greensands
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Building a Don Young 5" Black Five
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Post by greensands on Nov 11, 2012 9:21:20 GMT
Hi all - Hotcoals does look very promising as a new source of copper boilers but has anyone had any experience of ordering a 5" gauge boiler other than that for a Springbok?
Reg
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springbok
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Building a Thompson Class B1 in 5"g Plus restoring a 3" Fowler steam road Engine "The Wanderer".
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Post by springbok on Nov 23, 2012 7:01:39 GMT
Hi everyone there is a new thread started up on Kim's boilers that I will be contributing to
Bob
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nonort
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Post by nonort on Nov 23, 2012 11:55:54 GMT
The website for Marco is www.steamtechnology.co.uk I have absolutely no connection with the guy but have inspected several of his boilers all very sound. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2012 11:58:40 GMT
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springbok
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Building a Thompson Class B1 in 5"g Plus restoring a 3" Fowler steam road Engine "The Wanderer".
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Post by springbok on Feb 3, 2013 15:30:05 GMT
Hi everyone I have been not doing much recently as redecorating the house.
I am now back in the workshop and tackling all the bits that go into the front. Think I have found a good source for proper glass windows, not plastic, will keep everyone posted.
Bob
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springbok
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Building a Thompson Class B1 in 5"g Plus restoring a 3" Fowler steam road Engine "The Wanderer".
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Post by springbok on Apr 6, 2013 19:20:37 GMT
Hi major help on this one please, now makeing all the components for the back end of the boiler BUT on the intermediate check valve drawing 8 it only indicates a 1/16" gap between ball and housing is this enough for the hand pump to deliver!!! or is the hand pump only for emergencies..anyone made one and found it ok
Bob
sorting out my typos
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Post by KennLindeman on Mar 6, 2014 12:40:28 GMT
Hi All B1 fans So last year I got to see a Live B1 at Barrow Hills and the first thing that got my attention was the rivets on the front buffer. Firstly the heads are domed and not round. The positions of the rivets in relation to Martin Evans drawing is completely different. As I had already finished my frame, when I got home I decide this was unacceptable and have stripped my buffers to rework the to look as close as possible to the real loco  I would like to know what other take on this is Ken |
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shooter
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If it 'aint broke....don't fix it!
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Post by shooter on Mar 6, 2014 16:19:22 GMT
Hi Bob, nice to have you back. Cheers for now. Steve
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JDEng
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Post by JDEng on Mar 6, 2014 19:52:01 GMT
Slightly off-topic but I like your picture Bob. 1010 'Wildebeeste' was a Hull engine all her life, came here brand new and even got scrapped at Albert Draper's in the city.
I have a print of her in BR days on my office wall.
Where was it taken, do you know? She went brand new to Botanic Gardens shed as far as I know.
John.
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uuu
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Post by uuu on Mar 6, 2014 20:09:03 GMT
Coincidently there was a B1 at the Pump House yesterday - just finished a replacement of the superheaters. We sheared off one of the screws holding the firebox door - but drilled out and fitted a larger size. My tiny contribution was to make a new knob for the latch on the firebox door.
All beside the point - except to say I didn't look at the front buffer beam, and I'd not have noticed if the rivets were in the wrong place, wrong heads or missing completely. It's not that I don't care - I'm glad you're trying to get yours right, just sorry that you'll have to point it out to me.
Wilf
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waggy
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Post by waggy on Mar 7, 2014 17:02:31 GMT
I built Martin's B1 20 odd years ago and quickly learnt that his drawings aren't aimed at the detail side of things, just a working loco. On his drawings the boiler is pitched .375" too high and the loco and tender are around .75" too wide. I've seen one that was built using his drawings but scaled correctly, looks good.
Besides that, it's a good practical engine that steams and pulls well. Please don't be put off, use photo's to reference the detail side. He also specifies spoked wheels for the tender, they had disc wheels.
Waggy.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2014 17:48:57 GMT
His Torquay Manor was of the same ilk as well-------- why did he have to alter the width of the tender for instance ??.......But for all that a good, popular working loco...
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Post by KennLindeman on Mar 10, 2014 13:54:28 GMT
Aaah the great B1 tender wheel debut. About two years ago when I started to build my B1 I was chatting to a fellow member of the Western Province Live Steamer Cape Town South Africa we had a long discussion about the solid vs spoked wheels, which has not been resolved. Both Mayflower 61306 and 61994/61002 Impala have solid wheels
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2014 15:14:44 GMT
As does 60800/4771
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2014 15:25:53 GMT
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Post by KennLindeman on Mar 12, 2014 7:46:55 GMT
Hi Ben 60800 is a LNER V2 and not a B1
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2014 8:09:31 GMT
And 61994 is a B1 is it?
The tenders are the same, that is my point.
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Post by KennLindeman on Mar 13, 2014 6:08:45 GMT
Hi Ben My humble apologies. I was not aware that they used the same tender. You learn new things every day
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Post by marshall5 on Mar 13, 2014 10:00:26 GMT
I'm no expert in things LNER but I believe they are referred to as the "group standard tender" - 4200g IIRC. They were also found on J39's,K1's and some D49's. Ray.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2014 11:34:35 GMT
Yup, there were a few changes in them, some had flared tops and there were slight differences in the layout of the lockers but as far as I know that was it
Ben
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