oldravendale
Western Thunderer
To bring things up to date:
Photo of tender - the only one I have - copyright is Paul Chancellor's and it's included here as part of the research for the "K".
Note location of lamp irons, blanking plates from original location of lamp irons and rivets. The original lamp irons were on the top of the buffer beam and at the locations of the blanking plates.
The shot above shows the three rivets which appear on the tender but are not half etched in the kit and also the 0.7mm holes (also not provided) drilled for the lamp irons. The two holes above the lower level of lamp iron holes are those which are provided but they are both too large and not in the correct places.
I calculated the locations of the lamp irons, rivets and blanking plates by using the photo above and calculating their positions by comparison with known measurements from the model tender. Their locations may not be absolutely precise, but they are a damned sight better than the absence of any location provided in the kit.
These above three shots show the great blobs of solder applied over the triangular corner pieces in preparation for filing back in to the proper flare corner profiles. The triangular pieces were fitted with 244 degree solder so that they would stay in place when I applied the plumbers solder which flows and shapes nicely.
The above shots are of the filed back tender corners. I am sooo delighted with this afternoon's work that I've rather overdone the photos.
So this is where I've got to now. The lid is on (I told you I'm not an engineer) although yet to be soldered. There are some strange half etched marks on this tender top and no instructions about how they are intended to be bent or fitted. I think I worked this out just this evening and will be proceeding with the fixing of this, the tender front and footboard tomorrow.
Brian
Photo of tender - the only one I have - copyright is Paul Chancellor's and it's included here as part of the research for the "K".
Note location of lamp irons, blanking plates from original location of lamp irons and rivets. The original lamp irons were on the top of the buffer beam and at the locations of the blanking plates.
The shot above shows the three rivets which appear on the tender but are not half etched in the kit and also the 0.7mm holes (also not provided) drilled for the lamp irons. The two holes above the lower level of lamp iron holes are those which are provided but they are both too large and not in the correct places.
I calculated the locations of the lamp irons, rivets and blanking plates by using the photo above and calculating their positions by comparison with known measurements from the model tender. Their locations may not be absolutely precise, but they are a damned sight better than the absence of any location provided in the kit.
These above three shots show the great blobs of solder applied over the triangular corner pieces in preparation for filing back in to the proper flare corner profiles. The triangular pieces were fitted with 244 degree solder so that they would stay in place when I applied the plumbers solder which flows and shapes nicely.
The above shots are of the filed back tender corners. I am sooo delighted with this afternoon's work that I've rather overdone the photos.
So this is where I've got to now. The lid is on (I told you I'm not an engineer) although yet to be soldered. There are some strange half etched marks on this tender top and no instructions about how they are intended to be bent or fitted. I think I worked this out just this evening and will be proceeding with the fixing of this, the tender front and footboard tomorrow.
Brian