cctransuk Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 28 minutes ago, boxbrownie said: I’m sorry, explain please....don’t get that one Steampunk, perchance? John Isherwood. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmotrutta Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 3 hours ago, boxbrownie said: I’m sorry, explain please....don’t get that one Here you go: 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted March 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2020 11 hours ago, cctransuk said: Steampunk, perchance? John Isherwood. Oh...OK..............sorry a bit too tenuous for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Brasher Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 11 hours ago, Edwardian said: So, I do have something to add to my list of unnecessarily unpleasant experiences that I never wish to repeat; O level Physics, Norovirus, James Cameron's Titanic. and, now, fitting the couplings to the Hornby Rocket set. But, I admit, it was grand finally to run the set as a train. Coming back on track, the couplings become easier to fit after you have done it a few times as the slots get larger with wear. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Robin Brasher said: Coming back on track, the couplings become easier to fit after you have done it a few times as the slots get larger with wear. So it is advisable to drill them out initially a bit like the slots for brake gear and rod assemblies on other models? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron3820 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 51 minutes ago, Butler Henderson said: So it is advisable to drill them out initially a bit like the slots for brake gear and rod assemblies on other models? Yep, I drilled the holes out slightly on my coupling bars so that they’re a drop on fit, no issues to report 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Careful that could be construed as modelling! Stewart 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, stewartingram said: Careful that could be construed as modelling! Modelling is a conscious passtime, in most cases by the more creative Fiddling with anything new is just male instinct. Edited March 14, 2020 by Hal Nail 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2020 Has anybody weathered one yet? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt35027 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) Has anybody repainted one into BR livery yet? Edited March 14, 2020 by Matt35027 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2020 21 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: Has anybody weathered one yet? 7 minutes ago, Matt35027 said: Has anybody repainted one into BR livery yet? Last time I saw Rocket, at the Science Museum some years ago, it was in weathered unlined BR black. But then this isn't a model of Rocket, it's a model of one of the replicas, as I keep banging on. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2020 Mick’s still flabbergasted they released the yellow version first, he’s just trying to find NR logos small enough 1 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Compound2632 said: But then this isn't a model of Rocket, it's a model of one of the replicas, as I keep banging on. Well with a couple of deft cuts and making good the boiler top you’d have an accurate model OF Rocket from the trials to opening 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 58 minutes ago, PaulRhB said: Well with a couple of deft cuts and making good the boiler top you’d have an accurate model OF Rocket from the trials to opening Needs more than that - the originals chimney is higher than the replicas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Butler Henderson said: Needs more than that - the originals chimney is higher than the replicas Ah but the working replica has Carried a full height and shortened chimney. Several pics with full height, as the model and shortened short Tall Copyright John King Edited March 14, 2020 by PaulRhB 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2020 What is the function of the copper pipe up the side of the chimney? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Compound2632 said: What is the function of the copper pipe up the side of the chimney? Hi Stephen, It is part of the pressure gauge apparatus. At the top of the pipe flat plate with a scale marked upon it with a pointer that indicates the pressure. Gibbo. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, Gibbo675 said: It is part of the pressure gauge apparatus. At the top of the pipe flat plate with a scale marked upon it with a pointer that indicates the pressure. Thanks. That explains the U-bend at the bottom - presumably there's an incompressible fluid in there, mercury in the original, something else in the replica? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Thanks. That explains the U-bend at the bottom - presumably there's an incompressible fluid in there, mercury in the original, something else in the replica? I'm not sure how it works but bearing in mind the boiler is pressed to 50lb a mercury filled pipe would seem to be reasonable. I would guess a piston and spring arrangement at the top of the pipe might be prone to sticking and giving a false reading. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Compound2632 said: What is the function of the copper pipe up the side of the chimney? and why have Hornby painted it white? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, Butler Henderson said: and why have Hornby painted it white? To give railway modellers something to do ?!?! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Gibbo675 said: I'm not sure how it works but bearing in mind the boiler is pressed to 50lb a mercury filled pipe would seem to be reasonable. I would guess a piston and spring arrangement at the top of the pipe might be prone to sticking and giving a false reading. Just as well the Bourdon gauge came along (1849) before locomotive boiler pressures got much higher! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, Gibbo675 said: To give railway modellers something to do ?!?! True, but no doubt there will be many who will not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Compound2632 said: What is the function of the copper pipe up the side of the chimney? I was going to say "lightning conductor" 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 I seem to remember it was an actual pipe - hollow inside - and seeing wisps of steam coming from it? Long time ago - 1980 I mean, not 1830!! Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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