7mm Connoisseur Models LNER N10 Tank Engine

[Rob Pulham]

It was at this point that I permanently fitted the boiler in place. Tom Burham had kindly shared some photos of how the brass transition cover was retained by cladding band clamps so I endeavoured to add those. I managed it but I confess that the front one that is fitted to the transition ring is barely visible when you turn it upside down let alone from normal viewing angles.







I also fitted the clack valves. I had to make a small top hat type bush to sleeve the pipe as it passes through the foot plate







You will also note that I have fitted the filler cap locking screws that I had beefed up in the last post.

 

[Rob Pulham]

I finally got all the cab furniture fitted. I made the individual pieces up last year while out at shows, but I’ve only just got around to fixing them in place.









If you are wondering what the little round bung is on the splasher/locker in the last photo. There was an etched hole presumably so that the reverser could be fitted at that side or it was just a mirror of the splasher on the other side so the hole came with it. Either way, I just turned up a small bung to fill the hole.

 

[Arun Sharma]

I think both versions of the painted slide bars look equally good. Do bear in mind that the outside surfaces of inside slide bars were often painted the same colour as the inside of the frames - mainly red?
Dave.

There was some correspondence a while ago suggesting that the reason the frames on German locos [and the inside of frames and moving parts on UK locos] were painted red was that any cracks would be outlined/filled in with black oil so would be more readily spotted when oiling around by the crew.

 

[alastairq]

A similar reason why, in the world of motorsports, chassis and other important, stressed, parts were painted white..