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O2.9 & other stuff


ullypug

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Slow progress at the moment due to a succession of family birthdays and the odd exhibition, but we are getting somewhere...

O2 is starting to come together as I add bits and pieces. Some are included with the kit, most are not.

I had a slight hiccup when I discovered my choice of motor wasn't going to fit inside the boiler. Must've measured it wrongrolleyes.gif. Anyway as soon as the replacement arrives from High Level we'll be back in business. The body's not far off its final clean up and spray. Then I can look forward to the lining!

 

As a small distraction, I've built the new fiddle yard board for the eventual conversion of Wheal Elizabeth to through running. This will be the off stage right hand end. What more can I say, it's several pieces of plywood?

 

I have made up a template for the turnout operating units for Clevedon and the wire in tube has arrived. Needless to say I didn't take a photo of this. Once the O2 is somewhere near finished I'll make a start wiring the layout.

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Now that looks really very good indeed Andrew - though are you sure there were lubricators on both sides of the smokebox? I know '225 didn't (LH only) and a quick search shows that '199 didn't either. The same applies to '200 it seems though that shot isn't entirely clear...

 

Adam

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I'd seemed to remember something about converting Wheal Elizabeth into a through layout and you even published plans on RMweb (the old version) - or were they from some helpful friends but thought that was just a pipe dream. But now we have a baseboard.

 

Dave

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We have a plan too!

I decided I've got too many North Cornish non china clay things not to; T9, West Country, N, std 4 tank, bubble car, P set, Van Bs... I'm not likely to build another cornish layout (for a while at least) so it makes sense.

The O2 will be hauling a P set from Hornby Maunsell stock.

 

I don't really want to lose the bridge so will keep that. It'll mean sacrificing the loading dock at the other end but I want to be able to have a layout that will can either be set up as a terminus or through run. The aim is to keep my and maybe others interest in the layout going. It gets very dull shunting for a whole weekend.

 

I should probably move this to the layout forum really

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