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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2018 20:59:47 GMT
Looks fantastic Pete, will you be protecting the polished rims in any way, or just oil? Don Thanks' Don....it's a good question sir...most probably rely on oil, fine when in service but that's a good few years off yet, I'll probably just give them a wipe over with some oil time from time. I have now oiled the bogie and trailing axles, loaded their oil pads, oiled the horn guides for both and oiled the various cartazzi axle components, there's a number of parts to oil there. Pete
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 9:55:10 GMT
Main wheels back on...will line the axles later.. Pete
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Post by jon38r80 on Jun 13, 2018 10:50:58 GMT
Much better with the rims cleaned. The advice that the green wont look so bad once the wheels are on the frames was spot on.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 10:57:40 GMT
Thank's Jon Yes it looks much more like the LNER colour now...I'm still coming to terms with the polished rims though...having grown up with the misconception that 4472 had fully lined rims it looks strange to my eye...it's growing on me though...thank god for my chosen era they had chosen to paint the axle ends (black with fine white line) ...would have looked like a toy train with bare metal axles... Pete
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Lisa
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Post by Lisa on Jun 13, 2018 12:31:21 GMT
Main wheels back on...will line the axles later.. Pete When we ran steam commercially, every now and then we'd have to stop a child from trying to hug the loco. Looking at that chassis, I can understand the desire now. Looks great Pete!
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barlowworks
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Post by barlowworks on Jun 13, 2018 17:43:29 GMT
Is that the same chassis, it does look totally different with a coat of paint on it. Excellent work sir.
Mike
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 18:44:32 GMT
You got me worried there Mike...I thought it looked ok before the paint...
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Post by allyman on Jun 13, 2018 19:52:09 GMT
First class job pete.
bryn
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 20:21:35 GMT
First class job pete. bryn Thank's Bryn....it's not perfect but looks ok...today I sprayed the buffer stocks gloss black, fitted middle cylinder, right hand outside motion bracket with it's associated sandbox backing plate and starting lining the buffer beam. I've been busy.. Pete
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Post by drumkilbo on Jun 13, 2018 20:40:10 GMT
Looking superb Pete, your professional model making skills are obviously showing through in the finish of the paintwork , but then we wouldn't expect anything else. Ian
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 20:43:46 GMT
Thank you Ian...I'm trying sir...I'm trying........according to my wife 'I'm very trying' but that's another story... Pete
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Post by Donald G on Jun 14, 2018 7:55:15 GMT
Pete Your loco looks stunning and it is wonderful seeing it grow again in its painted form. Keep up the excellent work
Donald
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Post by a3lner on Jun 14, 2018 22:47:04 GMT
Hi Pete your loco looks stunning 5*. . Looking forward to seeing mine with paint on. But no way will look as good As yours. Keep up the good work. All the best Tom
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 9:51:26 GMT
Hi Pete your loco looks stunning 5*. . Looking forward to seeing mine with paint on. But no way will look as good As yours. Keep up the good work. All the best Tom Thanks Tom...I have no doubt that yours will be just as good if not better....certainly a more imposing model at 7 1/4 and with double tender...that's a sight worth seeing... kind regards Pete
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JohnF
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Looking for lost Mojo
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Post by JohnF on Jun 16, 2018 14:08:35 GMT
Well thats me up to date Pete, have enjoyed this from start to date, took a while though every pic tells a story and i am just picking my jaw up off the floor due to your craftsmanship, amazing read and well worth the time, though you have cost me a few pints.
Hard to stop reading when your enjoying a pint. Keep up excellent work Pete, thanks for sharing. John
Ps Signed copy of book for me as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 14:38:07 GMT
Thanks, John, glad you found it of interest...guess I owe you a pint or two... Pete
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 16:56:23 GMT
Good evening all I have 3 photo's for tonight, not much to show but I have done a lot behind the scenes which I'll give details on. As some will know it was also time for my classic car's MOT which she flew through even though I was worried about the new MOT rules. So what have I been doing other than the car?...I have stripped down the various running board sections and taking care of any blemishes ready for painting. This involved removing the 6 splashers and loctiting in some of the 10BA csk screws in my bid to reduce the number that need undoing to remove the boards, I did mention this plan before, well it's now done, only approx 10 screws but it all helps, I'll file down the ends once the loctite has cured. Any dips (particularly around the splasher support rivets have been filled with cellulose putty, they are all very fine dings so didn't require a heavier filler. After that I moved on to the smokebox and removed all of the furniture including the door ring. I did this as I wasn't happy with the finish on the tube which had many machining lines along it's length which would have showed once painted. This brings me to the first picture which shows the tube now with a nice flat finish thanks to an hour with the orbital sander, as can be seen I did this in the garden relaxing (as best I could) under the parasol...it was hot. I have ordered a tube of plumbers flue sealant which will be here tomorrow, this is black and rated for up to 300c. Plan is to reassemble all of the furniture that will be black same as the smokebox using the sealant to seal all of the 12BA bolt holes, door ring will also be sealed with said sealant. I'll refit the handrails, builders plates and ejector elbow after paint. The smokebox tube will also be sealed to the saddle and I'll paint the whole assembly as one unit. of course I'll go through the same process with the door and it's associated furniture. Hope that lot makes sense.. Next we have the buffer stocks painted in gloss black, I was hoping to line these today having sprayied them last week, but on closer inspection I could see marks from being held in the chuck (note to self, must get some soft jaws) so I keyed the buffers, filled the marks with cellulose putty, sanded down with 1200 W&D and repainted, they look much better now lastly I have started on the buffer beam lining, it's nearly there but I find this work very straining on my eyes these days so will leave it a short while before taking another look...oh to have young eyes again... That's it for today guys, hope to have another update end of week... cheers Pete
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mbrown
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Post by mbrown on Jun 18, 2018 19:51:13 GMT
Hi Pete - your painting puts mine to shame. What are you using for the lining? I am using a Bob Moore lining pen but finding it quite hard to get even lines - it seems as if it is very sensitive to changes in the speed of drawing it along... How are you tackling the lining?
Malcolm
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 20:01:48 GMT
Hi Malcolm
I'm using the Bob Moore pen too...have you tried mixing some lighter fluid in? it helps the paint flow much easier. You don't need much, I vary the amount according to the temperature, today I used quite a lot....thinners is no good as it reduces the opacity too much.
kind regards
Pete
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mbrown
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Post by mbrown on Jun 19, 2018 14:21:40 GMT
Thanks Pete,
Yes, I am using a little lighter fluid with the paint. It now occurs to me that it may be evaporating faster than I realise in my warm paint shop (a plastic greenhouse in an uninsulated garage in warm weather...). The line becomes less easy to control after the first lengths so that may be the explanation. I'll try adding a little more to the mix and / or cleaning out the pen and recharging with freshly mixed paint more frequently.
Keep up the good work - your A3 is looking fantadtic!
Malcolm
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