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Octel 1957 Chlorine Tank

D869

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So far so good with building the first of the wagons from my recent etch - a 1957 vintage Hurst Nelson Chlorine tank.

 

I was impatient to try out the experimental version so that's what I'm building. So far it is going together as intended and the centre section of the solebars has achieved the skinny look that I was hoping to get when viewed from the top and the chassis seems very strong because it's got metalwork in all of the places where the real thing has metalwork.

 

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The extra bits of metal at the ends are to hold everything in place during chassis assembly and will be cut away quite soon.

 

There are still plenty more challenges ahead, particularly assembling the complex ironwork that restrains the tank ends and attaching the complex end stanchion assembly to the underframe without unsoldering stuff that is already attached.

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D869

It looks really good so far Andy. How did you make the vertical braces?

 

Julia :)

 

Thanks Julia. If you mean the vertical bits of the chassis members... the four main ones are etched to the full length to fit between the solebars/headstocks and have an etched cutout to make a half joint where they cross. The diagonal ones are done as separate bits and slotted in one by one after the other bits are soldered together. These also have a little tab to space their inner ends away from the main longitudinals. All of them also have a half etched slot on the underside of the chassis 'deck' to help with positioning.

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D869

Andy,

That is looking really nice.  I look forward to seeing the completed thing next Tuesday!! ;-)

 

Ian

 

Thanks Ian.

 

How about we aim for... less incomplete... :)

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