oldravendale
Western Thunderer
The boiler was perhaps more difficult than I'd expected. The nickel silver is of a substantial thickness and was difficult to bend even using rollers. Despite using a piece of "pilot" brass to limit the issues with the square edge the leading edge was not properly rolled. I therefore used the persuader and the afore mentioned copper pipe to turn the edges over.
This worked passably well and I'm happy enough with the boiler shape. All soldered up the only area which is less than good is the bit just before the cut out for the motor/gearbox. I'm going to have another go with the persuader to try and produce something a bit "rounder" just in that area, but overall it looks pretty good, though I says it wot shouldn't.
I'm now removing the tabs and sticky out bits before moving on to boiler mountings. There are some witness marks where the spacers are fitted and the boiler was drawn over them to complete the shape. Having removed the tabs I will decide whether removal of these witness marks is desirable - it's always possible that they might be good locations for the lining!
Brian
This worked passably well and I'm happy enough with the boiler shape. All soldered up the only area which is less than good is the bit just before the cut out for the motor/gearbox. I'm going to have another go with the persuader to try and produce something a bit "rounder" just in that area, but overall it looks pretty good, though I says it wot shouldn't.
I'm now removing the tabs and sticky out bits before moving on to boiler mountings. There are some witness marks where the spacers are fitted and the boiler was drawn over them to complete the shape. Having removed the tabs I will decide whether removal of these witness marks is desirable - it's always possible that they might be good locations for the lining!
Brian