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Perfectly laid. Just trying to figure out what the brackets are for...... seating, bike racks, fencing, advertising hoardings? Rik And the plank of wood :) It is a drain but with tape covering the grate so it looks like wood. This is for the the water fall and pond when it over flows in heavy rain.

You sure do work hard Dazza.... :thumbright: The secret to the good looking concrete is that I was not involved. That is a project I cannot do, my 74 year old neighbour and his son are builders and they did it and also our past house renovations which included the Red Room workshop. (Llewellyn Loco...

Finally the slabs and path

File file file, sand sand file sand , one down, one more to go and to the tender water lid they go with solder.

Tender filling lid, straps yet to be shaped. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50569982648_9e8eaf3380_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50570728821_12dcc763e2_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50570863037_485d7b3d7b_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50569982413_9dab92a99d_...

Tender water filler lid drilled



Making the lid hinge straps

Shaun, get the lads to cut some corners off this plate and bring it down to the 21mm. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50564140486_9e29e487af_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50564140026_de0d71d93a_b.jpg To the mill/drill for the hinge strap holes for this tender tank lid. https://live....

FWLR wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:25 am That is a really beautiful flower. Is it only a one day flower then Dazza...

Yes, and the pop open at night. There a few more buds appearing. You can also see a little stingless native honey bee on the flower.

The first Cactus planted in the POR Cactus garden flowered yesterday, pic taken early in the morning, by sundown it was gone. There are more buds on their way.

Latch done yesterday after cleaning house upstairs. The fugly screw will be replaced with a 12BA rivet screw, when I find where I put them.

I agree. Thats just such an incredible part you have made there Dazza. Did you also make the hinges, you haven't mentioned I don't think... :scratch: Just love to see you skills at machining.... :thumbright: Thanks. I did not make the hinges, but I might if I was not still a working lad. They came ...

Then the hard part, onto the tender front, spacers under the hinges, then heat sinks, and Buddhist chants. Fark, it was a wee bit of a run under the door, a careful heat creep to the problem spot and it freed. YAY! Clean up and I was chuffed pink. The latch pivot is done, a wee bit of work to compl...

Careful tinning, sweat it on, with the rivets , Tipex in stratigic locations to ensure the hinges are not soldered up. Bingo, that worked.

I started with soft solder a piece to a holding piece. Milled and drilled https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50552118671_1495c59706_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50551382178_1774328615_b.jpg Removed and filed. First mistake. Should have left it attached to the holding piece for filing....

1.05mm drill, 12 BA, making the pivot for the locker door latch on the tender. Latch is yet to be shaped. Getting closer to the soldering up the tender tank and details. I even have an investment cast tap to go under the shoveling plate. 🙂 Crikey I am enjoying this little loco. https://live.staticf...

Coming up extremely well, that is. Few examples of a first railway come up that well, or at the very least mine certainly didn't. I must agree on the workshop front - It ought be clean, tidy and well-organised at all times. Will have to return to this thread to take notes, when I get to build my ow...

Llewellyn Loco Works is seeing some action again now the major terra forming is done on the POR and the summer warmth and rain has arrived. The door for the tucker box in the tender front plate is underway. It is hoped to hide the RC battery charger plug behind it. https://live.staticflickr.com/655...

That looked a bit close Dazza.... :stop: It was on a left hand curve so I cannot see as QR are right hand drive and I was driving on the trip out. Tony the fireman called "Stop Stop Stop" so I fling the brake into emergency which vents the brake pipe pressure of 75lbs straight out. I did ...

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 10:35 am Is a chain saw standard equipment?

Actually it is, the chainsaw is kept in the guard's van. We did not use it, we picked it up and twisted it 90 degrees to the track. It was damn heavy !