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Post by drumkilbo on Aug 3, 2008 14:07:57 GMT
Must be the 2nd move, otherwise how did it get there in order to run back to the front of the works....unless they towed it down the line a bit, anyway it does look superb and it just shows what can still be done. Jolly well done!
Ian.
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 19, 2008 17:24:23 GMT
Very impressive Brian, I don't think the traffic wardens will allow such a turn of speed on Buchanan Street !
Cheers,
Ian.
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 19, 2008 14:47:04 GMT
I made up another guide to get the line closer to the edge but it was quite fiddly to get the guide nearer the wheel. I was quite successful lining the cylinder cladding [3 1/2in Maisie ] as the cladding fitted nicely over the cardboard inside a kitchen roll. Alan, just re-looked at Chris's book and yes, good advice about it there, and just noticed his advice about boiler bands is to spray them black and then do the white edging after [ LNER ]. I should see him tomorrow and hope to get a close look at Bongo Ian.
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 19, 2008 10:51:47 GMT
I bought one at Harrogate this year and it is fantastic when you are trying it out on bits of scrap, but as soon as I go near the loco with it, it wanders all over the place. Main problem for me is getting the line started as you have to run off something onto the work and run off the other end onto something to maintain the quality of the line. The draughtsmans pen is tempting as back in the early 70s I trained as a cartographic draughtsman[ map maker] with the Ordnance Survey, whether the old skills will come back...I don't know ! However , the buegler has been an asset despite my initial negativity and I'll persevere with it. The transfers I assume are for going on the boiler banding rather than the cladding as you state, again at Harrogate I got some LNER lining for that job but I am tempted to paint the banding white and then use the buegler to put a black line down the centre Regards, Ian.
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 17, 2008 10:55:00 GMT
What time are you going to be there ? Well done on getting it into all these outlets, especially Border Books, have you tried Glasgow Museum of Transport ? Regards,
Ian.
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 16, 2008 17:15:58 GMT
For the 3rd time in my life I probably will be in the big city at the week-end. I'm still dipping into the painting book and finding out where I've gone wrong! Hope to see you there, Regards, Ian.
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 13, 2008 8:40:49 GMT
I hardly think that a bright orange T shirt is appropriate wear for someone who is 108 years old, Mutley !
Ian
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 10, 2008 19:39:17 GMT
Just wondering if my Grandfather's Yankee 110a horse plough in my garden [which is priceless to me ] could be a target ?!!!
Ian.
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 10, 2008 16:46:41 GMT
Alan, was that definitely cast iron up FROM £91 to £234 or up £91 to £234 ? If it is as you wrote then that is a frightening rise since March and explains what I heard on the radio yesterday about the theft of manhole covers etc. The demand from China and India is the cause in prices going through the roof apparently. I think I'll order some more brass while I can still afford it !
Ian.
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 9, 2008 13:04:42 GMT
Good luck with sniffing them out! A chance remark from a guy I've known for yonks led to an interrogation from me, turns out he has just started a Rob Roy, so when he found out I was nearly finished one he started interrogating me.! Ian.
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 9, 2008 9:25:01 GMT
I dealt with these suppliers 'cos there aren't any up here. Visit Harrogate as it is the nearest ME exhibition[ it's only 250 miles away] Came away with lots of goodies. I find Harrogate ideal as my wife is more than happy to shop in the centre amongst all the other engineers WAGs, was at the ELR the day before on a glorious May day, spoke to the guys on the footplate and I think one of them was making a Simplex. Ian.
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 8, 2008 20:04:19 GMT
Looks good to me too, food for thought as cylinders seem to be the most expensive item in a list of castings
Ian.
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 8, 2008 19:12:17 GMT
Kirriemuir,Angus, funnily enough I'm half Lancashire and I was on the ELR a couple of months ago. I did post something on the newbie bit a while ago. Ian
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 8, 2008 17:21:25 GMT
Yes, that's the one I mean, if you compare the cylinder block on that one to the cylinders on the brace of halls which are obvious castings as we know them, then it must have just been machined out of a lump of metal. Reading other postings recently I think someone said between the wars or after the 2nd one castings weren't available so things were fabricated or just chewed out of the solid and that only a few things like wheels and hornblocks are really necessary in the form of castings. Having been away from model engineering for about 20 years I've been amazed at what is available now and the amount of suppliers as well altho' a few have fallen by the wayside. I used to deal with Kennions, Akron tools and Model & Miniature Railways , Rochdale. What happened to them ? Reeves was about the only name I recognised Ian
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 8, 2008 12:47:28 GMT
'fraid not tbsteam as it is very much a future project, however station road steam has good photos of one in the projects section and also a " brace of Halls" part built in the archive [ usual disclaimer ] The cylinders on the one in projects don't look like castings to me, see what you think. A lot of Mike's archive stuff is useful for gleaning details, it has certainly helped me with odds and ends.
Ian
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 7, 2008 17:48:42 GMT
I would agree with the above comments as the Machine Mart one handled my Rob Roy boiler alright.
Ian.
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 7, 2008 17:44:04 GMT
I was assuming that anyone thinking of making their own patterns for casting would make allowances for machining.
Ian.
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 7, 2008 11:12:23 GMT
I take it you mean cylinder castings for the Lickham Hall, and assuming you have the Reeves drawings, I have just had a look at mine and there seem to be all the measurements you need plus as they are drawn actual size a ruler is all that is needed, or are there other less detailed plans available that I don't know about ? Regards,
Ian.
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 5, 2008 20:53:48 GMT
Furthermore to the Reeves castings, the ones I bought in 1981 were only machined 2 years ago [ the cylinders ] and they surely didn't have X-ray facilities as there were a lot of holes in them.
Ian
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Post by drumkilbo on Jul 5, 2008 20:49:58 GMT
Ah, but if you use real plants then some of them might die and a year or two later you can get paid again to replace them or dig them out, plus if they live you can do all those gardeny things like spraying and pruning etc. whereas cast ones would just rust or maybe go green with verdigris and you would end up with green fingers when cleaning them..Doh !
Ian.
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