Scale7 JB Workbench.

[Scale7JB]

Cobbling together some handbrake linkages today.



JB.

 

[Scale7JB]

Cruel closeup, but looks a bit smarter.



JB.

 

[Oz7mm]

JB

Do my beady old eyes deceive me or do the handrails lean away from the end of the tender side?

John

 

[Scale7JB]

JB

Do my beady old eyes deceive me or do the handrails lean away from the end of the tender side?

John

I hope not. I think it may be that they are tapered stanchions.

JB.

 

[Oz7mm]

Agreed they are tapered but................

 

[Scale7JB]

Agreed they are tapered but................

Yep, had to move the top over by 0.25mm. Your eyes are in rude health!



JB.

 

[Oz7mm]

 

[Scale7JB]

I’ll check the other side tomorrow.

JB.

 

[Scale7JB]

Had to make what I’d imagine is a brake reservoir for just in front of the cab.

Can never have too much telescoping brass tube on hand.



JB.

 

[Scale7JB]

The last of the rods and pipes, I think..



JB.

 

[Scale7JB]

There’s always one more.



JB.

 

[Scale7JB]

Ermmm.. Spot the mistake…

JB.

 

[OzzyO]

Ermmm.. Spot the mistake…

JB.

No wash out plugs?

OzzyO.

 

[Scale7JB]

No wash out plugs?

OzzyO.

Still to do.

No I did the last pipe in nickel wire. Needs to be unpainted brass. D’oh!

JB.

 

[Tim Humphreys ex Mudhen]

JB,
Did NSW railways really use brass pipe rather than copper?
Tim

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Still to do.

No I did the last pipe in nickel wire. Needs to be unpainted brass. D’oh!

JB.

Humbrol matt yellow and copper mixed 50/50

 

[Scale7JB]

JB,
Did NSW railways really use brass pipe rather than copper?
Tim

Hi Tim,

Copper will be too soft for that pipe it’s tiny..

JB.

 

[Scale7JB]

Humbrol matt yellow and copper mixed 50/50

Good idea but it’ll never look right and probably quicker to make a new one

 

[Dave Holt]

It's hard to tell from the photo, but is the wrong type of pipe attached to the smaller horizontal pipe or the larger, curved pipe which goes to the boiler clack valve? If the latter, which I would expect, was it really a "hillside" connection or square to the main pipe axis?
Dave.

 

[Tim Humphreys ex Mudhen]

Hi Tim,

Copper will be too soft for that pipe it’s tiny..

JB.

Hi JB, I wasn't making myself very clear. Is all the pipework on the model going to be unpainted and left in bare metal? If so wouldn't the pipework all be in copper, whatever the size.

Tim