Re-working an old Lady Anne

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Re-working an old Lady Anne

Post by Giles » Sun Aug 22, 2021 12:06 pm

I recently bought an old Lady Anne from John Sutton, and found it was actually the older type (My fault - I'm new to 16mm!). Indeed it appears to have notches in the frames to accommodate slip eccentric valve gear.
I can't quite do with the complete lack of detail, so I therefore thought I should replace the cab. Like everything else, this turns into a rabbit hole, and the job gets bigger and bigger....

Loco as bought

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First cab side sheet offered up

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On its way - new cab grafted on to existing tanks, inside corners filled, new foot plate made. Inner tank plates added.

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Body primed ready for top coat of black enamel

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New cab is from 36 thou Nickel Silver CNCed out on my little Stepcraft. Rivets are shirt pins silver-soldered in 0.8mm holes.

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The boiler is the old style, without the filler, so it may get replaced at some point if it gets enough use.

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Re: Re-working an old Lady Anne

Post by philipy » Sun Aug 22, 2021 12:59 pm

That is a very nice job, so far. Please keep us up to speed as it progresses.
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Re: Re-working an old Lady Anne

Post by Giles » Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:34 pm

I've spent the day painting the separate components. Body assembly, cab roof, foot plate having already painted the boiler. I bought a couple of Halfords rattle cans of black enamel, which go on surprisingly well. Like all such tins, they lack finesse, and I always rub the result down with 2000 grit wet and dry (wet), till I get a truly flat surface, and then buff the surface up to whatever sheen I want.

I have just started rubbing some of the surfaces down.

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I'm pleased with how she is going to look, overall. She will get weathered down as well. The motion will get darkened down with gun-blue which will also help.

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Re: Re-working an old Lady Anne

Post by GTB » Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:02 am

Giles wrote: Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:34 pm The motion will get darkened down with gun-blue which will also help.
Current Roundhouse locos have stainless steel motion, which won't blacken with normal gun blue formulations. If R/H were using stainless when that model was built, you may have to resort to paint to weather the rods.

Blackening the brass on the cylinders would be worth doing though......

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Re: Re-working an old Lady Anne

Post by Giles » Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:18 am

Hi Graeme,
In the top photo of her in original condition, I have already darkened the eccentric rod, so it does work - I use Casey's Gun Blue, which I find works on most things to a greater or lesser extent.

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Re: Re-working an old Lady Anne

Post by Giles » Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:29 pm

Well, the new boiler has arrived, and it's slightly different and needs a mounting bracket, so slight delay....



However, new buffer beams are made and fitted together with front footplate. I have also removed a number of cheese-head screws and replaced them with counter-sunk or hex.


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Re: Re-working an old Lady Anne

Post by Old Man Aaron » Fri Aug 27, 2021 6:27 am

Always nice to see older engines receiving some love. Beautiful detailing and weathering, too. :salute:
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Re: Re-working an old Lady Anne

Post by Giles » Fri Aug 27, 2021 7:54 am

Thank you Aaron - it's been a fun one, and very interesting to find out how it's done in this size.

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The specs are now glazed in 1mm acrylic - although being clean you can't really see! My Stepcraft CNC is really good for little jobs like this. Also, I drew and printed some chopped couplings in PLA, trying to make them as compact as possible. They seem to function well and cleanly.

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