Thread: 4-6-2 Tank Locomotive - Circa 1910

Thanks Ray,

You are into beautiful expensive cars - I am into ancient old locomotives - the main thing is we both love doing our own builds and try and put our own mark onto it. Love looking at your builds and intricacies. I am currently making up tiny stop valves for the water flow to the water level gauges. It's very time consuming work, but as you are aware, I think the more detail you can add to the model, the more realistic it hopefully becomes. No work on loco today though. Cathies Birthday and our Wedding Anniversary. Can't really work on the loco when family and friends here

Maybe some more photos tomorrow. Thanks for your comments - most appreciated.

Regards

Keith

Originally Posted by Keith_1

Thanks Ray,

You are into beautiful expensive cars - I am into ancient old locomotives - the main thing is we both love doing our own builds and try and put our own mark onto it. Love looking at your builds and intricacies. I am currently making up tiny stop valves for the water flow to the water level gauges. It's very time consuming work, but as you are aware, I think the more detail you can add to the model, the more realistic it hopefully becomes. No work on loco today though. Cathies Birthday and our Wedding Anniversary. Can't really work on the loco when family and friends here

Maybe some more photos tomorrow. Thanks for your comments - most appreciated.

Regards

Keith

Happy Birthday to the young and lovely Cathy PLUS congratulations upon your wedding anniversary, well done upon another year of bliss...Cheers, Peter

Originally Posted by crowie

Happy Birthday to the young and lovely Cathy PLUS congratulations upon your wedding anniversary, well done upon another year of bliss...Cheers, Peter

Thanks for your kind words and wishes. I got a little spray painting done after everyone left. Gives me a bit of a startup for tomorrow.

Best Regards

Keith

Hi All,

As said yesterday, I have been working on the valves that feed the water to the sight glasses.Also reworked the sight glasses to add ports at the base of each sight glass so I can include the extra sightglass pipework. It is incredible how you miss some important details and have to rework the items already made. I have also masked up and painted the top section of the firebox. I wasn't happy with it. It looked too smooth and unrealistic. I had spray painted with flat acrylic aluminium colour. Played around a bit. I resprayed the aluminium with a semi-gloss enamel clear and then whilst still wet I used a small brush and dabbed the aluminium coloured area. Then allowed it to dry. It came up like a hammered metallic finish. Really happy with this outcome.
The "pipework" is 2mm galvanised wire. Still need to strip off the zinc with hydrochloric acid and then paint up. The connections on the valves and sight glasses are 4mm thread and nuts. I have drilled the threads 2mm clearance so the "pipework" fits into each of the components. Now working on the fitting of the main high pressure steam gauge. Should get a fair bit of that done by the end of tomorrow.

Regards

Keith

cabin internals.jpg

The gauge glass fittings are looking good.
The valves on the top of the boiler are your steam connection, the fitting on the backhead are a double seat valve, with a water connection and blow through to the drain which you have fitted. The gauge glass fittings which the Victorian Railways used were different to those used on other boilers in industry. The railway fittings are a valve as opposed to three cocks on the gauge glass in industry. The one positive, that I have seen, is all the Victorian Railway engines used a high pressure Klinger reflex glass instead of a tube glass that other railways and most (but not all) industrial boilers have.
I am feeling right at home watching the cab fittings come together.

Have you glazed the left window but not yet the right? I can just see a reflection.

Originally Posted by Handyjack

The gauge glass fittings are looking good.
The valves on the top of the boiler are your steam connection, the fitting on the backhead are a double seat valve, with a water connection and blow through to the drain which you have fitted. The gauge glass fittings which the Victorian Railways used were different to those used on other boilers in industry. The railway fittings are a valve as opposed to three cocks on the gauge glass in industry. The one positive, that I have seen, is all the Victorian Railway engines used a high pressure Klinger reflex glass instead of a tube glass that other railways and most (but not all) industrial boilers have.
I am feeling right at home watching the cab fittings come together.

Have you glazed the left window but not yet the right? I can just see a reflection.

Thanks Kevin,

Appreciate your knowledge and comments

Must be just the way I took the photo. They both have "glass" in the window. (I actually used a thin gauge perspex)

Tomorrow is a bit of a challenge (if Josh - our grandson plays with cars on the shed bench whilst I work) - making up the valve for the main pressure gauge and completing and fitting the bracket and gauge. The best part about building this loco is trying to get as near as possible to look original and realistic - good fun.

Regards (and thanks)

Keith

Hi All,

Made up a backing plate to increase the width of the main pressure gauge. You may remember that I made the gauge out of an old watch. This increase in width brings it up to the correct scale width and gave me more room to add the tube nut connection at the base. The bracket is made of pine - an "L" shape that is secured by studs at the back on the base. I have also made up a control valve out of aluminium and mild steel. Working a bit more with mild steel now. Have to be careful to ensure the 2.5mm drill is always sharp and use plenty of lubricant. Haven't broken any yet . Next part will be a bit tricky - going to make up the lubricator. The third photo is a lubricator off an original loco (similar to the one about to make) situated to the left and forward of the main pressure gauge.

Regards

Keith

modified gauge.jpgMain Steam pressure.jpgLubricator from Kevin.jpg

Looking sweet

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

Your 3D jigsaw puzzle is coming together nicely Keith....Peter

Looking good Keith.
I think I see your driver coming in the distance.

Is that Handy's twin brother - looks familiar ????

Regards

Keith

Looking Great Keith your next step will keep you on your toes for a while

Originally Posted by Keith_1

Is that Handy's twin brother - looks familiar ????

Regards

Keith

Handy has a saw & blank of timber, that little bloke has a spanner.....still a clever helper....

Originally Posted by crowie

Handy has a saw & blank of timber, that little bloke has a spanner.....still a clever helper....

Engineer Vs Chippy - good rivalry