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Frappingtons workbench - Sharp Stewart Long Boiler 0-6-0, Take 2!


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Whilst making plans for my next M&GN build (I'm fancying a J93), I have made use of a cheap Electrotren saddle tank that I chanced upon recently to have another go at building a Sharp Stewart long boilered 0-6-0 saddle tank that I first planned to do back in 2017. That model ended up as 'Chimera', a totally freelance loco with no real basis due to my not wanting to be too radical with the chopping.

 

This time, I'm having a proper go at it (or at least trying to!). There will still be compromises, specifically the big firebox on this model that I can't remove due to the motor, and the wheel spacing. The former I plan to hide with some toolboxes and use of black paint, the latter I will just accept I think. It will be losing its cylinders as well so hopefully that looks ok!

 

Work so far has seen the footplate extended, the exposed firebox/boiler made and fitted, work has started on the cab (still a load of stuff to do on this, new buffers and a new chimney done by chopping the top of the original chimney off and replacing it with one off an old Mainline J72 which donated its cab to the B3x. This gets the height right as well as the small lip at the base of the chimney as on the prototype.

 

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Progress is bumbling along around other commitments, and has consisted of building a rudimentary backhead (I'm not expecting it to be very visible so basic is OK), removing the outside steam pipes and attaching the safety valves.

 

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I have also discovered that Cannock Chase Colliery No. 6 (one of the locos this is being based on) ran with a rudimentary 4 wheel tender, which I find very exciting. I'm planning on building it using a GWR shunters truck kit I've had stored away for a while - I'm unlikely to ever need a GWR shunters truck but its short wheelbase chassis will be useful for this. It'll obviously have a scratch built body, which will be a first for me so we'll see how it goes!

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Cab is complete - it's an odd arrangement but prototypical to Cannock Chase No 6 so I've copied it for my model. Close ups are a bit cruel but it looks OK in real life. The opposite side of the engine has a coal bunker forward of the cab which will be supplemented by the tender when I get round to doing that.

 

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