oldravendale
Western Thunderer
Thanks Steph. That actually helps. But trice bum! as in bum, bum, bum:
I now know what to do to create the whistle linkage. Now I know I'll have to do it....
I checked for oil lines down the boiler. Yes they are absolutely b$$$dy obvious. That's task 2 (with working out where the boiler bands will be so that I can make the clips to hold the pipework cover and then the pipes in place. These are not yer regular pipe clips but more akin to studs into the boiler bands. I can probably make them with dress making pins but the trick will be to get the location absolutely right.) The one on the left hand side will have to be wrangled past the reach rod.
Then, in studying the oil lines I reckon I've found the six way oilers. There's one immediately on top of the splasher above the nameplate on the right hand side and another on the same side pretty much at the front and on top of the splasher. There appear to be none on the splasher on the left hand side which would follow as the reach rod would be in the way of filling them. This rather calls in to question why there's so much detail on these oilers as the oil lines face in to the boiler and won't be seen whereas there's next to nothing on those in the cab which are wide open for inspection.. I'll cogitate over that one and whether to fit some stubs of wire on the splasher bourne oilers, just to show willing you understand.
Oh - and a fourth bum (that's a quartet). Due to the pipework drawing which has just dropped in to my hands I now have the fitting for the condenser tank at the top front of the cab so I suppose I'll have to add that as well. It'll never be seen as it's behind the whistle mechanism..........
I might take a few days off and finish the signal I'm building for club. I may be a bit more rational when I return to the loco. To quote the late, great, Gerard Hoffnung - "At this point I lost my presence of mind".
Brian
I now know what to do to create the whistle linkage. Now I know I'll have to do it....
I checked for oil lines down the boiler. Yes they are absolutely b$$$dy obvious. That's task 2 (with working out where the boiler bands will be so that I can make the clips to hold the pipework cover and then the pipes in place. These are not yer regular pipe clips but more akin to studs into the boiler bands. I can probably make them with dress making pins but the trick will be to get the location absolutely right.) The one on the left hand side will have to be wrangled past the reach rod.
Then, in studying the oil lines I reckon I've found the six way oilers. There's one immediately on top of the splasher above the nameplate on the right hand side and another on the same side pretty much at the front and on top of the splasher. There appear to be none on the splasher on the left hand side which would follow as the reach rod would be in the way of filling them. This rather calls in to question why there's so much detail on these oilers as the oil lines face in to the boiler and won't be seen whereas there's next to nothing on those in the cab which are wide open for inspection.. I'll cogitate over that one and whether to fit some stubs of wire on the splasher bourne oilers, just to show willing you understand.
Oh - and a fourth bum (that's a quartet). Due to the pipework drawing which has just dropped in to my hands I now have the fitting for the condenser tank at the top front of the cab so I suppose I'll have to add that as well. It'll never be seen as it's behind the whistle mechanism..........
I might take a few days off and finish the signal I'm building for club. I may be a bit more rational when I return to the loco. To quote the late, great, Gerard Hoffnung - "At this point I lost my presence of mind".
Brian