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bessytractor wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:49 am Top stuff Gareth

Its Matt by the way

Hi Matt, should have guessed you’d be on here somewhere!

Jimmyb wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:58 am I use ordinary car engine oil, SAE 10W 40, I think it is. For the moving parts most oils will do as long as it is done regularly. However, if this is incorrect, I would be happy to be corrected

Ditto, I’d say maybe stay away from anything too heavy and sticky like 3 in 1 though

Cheers for the positive comments, it was a bit stressful running end to end on track with gradients as it kept trying to escape which is why there’s not masses of video! A few minor tweaks to make before next run but happy overall.The wagons are northern finescale kits I’ve been working my way throu...

Visited a mate who has a 45mm line with some nice long straights so finally managed to give her a test run. Would go round the curves at either end though so did a bit of end to end chasing which was entertaining! Tender bearings could do with a drop of oil as you can hear… https://youtu.be/t-eQXtRw...

The Elstow engineering design looks similar and no resin you couldn’t leave out the axle pump and fit a water top up valve instead?

Wasting precious steam while waiting under a tree for a shower to pass…

There’s a lot of other bits you could have ‘cheated’ on and didn’t so I’d say there’s no shame in a regret whistle! I really need to try and get hold of a copy of that Brian Wilson book!

All looking stunning as usual! Is the whistle your own design? Curious as I’ve been pondering whether to buy or attempt making one for one of my locos.

Looking forward to seeing this progress, I don’t live far from the site of the old water board railway and have always thought it’d make a nice modelling project!

Looking great! I know I'm talking about getting a project based SR Q class built which would be nice to see but that's for next year. Can't wait to hopefully see it in the flesh! Jon That sounds interesting, it crossed my mind during this build that it would be fairly easy to convert to a Q but I d...

I’m not familiar with accucraft lubricators unfortunately, is it a dead leg type or steam fed? Maybe there’s a way to sleeve the existing pipe and drill a new smaller hole? Also not a true model engineer, just figuring it out as I go along, much bodging has been done!

The project design uses a separate steam feed from the regulator to the lubricator, and then from the lubricator to the steam chest. I just reduced the size on the hole in the inlet union hoping it would reduce the amount of oil that gets through. I’ve never seen an accucraft lubricator, but I’d ass...

https://youtu.be/8XTOsf07pcc First run with the bodywork fitted, and the smokebox properly sealed up, seem to steam considerably better now. I’ve also restricted the lubricator slightly as I think it was over oiling. Ran for about 25-30 mins never going below 55psi before I stopped it to check the ...

That’s a clever solution, I like it! Do clevedon sell the reverser assembly on its own then? My thoughts were along similar lines but I was going to use a separate reverser block to make things easier as I don’t have access to a mill. This is a much neater way of doing it though!

Painting's a funny thing, innit? One day it goes well, the next might be a disaster. That's come out beautifully, you ought to be proud. :salute: It really is, some bits came out spot on straight from the can, others needed much flatting and polishing to get to an acceptable point, despite the same...

Painting turned out to be a bit of a pig, but it’s finally done, not perfect but it’ll do…
I’m sure I’ll find bits and pieces to do, but for now she’s done and ready to hit the track

dewintondave wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 4:35 am Who else uses their digital calipers for scribing lines?

Guilty! Nice to see some progress on this!

Longer video of the second steaming after fixing a few niggles. Had a bit of trouble getting the wicks to light so thinking they may be packed a bit too tight.

Yeah matts already offered to loan some of his stock for a test, will need some of my own stuff at some point but I’ve run out of space at home so will need to figure that bit out first!

I’ve currently got no g1 stock so will have to borrow something to pull, feels like it’s got some go though, doesn’t even flinch if you try to press against the wheels while it’s running.