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Ffettling Linda
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:29 pm
by Sir haydn
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:01 pm
by Endless, Nameless
Gorgeous
You've made a very nice job of lifting that out of the ordinary.
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:30 pm
by PCLR
looks great love the drain cocks detail and is it manule???
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:45 pm
by Dr. Bond of the DVLR
Love the drain cock detail- is it just copper wire, The cab tender is great as well, sould look doubly smashing once lined out!
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:36 pm
by Sir haydn
it is a manual loco yes, and the cylinder drains and lubricators are just two sizes of copper core from cabling.
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:43 pm
by PCLR
is it looks the part!!! may i copy your idea
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:58 pm
by Sir haydn
sure, its not my idea. its been done before. if you are doing this to a RH linda, blanche or charles when you look under the cylinder you will see a small piece of brass which is purely decorative. this is easily used to solder the pipe onto, althow i found it easier to make new ones to the correct pattern
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:44 pm
by laalratty
That Linda looks Ffantastic!
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:26 pm
by mhlr
Ah, I've not seen this done before on a RH Linda, I've ordered one (in black of course) and was planning to what you've done with the tender - it looks absolutely superb. Nice work!
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:28 am
by pauly
thats looks fantastic, you clearly have an eye for detail!
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:26 am
by LMS-Jools
Luvvly Jubbly
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:20 pm
by ACLR
nice
Re: Ffettling Linda
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:17 am
by John Richards
By the spring she will be fully lined and plated up![/quote]
Might I ask?, What Valve Gear System is she carrying?
She looks wonderful!.
Merry Christmas,
John.
Re: Ffettling Linda
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:56 pm
by andysleigh
John Richards wrote:
By the spring she will be fully lined and plated up!
Might I ask?, What Valve Gear System is she carrying?
She looks wonderful!.
Merry Christmas,
John.[/quote]
Internal walschaerts
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:07 pm
by MoelygestLR
just recieved a package from glendale junction where i got my Linda from with the headlamp that comes with the loco (which roundhouse had ran out of) and i thought it would jut be a cast one, but its a chuffed to bits working one! I thought that was a nice little surprise!
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:02 pm
by ptlrcecil
Its a nice little touch adding working lamps with a RTR model. Maybe Roundhouse should start doing that with all their models.
Then the market could be flooded with LNER style loco lamps.
Nice detailing work on the Linda by the way.
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:24 pm
by Merddin Emrys
Wow that looks just great
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:52 pm
by Ardglen
Linda looks fantastic...
May I ask what couplings you used and if they are difficult to fix? My Linda is currently being built as we speak...
Regards
Andrew
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:25 pm
by Sir haydn
The couplings are brandbright choppers. the cast brass ones and are around £15 a set. they may be difficult to fix to standard roundhouse buffer beams. I have made my own custom beams with the correct rivit and bolt patterns. this allowed me to postion and fix the buffers where i wanted them. they fix with the two bolts at the side and a centre hole for the swing arm of the buffer. the front buffer needs some adjusting as the swing arm protrueds so much at the back that it fouls the valve chests. I simply made the swing arm sit a little further forward and filed a little off the rear of the assembly!
Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:16 pm
by Sir haydn
Linda is now in the work shops at berry hill having new paintwork applied ready for her visit to stoneleigh. she should be out shopped on wednesday
