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Tonight's update http://4472flyingscotsman.co.uk/reverser-part-3/

Hi all... sorry for another delay in the build, I won't bore you with all the details but hey, I keep going... This is the second part of the reverser build including an error by me, hey, it's only a problem if you can't fix it...:) http://4472flyingscotsman.co.uk/reverser-part-2/ Pete

Good day all, I'm back with an update for 4472, can you believe my last work on the loco was back in June last year... yikes I will begin with the reverser, I suspect that this may take a few updates... http://4472flyingscotsman.co.uk/reverser-part-1/ Pete

Hi guys.. it's been a while but here's where I am with the workshop, hopefully I'll be back working on 4472 soon who has now been placed in her new works. http://4472flyingscotsman.co.uk/new-workshop-4472-enters-her-new-works/ Pete

Talk to Ed at Model Engineers Laser, I have one of his, great price and excellent tool. Pete

Thank you very much Adam. .🙃 Cheers Pete

Thanks guys, IIRC I have tried the camera (Samsung S21 ultra) different ways up in the past, all other forums and social media display it the right way up, only here does it show inverted, very strange? Pete

Thought I'd show where I am with the workshop, sorry about the inverted image, I have no idea why this forum does this to my images. Hopefully, you can get an idea of what I'm up to. Cheers Pete

I'm around, just not able to work on 4472 for now. We moved to our new home 3 months ago, lots to do on the house, plus I have to build a workshop before continuing with 4472. The good news is that I am making ptogress with the workshop, hope tomorrow to get the rest of the roof up, two of my son's will be in attendence to do the heavy lifting. It will be a while yet though before I am ready to create swarf again. Not sure how long as there is a lot to do, not to mention the cost involved, especially as much has been put into the house which needs a lot. Oh and then there's the cost of a respray for my classic car which has become a priority, the paintwork didn't like the recent snow followed by instant heat rise, mind you the workshop machinery didn't like it either. Pete

+1 for Jim's kits, they are superb and come with clear instructions. Pete

Hi guys I just realised that my last post was back in June.. gulp where did the time ago? I have popped in just to say that I haven't disappeared. Around the time of my last post we took the decision here to move home and thus all work has stopped until that mission has been completed, currently I'm dismantling the workshop gear ready for when that day comes. This may be sometime off yet depending on the solicitors involved, we have sold subject to contract and have agreed a price on our new home also subject to contract. Things seem to be going well but hey, you just never know until you have the keys. So I'm afraid that work on 4472 has stopped until we have moved and more importantly built up a new workshop, god knows how long that may take but I can say that it will be my first priority. Some of you will be aware that the Model Engineer magazine has been publishing my articles for the last 20 months and they are catching up to where I am. Hopefully I'll be back up and running before they do...:) Pete

Evening chaps Today i fitted two dummy eccentric rods just to see how things were looking, all seems ok so far, nothing timed yet and still no bobbings fitted but we are getting there. I have a short video to show the state of play, please forgive the abrupt cutoff, cameraman (er wife) decided she had heard enough of my waffle, to be fair, I hadn't briefed her properly.. Pete

Good day all.. a slight deviation from where I was, I recently received the laser cut parts from Ed (Model Engineers Laser) for the ashpan and decided to tackle this now. To be honest I'm looking for small jobs that I can do while not getting too involved in anything while trying to sell/find a new home. I should be packing the workshop away, not still building parts but the ashpan is pretty straightforward even if the actual drawing has a lot going on. Once again I turned to john Baguley for his indispensable help in converting the paper drawing to CAD, the full story is within this latest entry... hope you all find it interesting, more pretty pictures to look at than usual.. http://4472flyingscotsman.co.uk/ashpan/ Pete

thanks for sharing, yes, not easy...we have lived here since 81, it's only our second home but think we should go while still able to work on making a new forever home somewhere out of the London suburb's. It's proving very difficult to find such a thing though...:( Pete

Evening everyone, yes i have an update, sorry that they are few and far between these days, I have made myself do this one before things get too involved with the house sell and then moving. Sometimes I look around me here at home and ask myself, am I mad? do I really want to sell and lose what I have here? Don't get me wrong, I don't have much but what I do have is a great environment for creating things while relaxing in my lovely garden? Plus the house now looks great having done all those little jobs that should have been done years ago but never got around to it. I guess the trick is to find somewhere better but so far this has eluded me, we keep looking though. http://4472flyingscotsman.co.uk/radius-rod-completed-fitted-lifting-arms-fabricated-and-fitted/ Pete