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Posted: **Sat Sep 28, 2019 10:09 pm**

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2019 10:09 am Love the colouring of the copper, seems a shame to paint it.

Yes, it has a nice aesthetic, steam punkish comes to mind, which I don't mind.
The stage I fear most is "Painting" I detest painting.

Posted: **Sat Sep 28, 2019 10:36 pm**

Have you considered chemical blackening?

Posted: **Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:02 pm**

I am rather in Awe or your machine work, you seem to be able to just set it up and go.

Don

Posted: **Sun Sep 29, 2019 5:38 am**

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2019 10:36 pm Have you considered chemical blackening?

All things will be considered, yes, for blackening for some parts. No idea of what colour this loco will be. I want to paint it myself and do some lining. I have few books on the subject, however at my current rate of progress is will be a few years till I get there.

Posted: **Sun Sep 29, 2019 5:47 am**

DonW wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:02 pm I am rather in Awe or your machine work, you seem to be able to just set it up and go.

Don

Yeah, it is nice to have the materials in stock and when I don't I order other sizes with what I need. I set up the tools for tomorrow in mind and so they are on hand. I sort of went to Town a few years ago when I finally set up the Red Room. It had to be a separate room from the bike workshop and more airy and natural light. After 35 years of ready ME magazines I was read to spend $20 K aud on the tools etc. I rather buy a second hand car and have a nice workshop rather than the other way.
I work to live.
To reiterate, I am using the garden railway and this loco build to learn and aquire skills, tools and materials for the magnum opus build. QR C17 class #253 as it was delivered in 1921 and in 5" gauge.
If I live long enough I would like to build a Foden Steam Lorry in 4" scale and then a 5" QR Beyer Garratt. One has to dream.

Posted: **Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:35 pm**

I dont see any reason why you shouldn't achieve your dreams. The Beyer Garrett sounds interesting the only question is would you be able to reach the firebox, controls etc. when riding behind. One of the saddest things I have seen was a 5inch gauge Fairlie with a towel over the rear chimney because the driver had his face over it to reach the controls. At least with the Beyer Garrett there is only one chimney but it could be a reach to fire.

Don

Posted: **Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:42 pm**

DonW wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:35 pm I dont see any reason why you shouldn't achieve your dreams. The Beyer Garrett sounds interesting the only question is would you be able to reach the firebox, controls etc. when riding behind. One of the saddest things I have seen was a 5inch gauge Fairlie with a towel over the rear chimney because the driver had his face over it to reach the controls. At least with the Beyer Garrett there is only one chimney but it could be a reach to fire.

Don

Queensland Locos are 3' 6" gauge so they scale up big in 5" , we all sit on the tenders here on ground level tracks, so with a Garratt one has a seat over the bunker.
The trouble with me is time and my involvement with full size railways as well.

Posted: **Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:32 pm**

" Hey Shaun, I am not always confident management know what they doing out in their drawing office"

"Merv, I reckon this should work out " (Is not well known that Merv is Wallace's identical twin brother"

The Red Room crew went to bed satisfied last night. The picture was taken and supplied by the big huntsman spider who was rostered on night patrol security last night.

Posted: **Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:33 am**

Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: ↑Sun Sep 29, 2019 5:47 am ...

Yeah, it is nice to have the materials in stock and when I don't I order other sizes with what I need. I set up the tools for tomorrow in mind and so they are on hand. I sort of went to Town a few years ago when I finally set up the Red Room. It had to be a separate room from the bike workshop and more airy and natural light. After 35 years of ready ME magazines I was read to spend $20 K aud on the tools etc. I rather buy a second hand car and have a nice workshop rather than the other way.
I work to live.
To reiterate, I am using the garden railway and this loco build to learn and aquire skills, tools and materials for the magnum opus build. QR C17 class #253 as it was delivered in 1921 and in 5" gauge.
If I live long enough I would like to build a Foden Steam Lorry in 4" scale and then a 5" QR Beyer Garratt. One has to dream.

Your workmanship can only be admired, as is your attitude to life/work balance. I hope you get to build that Beyer Garratt!

Posted: **Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:25 pm**

idlemarvel wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:33 am
Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: ↑Sun Sep 29, 2019 5:47 am ...

Yeah, it is nice to have the materials in stock and when I don't I order other sizes with what I need. I set up the tools for tomorrow in mind and so they are on hand. I sort of went to Town a few years ago when I finally set up the Red Room. It had to be a separate room from the bike workshop and more airy and natural light. After 35 years of ready ME magazines I was read to spend $20 K aud on the tools etc. I rather buy a second hand car and have a nice workshop rather than the other way.
I work to live.
To reiterate, I am using the garden railway and this loco build to learn and aquire skills, tools and materials for the magnum opus build. QR C17 class #253 as it was delivered in 1921 and in 5" gauge.
If I live long enough I would like to build a Foden Steam Lorry in 4" scale and then a 5" QR Beyer Garratt. One has to dream.

Your workmanship can only be admired, as is your attitude to life/work balance. I hope you get to build that Beyer Garratt!

Thanks.I really only just try hard and persevere at the toil.

Posted: **Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:44 pm**

Hey McGraw, management sure go through a decent load of tea each week.

" Hey Preston, crikey old Wal thinks he is clever after warming up the Araldite that he used to hold the saddle to the smoke barrel for drilling and it all came apart as he cunningly planned."

"Yeah we will hear about it all week"

Posted: **Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:32 pm**

"Shaun, management supplied this lump of LG2, they said make a smoke box door for the loco from this". "Where is Merv, has anyone seen Merv this morning ?

Posted: **Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:36 pm**

"What's he building in there?
What the hell is he building in there?
He has subscriptions to those magazines
He never waves when he goes by"

It is the start of a cunning plan from Management.

Posted: **Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:31 pm**

"Hey Feathers, nice save on the 1.00mm holes for the pins, you nearly wrecked that centre finder by turning on the mill at 2500 RPM rather than 110 rpm you goose." "Preston, I am not a goose, I am a penguin this week!" "what ever you are this week Feathers, you are lucky management saved that expensive centre finder"

Posted: **Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:45 am**

The cunning plan comes together, great idea.

Posted: **Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:40 pm**

I never expected to see Tom Waits' ode to Curtain Twitchers on a Garden Railway Forum!

Posted: **Tue Oct 15, 2019 10:28 pm**

Dasher wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:40 pm I never expected to see Tom Waits' ode to Curtain Twitchers on a Garden Railway Forum!

The minds in management work in mysterious ways. Wait till Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand" gets a blast in the workshop. Loud enough to do the dusting upstairs in the barracks upstairs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxePKps87k

Posted: **Tue Oct 15, 2019 10:32 pm**

"Wal is stoked, he has so far carried out management's plan for the door hinges. Also progress on the Smoke box door set up for machining. Trying out the Loctite holding process and so far so good, the workshop mob have never been down this road before."

Posted: **Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:54 pm**

The filling button collection is growing at the Llewellyn Locomotive Workshops. The smoke box barrel hinges parts are done.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:53 am**

Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 10:32 pm "...Trying out the Loctite holding process and so far so good..."

Can you please explain? what are you holding with Loctite?
Not quite sure I follow...

btw - your filing skills whilst not surprising (after all you have plenty of practice in your daytime job) are very impressive

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