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Thanks Michael, It's funny that you mention the cheese head screws as I was quite surprised at just how many 6 ba screws were included in the kit where had the holes been sized appropriately 8ba would have done the job with ease. That said, I have a couple of older kits in my collection that...

Hi Bernard, I believe it shall be in 1936 lake livery.

Hi Dave, The lead isn't that thickness for the full length of the boiler. Because of the taper, the main roll of lead is much small diameter with a larger collar at the wider end.

One of the things that I have never been entirely happy with on previous locos is the fitting of additional lead weight to the boiler. Tank engines are a bit simpler because the lead sheet can be fixed in the tanks and enclosed. It's not so much the fitting of the lead, so much as how to retain...

The last week or so has been spent on lots of little jobs that don't seem to change much visibly on the model. The visible bits are the trimming of the cylinder drain pipes and having to rethink how I planned to mount and retain the motor from moving. I also milled a hex on the ends of the...

Thanks Paul, but I think I will bow out gracefully at this point.

I have a couple of Mashima 1428 motors and Branchlines gearboxes in with mine which probably gives an idea as to how long I have had the kit.

The last parts to be made and fitted are the cinder guards that fit on the cab side. Even though they are nickel on this kit, they are very vulnerable and a friend mentioned that he always models them folded back which seems like a good idea. but I was concerned about painting around them. I...

Good morning Dave, I have had one of these in the pile for a number of years and it's my plan to build it as my next build for myself after finishing a couple of shelf queens. Mine will take a different approach as I have twin motors/gearboxes and delrin chain. It should make a change from...

Today saw the last of the tiny components that make up the cylinder drain pipes made and assembled. I also ended up with a nice little bag of extra nuts. I made six for the operating bar and then decided they were a little big (lengthwise) so I made some smaller ones. Each one is made from 16...

Thanks Paul, I do have a boring head and a set of boring bars, which I confess that I haven't had cause to use yet. Mainly because when I bought it I inadvertently bought it with a tang on the taper rather than a screw for a drawbar. Once I realised that, I bought a different taper section so I...

I asked a fellow modeller if he had fitted the cab roof yet, because it too has been yet another challenge to overcome. The reason for the challenge is that the profile of the roof rib visible in the shot of the roof below is a different profile to that of the rear frame of the cab which...

The last items to make for the Princess, are the cylinder drain cocks/pipes. The castings were missing from the kit and I looked at those offered by Laurie Griffin and Ragstone but I wasn't convinced that they were suitable for use on the Princess and decided to make my own. They are not yet...

Although I had fitted the handrail knobs to the boiler and smokebox earlier last week, I hadn't added those on the resin firebox. This was for no other reason than the superglue was upstairs in the fridge and I thought it easier to crack on with something else and bring the superglue down later...

Chris was sure that we had some activity at one of our hog houses over the last few nights so last night she set up her trail camera and managed to catch some footage of a hog taking hay in (which Chris leaves outside the entrance as an indicator of whether there has been visitors) to make a...

Progress over the last few days has been excellent so much so that I have backtracked a little and picked up on a couple of items that Paul has mentioned in the past. The first was to replace the hatch knobs on the footplate with some wire loop examples. The knobs have gone in the spares box...

Most people reading my threads regularly, will have gathered by now that I am a bit of a tool junkie and that I don't do well with the smaller imperial measurements. Late last year I came across a Chesterman Height Gauge which measures in both imperial and metric, at a price that I didn't need...

An Evening With... Rob Pulham View the Event Diary Friday, 26 April, 2024, 20:00-22:00 Online via Zoom Join Rob Pulham who will talk about using lathes and other machine tools to improve kits or replace parts. The event takes place on Friday 26th April @ 20:00 BST. The event is FREE to...

After the fitting the firebox and checking the fit of the lower firebox sides with the chassis in place I was wondering how to hold them in position while the epoxy set. After trying and discarding a number of different clamps that I have in the workshop ranging from a small engineers clamp to...

I finally took the plunge and fixed the firebox to the footplate In order to do so, I needed to attach the firebox in two planes, to the footplate and to the cab front. I was sure that If I attempted to use adhesive for both it would be a recipe for disaster. In so much as I would end up with...