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Doubt it. Come down to the crossroads and dabble in the black art of scratch building! Most model shops have display racks of brass and plastic tubes, strips and sections. These can also be obtained from suppliers like Eileen's Emporium. This is a good starting task using the old pipe as a reference to drill locating holes on the other side before scraping/ chiseling it off and making good. In 4mm you could use solid round rod for the replacement but tube is easier to drill for the mounting pins. You will need to represent the elbow where it enters the smokebox using solder or epoxy filler carefully filed to shape.
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The Hachette brass isn't the easiest material to solder. The trick is to get it absolutely spotless immediately before soldering. When applying a decorative laminate you can be as quite aggressive with 240 grade wet and dry paper on faces that will not be seen again. I made much use of my RSU but almost every soldering task was a bit of a challenge compared to say kits from Jim McGowan, Mercian or Judith Edge. Patience wins in the end!
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" box things" are the A3 superheaters ( try Precision Paints for castings). The loco is now left hand drive so the pipe on the right side moves to the left as does the reversing lever. It will also need a banjo dome and modifications to the cab door area. I have not seen one but perhaps someone can point you to a photo of the top of the water tender. The ancient Triang Scotsman had the corridor tender and this might be a good starting point. The important thing is to enjoy the learning journey!
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Simple mantra to help. Only feed a point from the toe end. (Old enough to remember the introduction of electrofrog points!)
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X Class Peckett build 4mm
doilum replied to k22009's topic in UK Standard Gauge Industrial Modelling
Excellent work. This all seems a bit familiar. Be careful that the discarded tank doesn't grow into a second loco! -
X Class Peckett build 4mm
doilum replied to k22009's topic in UK Standard Gauge Industrial Modelling
Not sure what happened but I lost the text! A few shots of AH#3 and sisters. AH#3 is in " as she finished up" condition although I had to make a small compromise in the lettering in order to use the transfers as supplied. When I get a free afternoon I will get my daughter to take some real photographs and perhaps include her Ackton Hall stablemates Airedale, Beatrice ?and S112. -
X Class Peckett build 4mm
doilum replied to k22009's topic in UK Standard Gauge Industrial Modelling
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Beg borrow or bin dive an old toy of similar size and material. Practice.
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Proximity of Private Industry to Railway Premises?
doilum replied to Ray Von's topic in Modelling Questions, Help and Tips
Most mid/ late 19th century industry was railside located. 100 years on and the original industry was gone leaving suitable land for scrap yards etc. I spent hours salvaging classic car parts from a Castleford breaker located in a former lineside brick works. The rail connection had long gone even when the brick works were still producing, but this is your model so rule one applies. -
Proximity of Private Industry to Railway Premises?
doilum replied to Ray Von's topic in Modelling Questions, Help and Tips
The fence helped limit the number of children eaten by the " yard monster"! -
X Class Peckett build 4mm
doilum replied to k22009's topic in UK Standard Gauge Industrial Modelling
AH#3 may be a one off but there are clearly nine plates in the construction. I know it returned to Pecketts during the war for a rebuild and guess that steel shortages led to the re use of part of the original tank or, sheets of sufficient size were temporarily unavailable and there was pressure for a quick turn round from the owners. Whatever the reason, it worked as this is the tank shown in the late photographs used by the preservation group. -
In that case, very impressive use of the iron!
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X Class Peckett build 4mm
doilum replied to k22009's topic in UK Standard Gauge Industrial Modelling
Working in 7mm I set out a couple of years ago to build Ackton Hall #3. I could not get the rivet pattern right either and, thanks to the amazing generosity of Trevor at Mercian and a bit of scratch building I ended up with three X2s plus a " grounded" saddle tank amongst the clutter of Frydale yard. In the end the Ackton Hall tank was made prototypically form plates of shim brass over an undersized former. I have not been able to ascertain how AH#3 got that particular tank. Good luck with the project. -
Excellent work. Standard iron or RSU?
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Back in 1975 we got into LOTS of trouble for depicting Mickey in bovver boots on our rag week t shirt.
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I may have told the story before, but I bought a Flintstone edition of the Fiat 126 as a £50 donor for an off road buggy project. From the outside it was immaculate and my good lady fell instantly in love. With the gas bottles filled and steel procured, my brother in law and I hàd it MOT ready in three evenings. After a year of good service it sold for £450 to make way for an MGB GT, but that is another story!
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Yep. My E plater was still totally rust free at 11 years when we finally traded it. However, at 7 years, the original battery died and was replaced by top of the range Bosch. Six months later front seat passenger complains that the footwell is full of water! Fortunately the local panel shop did a repair panel complete with battery tray. The whole dash, seats and carpet had to come out as these were the days before DIY mig welders and the gas axe was the weapon of choice. Turned out that the FoMoCo battery had a pair of natty covers that stopped the rain water coming into contact with the terminals. Later models came with a plastic tray that covered the whole battery top and I found one in the local breakers.
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Not sure why but XR3s seemed to last a little longer than the lesser models. Possibly because they were prized and polished or maybe because they were built in Belgium.
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It isn't one of the last ones that is precious, find a mint early example before they made it increasingly softer and easier to live with. ( I had examples of both back in the day!)
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Invertrain have a wide range of resin windows. I have used them several times on my own and club layout buildings. If you don't see exactly what you need have a word with Chris. It may be possible to get a custom window at reasonable cost.
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They make a great factory roof
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Articulating options for coupling rods
doilum replied to 97xx's topic in Kitbuilding & Scratchbuilding
Scratch building: definitely in the chassis fit the rods camp! -
Articulating options for coupling rods
doilum replied to 97xx's topic in Kitbuilding & Scratchbuilding
Use the etch rods and a bit of scrap etch to make a datum rod. This gives you something to go back to if problems arise later. It is my starting point when scratch building.