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WCPR No 5 Part 2

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Managing to make a little progress with No 5 in-between getting Weston ready for the Portishead show in 3 weeks' time. Good news is the layout is now fully working, has a new temporary power supply rigged up (it shares the power box I use for all my layouts) and has had one or two running repairs.
In the meantime, I've assembled the chassis using my Avonside jig and High Level horn blocks. As you can see it's simply compensated with a fixed rear axle. The footplate has been cut from 15 thou nickel silver and valences added from brass angle.
The gearbox has been built, though I may yet change it for another type if it's noticeably visible through the cab sides and I've made a start on the wheels. The prototypes were sold disks, presumably to add weight. Trouble is in reality they made the engine prone to having hot boxes. I've had to remove some of the spokes from the Gibson wheels as there'll be 4 semi-circular holes through each one, then I've pressed super fine milliput filler into the spokes and then sanded flush with the wheel rims. Blutack keeps me from putting filler where I shouldn't.
To break the monotony of doing the wheels (the first two took ages), I've also started to prepare the cab components. These are fretted from a single piece of nickel silver again, with the aid of a scrawker where I can. Results so far are shown below and I'm quite happy with how it's going. I know I could have used CAD and etched everything, but where's the fun in that?!
I think I'll be lucky to have the engine finished by 22 October, but I like a nice deadline!

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The disc wheels were such a prominent feature of the prototype, it's good that you are taking the time to replicate them properly.

Really looking forward to seeing it strutting its stuff on Weston and Clevedon.

Coincidentally I was mucking about with a spreadsheet on WC&PR locos earlier today. I'd always thought of it as having a huge loco stud as I was used to looking at the long stock list, but once I'd plotted the dates in use I found it usually only had 4 steam locos in use at any time (with a maximum of 6). It was also interesting to see how long the big Manning Wardles 3 and 5 stuck it out for compared to other locos. Then again, one wonders if Hesperus might have survived to the end if it hadn't broken the bridge...

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High Level axleboxes, too, I note - I assembled a set for my Peckett tank last night - I'd forgotten how easy they were to put together!

 

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The disc wheels were such a prominent feature of the prototype, it's good that you are taking the time to replicate them properly.

Really looking forward to seeing it strutting its stuff on Weston and Clevedon.

Coincidentally I was mucking about with a spreadsheet on WC&PR locos earlier today. I'd always thought of it as having a huge loco stud as I was used to looking at the long stock list, but once I'd plotted the dates in use I found it usually only had 4 steam locos in use at any time (with a maximum of 6). It was also interesting to see how long the big Manning Wardles 3 and 5 stuck it out for compared to other locos. Then again, one wonders if Hesperus might have survived to the end if it hadn't broken the bridge...

Yes, it's one of the interesting things about the line. I guess it's because most of the stock was already knackered when it arrived, the terriers and the second Manning Wardle not withstanding.

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Are you seriously saying that you can complete this locomotive in just under 3 weeks, Andrew?

 

Do you have a time-turner or similar?

 

Nice work, by the way.

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Are you seriously saying that you can complete this locomotive in just under 3 weeks, Andrew?

 

Do you have a time-turner or similar?

 

Nice work, by the way.

I was wondering if I'd have time to build a coach as well...

:-)

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