes
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Post by Roger on Sept 24, 2015 12:50:02 GMT
I think you can delete this duplicate post if you go to the Gear Wheel icon to the right of the post, I believe it's an option there.
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Post by Jim on Sept 24, 2015 20:20:00 GMT
Welcome to the site. An R class is a nice loco and would be a very welcome and interesting addition to the build threads on the site, looking forward to seeing some photos.
Do you belong to Illawarra Live steamers on the south coast?
Jim
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Post by vk2dj on Sept 24, 2015 21:33:28 GMT
Yes Jim i am a member G'day Pete i have been following your build very impressed with your workmanship i will try & post a pic from my flicker
page just to try & get the hang of it if successful i will post some more
Gary
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Post by vk2dj on Sept 24, 2015 22:01:49 GMT
G'day Rodger i have been following your Speedy build log for some time impressed with the way you go about things I tried to follow your surgestions regarding the posting of pictures with no success may be you could advise me what to do i have set up a Flicker page
Gary
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Post by vk2dj on Sept 24, 2015 22:06:22 GMT
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Post by vk2dj on Sept 24, 2015 22:27:11 GMT
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Post by Roger on Sept 24, 2015 23:15:45 GMT
Hi Gary,
OK, this is what I do with Flickr images....
1) Go to the Flickr image so it's showing the large photo on the screen
2) On the bottom RH corner below the image there's a share arrow, click that.
3) Make sure BBCode is the link that's being highlighted, it usually is by default.
4) There's a whole load of highlighted text that's the link you need, so use Ctrl+C to copy that to the clipboard.
5) Start with Quick reply and hit return a few times to make a space and then use Ctrl+V to paste the link to the page. At this stage you can't see the picture.
6) If you want to embed multiple pictures then hit return a few more times to make space and repeat the process.
7) Now you have the pictures embedded, hit the Reply button on the top right of the Quick Reply window and hey presto, the pictures are visible.
8) With the spaces you've created between the images, go back and type what you want to say.
There may be other ways to do this, but that's what I do.
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Post by vk2dj on Sept 25, 2015 6:18:13 GMT
A picture of the R-Class Tender build not yet complete all the front detail to finish the tender is for the oil burning loco R719 the R710 was when I was going to make a coal fired loco but as there was only 2 built I thought it was a good idea to build something different  T7 by Gary Gillam, on Flickr  T1 by Gary Gillam, on Flickr  T5 by Gary Gillam, on Flickr |
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Post by vk2dj on Sept 25, 2015 6:21:51 GMT
Thanks Roger for the information it works a treat if anybody is interested I have a series of tender build pictures I can post
Gary
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Post by Roger on Sept 25, 2015 7:02:57 GMT
You're very welcome Gary, what lovely craftsmanship.
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Post by vk2dj on Sept 25, 2015 10:23:32 GMT
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Post by Shawki Shlemon on Sept 26, 2015 9:40:40 GMT
Welcome to the forum , very nice work for a very nice engine . Good to see another Australian joins the this forum .
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Post by ejparrott on Sept 27, 2015 9:01:27 GMT
That's an interesting truck design, looks like it has a couple of tilting rockers rather than a thrust pad to take the load?
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Post by vk2dj on Sept 27, 2015 9:04:07 GMT
G'day all Thanks for the wellcom Shawki, the method i used for setting out the centers to suit the castings care had to be taken in the marking out process as i already made a paper weight 1st time round ,the castings were made from patterns that were to close to scale the were modeled of the original drawings not enough material for easy machining  cylinder1 by Gary Gillam, on Flickr I decided to bore between centers as i was not confident of using the mill due to possible flex in the boring bar when boring for the piston valve as the length was 4.25" .in the end they turned out ok  cylinder 2 by Gary Gillam, on Flickr Adjusting the final few passes  cylinder3 by Gary Gillam, on Flickr |
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Post by vk2dj on Oct 4, 2015 7:19:11 GMT
G'day all progress on the cylinders on hold at the moment we are on holidays at the moment so i thought i would post some pictures of the trailing truck build this was my first attempt at using AutoCad to draw parts for water cutting as luck would have it they turned out ok except for the top plate  TRT 1 by Gary Gillam, on Flickr Made up a jig to hold the sides & bottom plates for silver soldering  TRT2 by Gary Gillam, on Flickr  TRT3 by Gary Gillam, on Flickr Milling the spacer blocks for the axle boxes & keeps  TRT5 by Gary Gillam, on Flickr |
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Post by vk2dj on Nov 3, 2015 6:23:57 GMT
G'day All back from holidays back into the build after a lot of distractions EG: wife wanting things done around the house a couple more pic of the trailing truck build A few of the brake hanger brackets before soldering to frame  TRT7 by Gary Gillam, on Flickr  TRT8 by Gary Gillam, on Flickr  TRT9 by Gary Gillam, on Flickr |
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Post by Jim on Nov 3, 2015 10:14:44 GMT
That's going to be a beautifully detailed model Gary when you finish it. Well done.  Jim |
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Post by vk2dj on Nov 10, 2015 21:46:23 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2015 22:08:43 GMT
lovely work Gary...very impressive....
Pete
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