RE-Building my Lady Anne

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Post by laalratty » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:36 pm

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bungle80a wrote:Not really given much thought to the colour of her yet. Its gonna be a few months before I have to start thinking about that, as I now have to save up the £330ish for the boiler and burner kit!

I'll make sure I take loads of photos along the way for you all to see. Probably wont be very interesting, but you'll see the progression. Hopefully!
By the time you've saved enough for all those upgrades, you could get a Edrig or something!
Now come on I'm sure that it would be more fun then getting an edrig, even if its more expensive. Plus Edrigs are getting really common on this forum!

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Post by SillyBilly » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:16 pm

Don't forget Pete this is a full on Roundhouse!

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Post by mhlr » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:27 pm

haha lol! :lol:
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Post by bungle80a » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:58 am

The money i spent on the chassis kit would have gone a long way to getting a budget engine, but I wouldnt get the pleasure, fulfilment and feeling of accomplishment that i am sure i will get from building the lady anne.

Also, I still have a lot to learn about the workings of our beloved 16mm locos, and this is a great hands on opportunity to get that knowledge!
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Post by bungle80a » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:09 am

The box from Mr Roundhose has arrived!!! :D

Will post details and some piccies of the contents later1
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Post by bungle80a » Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:12 am

Well it arrived, I painted the wheels, attempted to paint th frames, made a mess of that, and my lady anne got put on the back burner as more pressing issues needed to be tackled, such as building a new station for the PTLR.
On top of that funding for the rest of the kits has dried up!
Does this mean th end of the line for my plans to own a Lady Anne?
Well not exactly...
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Post by ACLR » Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:51 am

looking forward to the next great instalment :D

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Post by bungle80a » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:04 am

ACLR wrote:looking forward to the next great instalment :D
lol! i'm currently strippin the bits of paint that did stick to the frames so they are as good as new. ready for their new owner.
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Post by SillyBilly » Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:56 pm

Your flogging it?

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Post by steamyjim » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:54 pm

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

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Post by bungle80a » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:36 pm

no i'm not. its being exchanged for something else!
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Post by SillyBilly » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:41 pm

You should of been watching eBay, recently an R/C Lady Ann went for about £600, that was certainly a bargain.

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Post by bungle80a » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:46 pm

i was watching that and all the other bits they were selling. still out of my price range. sort of! Not as cheap as the old colonial version of the Lady Anne that PTLRcecil told us about from Stoneleigh....
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Post by bungle80a » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:50 am

...Which should be in my possession by 7pm tonight! Will post some piccies later, however ibelieve its in bits at the moment.
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Post by ACLR » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:41 am

pictures pictures pictures :D

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Post by bungle80a » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:38 am

I shall post some 2moro. It is currently in pieces but with a bit of luck and some grafting it should be ready to steam test by Sunday. I've already started to clean up a few parts. The underside of the boiler has been cleaned down to bare metal and the pipework for the pressure gauge has been made shiny, as has the single boiler band. For the time being she will only get a clean up and the burner sorted in time for PTLRfest, then next winter will get a new paint job, from maroon to dark blue.
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Post by bungle80a » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:36 am

Its now 2moro! and here are the pics. The first one shows a box of bits. She arrived in carrier bags, so in an effort to keep all the parts she was moved into the box. The boiler is missing from this shot as it was in the workshop having work done!

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This shot shows some of the parts laid out. The smoke box has a whacking great headlanp attatched, and i've tested it! It works! One less job to fettle with! The lamp can be seen better in the 3rd photo.

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This is a different angle of the same shot. She is currently set to 32mm, but at some point, maybe when she gets her cosmetic overhaul at the end of the running season, I will get some new Roundhouse axles, wheels and cranks and make it gauge changable so I can run on both 32mm and 45mm.

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I know they are not the best photos, I will try to get some more oday, including the work I have done so far! Today's task is cleaning all the parts with a toothbrush and parafin, and getting some paint stripper on the dome and meths tank (so that it can be checked out and then silver soldered back to the burner).
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Post by ACLR » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:40 am

looks good mate keep us posted on progress :D

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Post by SillyBilly » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:02 pm

You lucky *£$$^*(!

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Post by bungle80a » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:36 pm

Got a few bits done today, mainly cleaning everything up and degreasing it! Took a few more bits off like handrails and the lamp to make things a bit more accessible! So here are some pics of the progress made today, plus some piccies of yesterday's work.

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The underside of the boiler has been cleaned back to allow more heat to pass to the boiler!

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A better view of the smoke box and headlamp. The wheel on the smoke box door is connected to an exhaust regulator.

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The early Lady Anne body, without cutouts near the front, as this loco is Slip Eccentric and obviously doesnt have the modified Walschaerts valve gear. The plan is to paint the tank tops black, and I think she needs some coal in the bunkers!

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This evening I started to refit the frame spacers. This was to make the chassis a bit more rigid, and therefore easier to clean!

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With the spacers refitted, the boiler will sit in place!
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Once finished for the evening, the chassis, boiler and body were placed together in situe. It will be interesting to take the same shot on completion and compare the difference!
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