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I love the photo of loco running in the rain - it looks "very realistic" :thumbright: Keep up the good work Aaron - all the "toy like" gloss converted into dull flat paint does wonders for the appearance of your loco. I hope you will eventually get it "properly dirty" a...

You are welcome frank3447

Assuming that you can borrow it from your local library (I know - long shot) Gerald Wingrove's "The Complete Car Modeller 2" on pages 83-84 explains in detail how he produced louvres for his Bugatti. His model is scaled at 1:15 so roughly comparable to your 16mm scale (1:19). He makes the ...

...I can see myself using these on future models :thumbup: :D Thank you Dave, for details and all the additional photos and explanations :thumbright: BTW what solder did you use to secure cylinder cover? Mason just says "...solder to cylinder..." without elaborating whether silver solder ...

That's lovely Dave :thumbright: Can you please give us some more details? for example - how big is the body of this lubricator? Did you build it exactly as per Mason's book or have you used the book as an inspiration and adapted the design for your needs? Mason's book (long out of print) is nowadays...

On Youtube anybody can watch your videos. On 24Trains.tv only those who are prepared to pay £100 a year subscription would have an access. Choice is yours :mrgreen: BTW-I have no illusions about Youtube being actually "free" but this is a subject for another discussion... I am sure 24Train...

very nice
thank you for sharing

Thank you for the clarification Nomis :thumbright: looks like I wasn't far wrong when suggesting you might have used 7400 :thumbup: ...CombiColor Metal 7300/7400 coating is primer and topcoat in one, based on a urethane modified alkyd... Good range of colours indeed! BTW I have just discovered that ...

I know that "Rustoleum" seem to be in common use on interweb and everybody seems to know what you are talking about :D ... but looking at all the Rustoleum products available (see: http://www.rustoleumdirect.co.uk/products.php) I remain confused :scratch: Can you, please clarify which one ...

...I can document that job, with a view to encouraging others... That's the spirit :thumbup: Threads like this are welcome and hopefully encourage others indeed. BTW - I am surprised that you have used "styrene scraps" - I hope you are not going to melt them :mrgreen: Your subtle weatheri...

My take on a quartering fixture. V block in the centre (to locate the axle) and two stops, vertical on the left and horizontal on the right: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49977401042_a08caa74c4_o.jpg With the axle secured in place (one wheel is missing, but that's because it is just a test pie...

It sounds as though the main attraction for the rats are your neighbour's ferrets... that would be new to me... it's a bit like mice being attracted to cats :scratch: ...this could be a public health issue? ... how do you prove that it is ferrets that caused rats infestation... :mrgreen: ...Perhaps...

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 3:33 pmBang on!

thank you
now I have to repeat this performance six times for the cranks proper (this one is just a test), but before I do it, I want to make (and test) quartering fixture.
More to follow...

Drilling peg hole freehand on my drill wasn't entirely satisfactory :mrgreen: so I have decided to do it proper way :thumbup: on my milling machine, secured to holding fixture. Here I am using a wiggler to position the hole exactly half way between (it's 0.4mm in one half and 0.4mm in the other): ht...

dewintondave wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 9:00 am ... The four bolts hold on the separate back plates, I didn't have thick enough stock for the usual milled flange arrangement

understand,thank you (although I'd have probably silver soldered it to get the right thickness?).
Having said so, there is no right or wrong way of doing it

Looking very nice, indeed
What attracted my attention though (and is puzzling me) are four bolts on the axleboxes (inside).
What are these about?

Test cranks continue :D https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49944237911_086543a332_b.jpg Crankpins loctited in. I am trying pinning/pegging the crankpins using pivot steel (0.8mm dia) in a fashion used in larger models rather than across as suggested in Brain Wilson's book. Hex bolt is there to secu...

Continuing with cranks, I have made another fixture to allow me to machine different thickness of crank and balance weight, as per: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49878420656_efb86f2820_b.jpg Here, I am setting up the fixture (with crank blank) on rotary table: https://live.staticflickr.com/655...

Thank you
enjoyed this little "kicks and giggles"

Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 9:11 pm Tender work at the Llewellyn Loco Works.

What is this?