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Post by drjohn on Feb 25, 2009 6:58:22 GMT
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Post by baggo on Feb 25, 2009 8:51:45 GMT
Looks great DJ  I've always thought it a good idea to put a little plate on somewhere saying who built the loco and when. It would save a lot of trouble if some later owner wants to trace the ancestry ! John |
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Post by drjohn on Feb 25, 2009 9:12:24 GMT
Thanks John
I put the plates on in my usual unconventional fashion - scraped the paint off down to bare brass and stuck them with loctite 620. The plates are only 0.8mm thick so there wasn't the depth for rivets or other more secure means of atttachment, but I'll see if they fall off.
Incidentally, all the plates were made and came painted and polished from a company here called Rep Graphic - the details are on my links page near the bottom - total cost at even today's worthless pound, under 25 quid.
DJ
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Post by steam4ian on Feb 25, 2009 9:19:58 GMT
G'day John
I really am inspired. BTW what does "Bantayanian" mean and why is it number 2? The front plate is, I guess, a tribute to "er indoors".
At SASMEE last Sat. I was talking to the owner of a 71/4 Simplex, that is some loco.
I am tempted to lift my sights to a Simplex, only one more wheel set than a Blowfly and its got "real" valve gear. We have some private industry 0-6-0 prototypes in SA on 3'6" guage so Simplex could have a taller funnel and higher cab to look quite realistic.
I have heard comments about clashes between parts if the drawings are followed, did you experience this?
Regards
Ian
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Post by drjohn on Feb 25, 2009 10:04:07 GMT
Hi Ian
Explanatory PM sent!
As to clashes - none in actuality, but the clearances are ridiculously and unnecessarily tight for a freelance engine.
DJ
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Post by Laurie_B on Feb 25, 2009 10:04:23 GMT
Excellent work Dr John!  And the paintwork looks just fine. Like Steam4Ian I'm intrigued about the name. |
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Post by drjohn on Feb 25, 2009 10:10:12 GMT
Hi Laurie - I used to live on Bantayan and that is where my wife was born.
Cheers
DJ
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Post by Tel on Feb 25, 2009 12:48:01 GMT
Lookin' mighty smick DJ - ONYA!
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Post by ron on Feb 25, 2009 15:27:55 GMT
Looking great John, when's the 'go faster' red stripes going on?
Ron
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Post by drjohn on Feb 26, 2009 4:41:26 GMT
when's the 'go faster' red stripes going on? What's up with your eyesight Ron? I spent hours and hours with a lining pen puting black go faster stripes - can't you see them?  ;D DJ |
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Post by steam4ian on Feb 26, 2009 7:30:51 GMT
Dr John
After your troubles with the pump I think they worked! ;D
Regards
Ian
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Post by drjohn on Feb 26, 2009 8:17:55 GMT
Yes, Ian, and to my mind it makes a nonsense of all the super critical steam ports on the cylinders.
The inner return pipe for the superheater is only 0.275" diameter, the holes in the disc regulator are only 2 x 3/16" and the steam ports are 2 x 5/32 round holes, but there was no shortage of steam to fly the wheels!
Cheers
DJ
P.S. Got my flue brush from the UK today - 2.75 quid (sorry can't generate a pound sign even with an "alt-256") with 6 quid postage and because it was too long to fit on the postie's motorbike, I had to do a 20 mile round trip to collect it - the joys of paradise! ;D
But with the concentric superheater, I got the brush through the superheater flu no problem so it won't get gummed up like my original Simplex.
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Post by freddo1 on Feb 26, 2009 8:26:42 GMT
She's a tribute to your tenacity Baron John, good to see the two most important parts of your construction (Castings and Boiler) were sourced from quality suppliers. Roll on Bantayanian 1.
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Post by ron on Feb 27, 2009 19:41:48 GMT
when's the 'go faster' red stripes going on? What's up with your eyesight Ron? I spent hours and hours with a lining pen puting black go faster stripes - can't you see them? ;D DJ It's a bit like looking for an--------- err 'black cat in a coalmine' ;D Ron |
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Post by drjohn on Mar 7, 2009 9:27:57 GMT
Just an update - ran it up today with no blistering on the paint from Precision Paints (Phoenix) dull black paint.
Oh for a track!
DJ
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Post by ron on Mar 7, 2009 11:00:33 GMT
Hi John
Did you put the Phoenix paint directly onto the smokebox or use a primer?
Ron
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Post by drjohn on Mar 7, 2009 11:29:30 GMT
Ron - I washed all of the other rubbish off with the Malaysian equivalent of polystripper and painted straight onto the previously, supposedly etched metal - so yes, to all intents and purposes it was onto bare metal.
DJ
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Post by engineernut on Mar 7, 2009 18:27:58 GMT
Looks lovely paint finish ;D Was this sprayed or by hand?  Dave |
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Post by drjohn on Mar 8, 2009 3:37:07 GMT
Thanks Dave, but the camera lies a bit - close up, it's not wonderful! I did it with the cheap old fashioned Badger Airbrush - the one with the glass bottle underneath. My new flashy spray gun has too many variables and by the time you've got it adjusted, it needs refilling - then at the end of spraying I have to take it all to bit to clean it, so the next time it's the same performance.  But the Badger, now I have it set for a nice pattern, I don't move the nozzle any more - in fact, I think it's probably glued itself into place with paint now. ;D DJ |
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Post by engineernut on Mar 9, 2009 16:28:16 GMT
Thanks DJ. I'll bear that in mind.
Dave
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