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Mitchell Manor pt6

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Last night the build finally reached the stage I am much less comfortable with, the firebox / boiler.  While I am happy forming angular components, or those with a continuous arc, forming Belpair fireboxes or boilers is a lot more worrying.  Its one of those jobs that I wish the kit would come with a set of spare wrappers so I could have a second go…

 

Anyway, yesterdays work started off adding more small components (snifter valves), and working out which part was the sandbox filler lids (which appear to be the wrong shape).  The valve rod cover castings are missing and need scratch building.  While I forgot to add the sandbox linkages….  (these will need to be added tonight!)

 

Next up was the ATC pipe which was soldered in place, the bell will be glued into the cab once all the soldering is complete.

 

It was now time to start on the fire box.  After soldering together the formers  (I beefed up the rear former with some scrap etch), I formed the first two curves in the wrapper for the upper corners.  The etch is well designed with pips on the sides showing the alignment for your 4.5mm drill bit,  however one side must have slipped as the alignment was slightly off.  Cue lots of effort at adjustment trying to get it to the right shape…

The front and rear plates were soldered onto the wrapper, before soldering the side seems.  The curves at the bottom of the firebox were formed in situ, before soldering in place.  After adding a thick fillet of solder around the inside edge, I then filed the curved profile working from photos.   After a little fettling to clear the splashers it was test fitted into position, I am pleased with the end result.

 

I now need to glue the washout plugs fitted, and add some mud hole covers (which I need to buy as these are also missing).  From experience I know the latter will be a pain (there is no chance I am taking a soldering iron anywhere near it, so it will have to be glue.)

 

I think I need to buy a large vice before I can set up my GW Models rollers, so rolling the smokebox (and the boiler cone that I really fear), so tonight after getting those last few small components soldered in to place the project will have to go on hold until the vice arrives.

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What is this component? (also visible in the bottom right of the previous photo), it is the last bit that I have been unable to determine. 

 

Edit: it’s the ATC shoe, but I am less clear as to where it goes.

 

i have done a little more work adding sandbox linkages

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3 minutes ago, martinT said:

It's the ATC pickup

Thanks, I had a feeling it must be looking at photos of Finney parts on the Brassmasters site.  The only thing was there is no part listed in the Mitchell instructions for an ATC pickup.

 

it makes reference to the bell/box that goes in the cab and the pipe that runs along the right hand side of the footplate, but that is it.  Is the ATC pickup located under the bufferbeam somewhere (at the end of the ATC pipe?)

 

 

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