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David Andrews Fowler 2-6-4 Tank & LMS suburban set for Leek

Discussion in 'Workshop Benches' started by York Paul, Apr 10, 2023.

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  1. Jul 23, 2023 #41
    paul_l

    paul_l Staff Member Administrator

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    I like the alignment method - not an issue I've had uptill now - I love inside cylinders :thumbup: :avatar:

    Paul
     
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  2. Jul 23, 2023 #42
    York Paul

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    this is always an issue with me... I'll let you know once the other cylinder wrap is fitted. Just riveted up both side rod centre joints having drilled out for the brass crankpin bushes. Happy to say rotation is good but I must tap another crankpin bush 10BA to replace a slack one on the front drivers, must have worn the thread somehow but then I did do a batch of them ages ago so it could be a duff one that slipped in.:avatar: Camera on charge with 3% at the mo so no piccy I'm afraid.
     
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  3. Jul 23, 2023 #43
    paul_l

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    wot nae spare battery :avatar:
     
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  4. Jul 23, 2023 #44
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    Amazing!
     
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  5. Jul 24, 2023 #45
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    G`day Paul,
    I`ve gone right through this thread from the beginning, and I must say you are doing first class work here.......:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:
    I look forward to seeing the finished project up and running, painted and lined.........all in good time though.....no pressure.
    :tophat:Gormo
     
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  6. Jul 24, 2023 #46
    York Paul

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    Thank you for the kind compliment and your time reading the total thread... I fitted side rods yesterday and all works as it should so now I am able to proceed with completion of the cylinder block, the body is near enough finished just backhead to dress and cab roof. I have a motor helical gearbox combo to fit later and painting will be lined black then weathered.

    cheers Paul
     
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    York Paul

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    need a new phone camera really Paul... but here in Yorkshire we cannot justify such a vast expenditure you know.:avatar:
     
  8. Jul 24, 2023 #48
    York Paul

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    Thank you for your supportive comment... this kit is a nice one to build and like all it pays to take your time in the build process. My previous build a Rebuilt Patriot is awaiting a new tender, not that the one supplied is wrong but its an all welded one whereas I need a rivetted version for the time frame I'm modeling.
    cheers Paul
     
  9. Jul 24, 2023 #49
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    Do you have mobile phones in Yorkshire.
     
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  10. Jul 24, 2023 #50
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    Aye Lad

    They work slightly different, they keep em in red boxes, and you walk to them - it's the healthy option and keeps your step count up as well.

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    And no annoying cold calls, although in the winter they are all cold calls

    Sorry Paul
     
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    How quaint. Our local box now contains a defibrillator and another has books.
     
  12. Jul 24, 2023 #52
    York Paul

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    Oh Brian... what the cost o' them things HOW MUCH !! More bloody money than sense I'd say. :avatar:
     
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    One in our village is full of damn books and bicycle spanners... :avatar:
     
  14. Jul 24, 2023 #54
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    So having circumnavigated the rather crusty second hand paperback books and piles of discarded bicycle spanners in the out of use K6 in our village I asked a passing cyclist if I could use his phone to take a picture as it would save me money charging mine up. :avatar: Anyway here is the result, side rods and connecting rods drilled and reamed 1.6mm to accept the crankpin bushes, a dry fit to the chassis proved the wheels rotate freely... chassis now in matte varnish to protect paintwork in readyness to do the final assembly. Combination levers and links now fitted to the crossheads.

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  15. Jul 24, 2023 #55
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    Very nice ........

    and for your next project

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    A bit of forward planning and you could have got the cyclist to chagre it, more importantly, if you pitch it right he'd pay you for the use of a static excersise bike.
    You you got a bit o catching up with the Scots :avatar:

    Paul
     
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    York Paul

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    Yes and sadly I'm not in their league of inventiveness ... not even close, this is rural Yorkshire you know. Now tell me where is Scotland? its sound like somewhere else... I've heard of Bridlington, is it anywhere near there ? :avatar::avatar:
     
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    Turn right at the whippet rest home and keep going.
     
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    don't forget yer passport scottish 1£ notes:avatar:

    Ken
     
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    York Paul

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  20. Jul 25, 2023 #60
    paul_l

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    Unfortunately the Scottish £1 note no longer exists, the last ones dissapeared during the Great Toilet Roll famine of 2020 - we sold them all south of the border.

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