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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2011 8:28:13 GMT
There will be a short delay on the Brit while I get my car sorted. I was returning yesterday from visiting my sick mother in Aylesbury when the oil pressure gauge went to zero! On checking everything it was just a sender problem. On breathing a sigh of relief (a new engine is quite a lot of money!) I shut the bonnet and set off again down the A34. Unfortunately, I hadn't shut the bonnet properly and it flipped whilst I was overtaking at 70+! We were lucky to get in to the side without a further mishap.
Bonnet smashed, hardtop with four large dents in it, and a £750 excess to pay....
GRRR!
My visit to Sandown is also in jeopardy as the car will not be available for a while and I need a towing vehicle.
JB
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Post by Shawki Shlemon on Nov 29, 2011 8:49:38 GMT
It is sad to hear that but look at the bright side ,your are not hurt and the problem will be solved with money , in my case, my car is sitting in the driveway but I am not allowed to drive for three months because I blacked out and that is the law here . Even I am better than some other poor soul that is in even worst situation . I hope everything will work out well and you will be back to normal.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2011 19:25:33 GMT
Waved goodbye to my car this afternoon (it might not come back, given that a new hardtop is £9000 - yes, nine thousand quid! - so onward and upwards! Tried out my bending machine wot I made some time ago: the one that found its way into Model Engineer Magazine. Took on what I thought was an easy job, but after three goes I got this. The back one feeds the blower valve and the front one the pressure gauge - I didn't want to a drill a hole in the backhead for it.  My apologies if anyone on here owns this, but I would hate to ruin a nice engineering job like this one with pipework like this. JB  |
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Post by chris vine on Nov 29, 2011 19:29:01 GMT
Spaghetti Junction!
Chris.
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Post by itsbluesteel on Nov 29, 2011 20:01:10 GMT
Hi JB,
Intrested in your bending machine and as i havent took model engineer since 2004 i probably havent seen it, so do you have a drawing you could share please?
Steve
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2011 20:36:34 GMT
Steve I have a photo here but I can't find the thread, so I'll have to do some digging for you! JB  Drawing found!  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2011 22:53:09 GMT
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Post by itsbluesteel on Nov 30, 2011 6:30:39 GMT
Cheers JB and Mike i knew you would come up trumps many thanks
Steve
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Post by springbok on Nov 30, 2011 7:15:29 GMT
I would call the pipes in the pics pipe strangling.
Thanks will follow up the better bender
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Post by ettingtonliam on Nov 30, 2011 15:43:58 GMT
Ah, but maybe the model of 70008 is based on what it looked like after years of being maintained by BR fitters?
Richard
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2011 18:25:29 GMT
Ah, but maybe the model of 70008 is based on what it looked like after years of being maintained by BR fitters? Richard Richard Looking at my reference pictures, the ones taken mid-sixties would tend to corroborate your view! JB |
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Post by mutley on Nov 30, 2011 20:45:00 GMT
No, that's what Winson/Model Works expected people to work with and how they often ended up looking. A little bit of thought or knowledge produces a proffesional result.
Andy
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2011 20:49:50 GMT
No, that's what Winson/Model Works expected people to work with and how they often ended up looking. A little bit of thought or knowledge produces a proffesional result. Andy Andy, I agree with you. I came, I saw, I concurred! JB |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2011 19:55:08 GMT
My first real bit of pipework, soldered up and trial fitted. Pity the gauge is so big! Question: should these pipes and the manifold be green, black or left natural? My instinct is to paint it HT satin black so they get lost against the backhead. PS. My lovely SL500 has gone to the great scrapyard in the sky.......  |
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Post by steam4ian on Dec 1, 2011 20:59:14 GMT
G'day JB
Has inspector meticulous approved the single gauge glass?
Sorry to hear about the SL500. Your description of the damage makes it sound like a "repairable write off".
Regards
Ian
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2011 21:23:27 GMT
Hi Ian
If this hadn't been my first loco, and if I also knew what I know now, I would have specified the boiler much closer to prototype and included two sight glasses. However, in this case, as it's to LBSC's design, Insp. Meticulous can go jump!
The car was repairable, but the payout v. salvage price v. repair cost didn't add up for me. I'm going out tomorrow to look for a KIA Sorento to tow my new caravan, but I'll try and keep it quiet.....!
JB
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Post by sncf141r on Dec 2, 2011 13:58:21 GMT
Lovely work, by the way. G'day JB Has inspector meticulous approved the single gauge glass? Are there any 3-1/2" gauge designs with more than one? My Tich - one. My SNCF 141R - one. My Shay. one. My Evans Ivatt - one. I think my plans for the DB 23 have one. As well as the plans for the NYC Hudson, but have not looked at those in a while. Hmmm - my latest project, a 7-1/4" Stourbridge Lion, (first loco in America, or something like that) - one. Am I missing something?? (honest, open question) IIRC, over here that the full size needs more than one, which has been a bit of an issue for some preserved locomotives. (I'm licensed to work on the full sized ones, but have not done so in a few years, so my knowledge of the Canadianized copy of the new US steam regs is a bit rusty so I'm not going to absolutely state that 2 are required) JohnS. |
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Post by welshy on Dec 3, 2011 0:13:19 GMT
Looking very good JB.
Mike
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Post by steam4ian on Dec 4, 2011 12:47:39 GMT
G'day JohnS
I was concerned that JB was going to great efforts to get a realistic looking backhead when there was an obvious elephant in the room. 12"to 1' locos had 2 gauge glasses.
I doubt the full size Lion had a gauge glass when built, instead there would have been try cocks.
JB's work looks very neat but I doubt he claims it to be true to prototype.
Regards
Ian
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2011 13:27:15 GMT
G'day JohnS I was concerned that JB was going to great efforts to get a realistic looking backhead when there was an obvious elephant in the room. 12"to 1' locos had 2 gauge glasses. JB's work looks very neat but I doubt he claims it to be true to prototype. Regards Ian Ian A nice looking, practical working model is all that I am after. However, I didn't know any better when I started, and two glasses would have been nice.... JB BTW I'm now the proud owner of a Kia Sorento. Admiral were admirable, and paid out in 24 hours! |
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