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London & Croydon Railway No.5 'London'

5&9Models

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I've had this loco simmering away in my work-in-progress tray for a year or so now. Originally it was to be South Eastern Railway No.13 'Vortimer' of 1842, but due to the way I've built the power bogie in the tender and the fight for space between the brakes and the pick-ups I've decided to complete it as L & C No.5 'London'.

 

Essentially 'Vortimer' was braked on both sides as far as I can tell, whereas earlier Sharpies such as this one were braked on the right hand side only. I will post pictures of the tender at a later date but for now I thought I'd share a couple of images of one of my favourite jobs; applying the wooden lagging to the boiler.

 

The strips are cut from 0.5mm mahogany veneer. The boiler tube itself is brass tube of a suitable diameter (1mm smaller than finished size). The firebox a simple wrap of brass, two layers to build up the correct difference in diameter. The brass beading front and rear of the firebox is simply brass rod.

 

The boiler and firebox are first washed well in 'Acidip' and rinsed thoroughly to remove solder flux and greasy finger marks. Then a wrap of very strong double sided tape is applied and rubbed on to ensure a good bond, it sticks to brass very well indeed!

 

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Then the strips are cut and applied all the way around and then cut-outs for the dome and safety valve bonnet are made with a sharp blade. Once it's all on a gentle sanding smoothes everything off and fills in any gaps with the fine dust. A couple of coats of satin varnish with a bit of fine sanding in between secures it all in place.

 

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The next job will be to cut and fit the brass boiler bands and secure the dome and safety valve bonnet with a drop of epoxy glue. Attention can then be turned to the rest of the loco and tender body. More pictures to follow after Easter...

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Guest Midland Mole

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Stunning, and always nice to see the early periods being modelled. :)

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5&9Models

Thank you. It is nice to model the early period, the only down side is that it seems to take bl***y ages!

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MikeOxon

I do like your use of the 'real' material for the lagging.  With so much wood used in early railway vehicles, it's perhaps surprising that it is not used more in models.

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5&9Models

Thank you. The trick is selecting something without too much grain as the smallest feature can look like a large blemish in 4mm scale. I bought my sheets of veneer from Vale Veneers in Cornwall. They're very helpful and not expensive. One sheet (about A5 size goes a long way and they do a good range of different woods. I've also used it for the floor planks in my wagons, but only the empty ones! Probably ideal for BG stock too.

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