Drewry O4 in 7mm

[Lord Flashheart]

Thanks to some time off on furlough I've made progress with one of mine,this is the first etched brass loco I've built so it's tested my skills a bit but has been an enjoyable kit to build,was going ok until the soldering iron jacked in!.

 

Rob

[Bucoops]

53 minutes ago, Lord Flashheart said:

Thanks to some time off on furlough I've made progress with one of mine,this is the first etched brass loco I've built so it's tested my skills a bit but has been an enjoyable kit to build,was going ok until the soldering iron jacked in!.

 

Rob

 

Looks great!

[Nicktoix]

21 hours ago, Lord Flashheart said:

Thanks to some time off on furlough I've made progress with one of mine,this is the first etched brass loco I've built so it's tested my skills a bit but has been an enjoyable kit to build,was going ok until the soldering iron jacked in!.

 

Rob

That's great work for your first etched kit. Well done.

Nick

[Bucoops]

I was hoping to put some more pictures of mine up but I just realised I soldered about half the handrail knobs on the cab on the inside so am sorting that. D'oh! Teach me to do it when watching TV.

 

One thing I have done is I decided to change the method of holding the motor and gearbox still -  was forever catching things on the original and it would have been in the way of how I want to wire it up.

 

 

I used the same 1.5mm rod as the fuel filler pipe because it's very stiff. On the underside the rod passes through a drilled out nut so there are two points of contact meaning it doesn't move. When I get a M1.6 die I'll thread the end and put a nut on it to hold it in place as whilst it's quite tight it could work loose over time.

[Bucoops]

Handrail knobs on the right side now!

 

 

The cab front is totally upright I promise - the camera makes it look like it is leaning a bit. I'm finding that the footplate is a bit wide for the buffer beams - there's about a half millimetre gap either side. I don't think I can re-bend the footplate so not sure what to do about that.

 

 

[Bucoops]

Another slow progress day but my 10BA die did arrive so I've finished the gearbox stay - seems to hold it nicely.

 

 

I really need to give the chassis a clean - all sorts of flux residue going on :(

[Bucoops]

Wow 6 weeks. Alas work and work around the house has kept me away from doing what I want to do!  I've done some small bits and pieces but I invested in an RSU recently and this was the first real test of it - 

 

The steel plate is still a work in progress - I need a countersink bit for steel then I can finish that up.

 

You can see I've added spacing strips all the way round the roof vent. Then I rolled it and have not put solder cream around it.

 

 

As the roof isn't flat I chose to use my rolling bar for the roof to rest on. It's stainless steel but has just enough magnetic properties for the magnet to gently hold it.

 

 

Then I put the roof on, and around I went with the RSU. You can see a couple of carbon spots where I forgot to take my foot off the pedal before removing the probe. Still learning!

 

 

Very pleased with how it's come out, it's firmly attached and a tiny amount of cleaning up. Wish I had the RSU earlier, would have made the engine housing a lot easier!