Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:59 pm
A really neat bit of remediation. It's hardly noticeable.
Rik
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Llewellyn Loco Works #1
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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:52 am
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 7:08 pm
Fitting some fittings
Boiler number on a brass plate
and also stamped on the dry back head
and a crown level plate, just for kicks and giggles.
Trimming fibre washers and also added various copper shim sheets to the store's drawers for making washers.
IMG_7322 by Darrell McCulloch, on Flickr
IMG_7320 by Darrell McCulloch, on Flickr
IMG_7321 by Darrell McCulloch, on Flickr
Boiler number on a brass plate
and also stamped on the dry back head
and a crown level plate, just for kicks and giggles.
Trimming fibre washers and also added various copper shim sheets to the store's drawers for making washers.
IMG_7322 by Darrell McCulloch, on FlickrIMG_7320 by Darrell McCulloch, on FlickrIMG_7321 by Darrell McCulloch, on FlickrRe: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 12:01 pm
That's some tidy work. Always a pleasure to see.
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:48 pm
Back head is plumbing is finished for now.
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:58 pm
A...mazing!
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:51 am
Not only neat but also functional 
Rik
Rik
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:34 pm
That is some very impressive pipework and associated gubbins - it looks the biz 
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 7:40 pm
Thank you everyone for your kind comments. Much appreciated
I am pondering my next project after this build and I am thinking I am going to have a go at a 4 1/2" scale Foden steam Lorry before I tackle my magnum opus 5" magnum opus loco build before I die.
I am pondering my next project after this build and I am thinking I am going to have a go at a 4 1/2" scale Foden steam Lorry before I tackle my magnum opus 5" magnum opus loco build before I die.
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:42 pm
Cooked up the single pass radiant super heater last night, next is the smoke box plumbing
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:32 am
Does mean that your 5" loco is not only going to be your magnum opus but is also going to be named Magnum OpusHydrostatic Dazza wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 7:40 pm ...... before I tackle my magnum opus 5" magnum opus loco build before I die.
?Rik
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:47 pm
It could be named as you suggest. That would be fun. I like the name Cynthia because it is what a few of us nicknamed the full size #253 that resides in Gympie dismantled and awaiting 2 million god coins to steam again.ge_rik wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:32 amDoes mean that your 5" loco is not only going to be your magnum opus but is also going to be named Magnum OpusHydrostatic Dazza wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 7:40 pm ...... before I tackle my magnum opus 5" magnum opus loco build before I die.?
Rik
I like the idea of the freedom of movement with a steam lorry. A break from railway matters, full size and miniature.
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2022 8:09 pm
First time the smoke box door could be closed with boiler attached.
Linking servos up to twitch
Linking servos up to twitch
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 5:47 pm
Wow!!
Rik
Rik
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:15 pm
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:41 pm
Question to the collective wisdom. The time for the test steaming is getting closer. What, where is a good source of a metal fan suitable for the Llewellyn works to build a steam raising fan blower ?
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:02 pm
Darren
The fan is easy to make - perhaps more readily available than a bought fan.
It is just a hub, soldered to a brass disc, and brass strips soldered onto it radially. No actual "fan" - it just works on centrifugal force expelling the smoke.
Photo attached:
Trevor
The fan is easy to make - perhaps more readily available than a bought fan.
It is just a hub, soldered to a brass disc, and brass strips soldered onto it radially. No actual "fan" - it just works on centrifugal force expelling the smoke.
Photo attached:
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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:41 pm
Trevor Thompson wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:02 pm Darren
The fan is easy to make - perhaps more readily available than a bought fan.
It is just a hub, soldered to a brass disc, and brass strips soldered onto it radially. No actual "fan" - it just works on centrifugal force expelling the smoke.
Photo attached:
IMG_2053.jpg
Trevor
Thanks Trevor, your reply is much appreciated. All adds to my library of research.
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:44 pm
Connected the blower up, it twitches. I am not confident about the actual valves. I will not be surprised it I have to remake them with an O ring seat design which appears to be better for servo control. I would have done that from the start if I knew what I know now. We will see when I test steam.
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:56 am
I’m genuinely excited to see this beauty in steam! If it’s any help I used a tenmille etch to speed up the building of my blower, seems to work quite nicely