With some trepidation I'm starting my first entry in this new style workbench blog. My intention is to continue where I left off in my workbench thread on the old RMweb. I'll have to check that link later as the old forum is offline at the moment . As a result, I'm not sure whether my last post at around 6:45 this evening actually reached the old site, so I'll start by repeating it, slightly edited, here.
I've spent some of the last couple of days looking at the new RMweb (only as a guest, I haven't dared to log in in case Andy sent the boys round to slap my wrists or worse ) and reading the various HowTos in preparation for the great release tonight. I like much of what I've seen but am still uncertain about this blog approach to work bench threads. To me, the reversal of the time dimension in blogs disrupts the normal sequence in telling a story of the building a loco/wagon/coach/building/etc. We'll just have to see how it pans out. Maybe I'll try Martin's transfer program to move the old thread to the new site, but I'm still not clear what it will end up looking like.
Anyway, back to the Buffalo. I have managed to complete the detailing of the body and have given it a first coat of primer, followed by a few Archers rivets to represent those not present on the castings or damaged during the build:
Since the last photos I've added the cab roof and whistles. The whistles were made from brass rod and tube and protrude vertically from the cab roof, although they are hidden by masking tape in the photos. The idea of using the London Road Models LNWR pattern lamp sockets was less successful. Although the footplate mounted sockets could be made by filing off part of the mounting plate, the way the sockets are mounted on the bunker and at the top of the smokebox are quite different from the GWR pattern. In the end, I made my own. Those on the bunker are made from 1mm square brass tubing with a 0.4mm brass rod soldered into a hole on one side. The rod was then low-melt soldered into holes drilled in the bunker. The one at the top of the smokebox incorporates the hand rail knob, so this was milled, drilled and turned from a piece of 2mm round brass rod. The results aren't perfect, but look reasonable from 'normal viewing distance'.
Nick
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