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Both the info and attached photo are absolutely brilliant! thank you Tony :thumbright: Funny thing is, that I was thinking to myself, that is how I would strengthen things, but dismissed it... a) because I had no photo evidence that this is what has happened b) because it seemed silly idea :mrgreen:...

yes, same here...
only got in by telling Firefox to ignore fire warnings

...bottom half of the smokebox is integral with the frames to support the cylinders properly. There is a lot more steel plate in the front end than there used to be! Thank you Tony :thumbright: I suspected something like this was the case, but it is not very clear in any of the photos in my collect...

Thanks for the updates Trevor :thumbleft: Looking forward to more videos :) One question BTW still not quite clear in my mind (and it is really a question about prototype rather than model) - is the securing of cylinders to the loco frame. With very high cylinder line above the frames it seems very ...

Garethh wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:08 am Not sure how much interest in gauge 1 there is on here ...

Quite a lot so keep "sticking this up"

...the more the better... Indeed (and yes, I have voted as well), but... let's be realistic. As mentioned by philipy : ...only just over 200 had actually logged in from 1st June until now... even fewer have voted :oops: so far Patient is rather poorly and prognosis is not good... :cry: Just transfe...

... The first part of the project was to build a powered bogie, as there's not much point in continuing if this bit didn't work... I don't normally stray into this section of the forum (since my interest lies exclusively in steam), but I am glad that I've ended up here :thumbup: I enjoyed this thre...

... Association's main organ for forum-type postings is now Facebook... It's nothing like a proper "forum" :D and it's regrettable that the Association has chosen Fakebook, but not surprising (I guess it reflects a society of today). ...over 2700 members surely that cannot be denied... Nu...

When do we migrate? :mrgreen: I have registered and joined already :thumbup: as for photos - every forum I am on, is making members use external storage and embed their pics - no problem for me at all (although I realise some computer challenged members will hate the idea ;) for the same reason, I g...

...it only provides 200Mb of storage on the free version... Yes, I am aware of it. For me this was never a problem, but I realise some members prefer to have forum based storage. Perhaps there is an idea here: "Premium" (financially contributing) members have storage available to them on ...

I am one of the "freeloaders" ;) who has joined the forum since the last contribution round. I only post very moderately and not very regularly either. My preferred solution would be something like https://proboards.com/ It seems to work very well for https://modeleng.proboards.com/ or htt...

philipy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 9:43 am ...simply gauging the possibilities...

In that case, to help us "gauge" your suggestion, perhaps you could share with us, what kind of costs are we talking about?

Perhaps this will help?
https://modeleng.proboards.com/post/188096

although I guess doesn't show exactly how they are fitted...?

Thank you Tony, that's very good explanation and helps understanding things a lot :thumbright: One other thing I have noticed on your photo, is that it seems that in original/Penrhyn condition valve gear lever was on the RH side? (and getting in a way of the piping :P ). This is reflected in Keith B...

...The tightest curve on the FR main line is Tyler's which, with a radius of 157 feet, works at about 2.5m radius in 16mm/foot scale and larger than the average curve found on most 16mm lines. I did a bit of 3D CAD modelling to check things, and it would be perfectly feasible to run it on 1.2m (or ...

As an inspiration, here is a screen grab from a Youtube video I have linked in one of my previous posts: blanche_small.jpg don't know how good it is and not sure whether he actually uses if functionally? rather than just cosmetically? and... here, resonable picture of full size thing: piping.jpg Wou...

...A bit crude I know but it seems to have worked... it's remarkable how forgiving these little steam engines are :thumbup: ...I think Don Ashton gives a better way... Yes, he does. Setting (or making them) as a pair is definitely much better than juggling four eccentrics :mrgreen: ...I could only ...

Trevor Thompson wrote: ↑Sat Nov 07, 2020 9:10 pm The eccentric:
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The centre for the axle is offset from the centre of the eccentric by 3.5mm.

Hi Trevor, what advance did you use for the eccentric (either angular or linear dimension), please?
According to Charles drawings, as designed it has 1/32" steam lap.

So I am not the only one who struggled with his software... It's not just a software. The book is hard read as well. Don was extremely knowledgable and very respected but as far as I am concerned the master of the subject doesn't necessarily make the best teacher of it ;) I am still persevering tho...

...since I have suitable black paint and I am sure I can find the right colours for the lining... You could have her totally black with no lining as per this photo of the prototype: https://flic.kr/p/9SMW7d ...The valve gear design software I have been using is Don Ashton's, which is accompanied by...