jazz Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Miss Prism said: Footboards deserve to be double thickness etch. I take your point Miss Prism. This coach is to be added to a rake previously built, so will have to match up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Understood, Ken. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 right oh, I've got the LNWR coach ask ready for cleaning and priming. The will be done tomorrow along with the 44xx tank (I hope, weather permitting). Interior partitions made from scrap brass and also added some strengtheners to the side and ends. The roof is detachable and fits like a snuff box lid. 5 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) Looks good Ken. From my memory snuff box lids had a mind of their own, almost impossible to get off to get the snuff, but fell off if ever you dared to pick it up by it. Edited February 5, 2019 by N15class 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 Peter, you must have bought the wrong brands 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 As planned, got the coach primed ready to go. Also the 44xx which now requires finishing off. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 Here's the 44xx all ready for the off. Happy that's now finished. The next on the bench is the DJH A2/3 pacific. That will be interesting to build I think. Weird how the first image has a blue tinge. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) Ken that's not "just a tinge". ! Edited February 7, 2019 by Simond 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 15 minutes ago, Simond said: Ken that's not "just a tinge". ! Well it's sure not painted blue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 I was looking for the face an number to see which of Thomas's friends it was. Very nice Ken. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 Spent yesterday going through the DJH A2/3 and sorting out the parts for the tender. Before I did that though all the brass etches required a lot of cleaning up as they were heavily tarnished and too many to and large to go into my sonic cleaner anyway. So today made a start on the construction. All went well until I came to the coal shute. That took quite a while to get it good enough for me. The chassis just fell together. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 That's the tender almost competed, buffers & couplings to add. So tomorrow I'll have to spend some time marking up, removing from the frets and prepping the many, many castings. The tender went together fairly easily, as mentioned the coal Shute required some adjustments and the cover across the front of the tender had to be fettled for a good fit. 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ArthurK Posted February 9, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2019 Ken. A word of warning. There are a few problems that I encountered with the DjH A1. I don't know if they have produced new masters for the valve guides but I can only describe those in my kit as the product of the master maker's memory which wasn't very good. I ended up dumping them and carving new ones from the solid. This is the result. ArthurK 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 Thanks Arthur, I will check that out. Regards, Ken Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Arthur, that North Eastern looks great, hope this A2/3 turns out a s good. Checked the valve guides, they seen to be very nice castings, hope they fit OK when the time comes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Chariot Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) Arthur I agree with Jazz 60147 looks great expecially the three piece expansion link ..... was that scratch built or purchased. If the latter where from Ive completed a DJH A1, A2 and A3 and in each case converted the supplied lostwax expansion casting into a three piece thereby allowing the valvegrear to be manually set mid , forward or reverse. It was a real pain in the B converting those castings. I still have another DJH pacific to build but not looking forward to converting another expansion link casting Just in case anyone is wondering about the dome position , on its last overhaul 60116s A1 boiler was replaced with an ex A2 boiler variant and in this case the banjo dome is positioned further forward Regards Bob Edited February 10, 2019 by Sun Chariot 8 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 60116, Doncaster works, summer of 1961 iirc 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ArthurK Posted February 10, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Sun Chariot said: Arthur I agree with Jazz 60147 looks great expecially the three piece expansion link ..... was that scratch built or purchased. If the latter where from Ive completed a DJH A1, A2 and A3 and in each case converted the supplied lostwax expansion casting into a three piece thereby allowing the valvegrear to be manually set mid , forward or reverse. It was a real pain in the B converting those castings. I still have another DJH pacific to build but not looking forward to converting another expansion link casting Hi Bob, The Three piece expansion link and the radius rod were both scratch built. I was particularly keen that the centre of the expansion link should pass through the radius rod. The brass casing over the big-end of the eccentric rod was also my addition. I had a few other problems with this kit, The boiler and smokebox were separate units and differed in diameter by a full millimetre. a complaint to DJH produced replacements which were no better than the first. I resorted to sawing along the bottom centre of the smokebox and prising it apart until the two were (more or less) the same. If the valve guides on your model were those from the kit then I can only say that they are a vast improvement on those that I got. Arthur Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Chariot Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) Hello Arthur I had a feeling you had scratch built the valvegear bits, they look excellent. I particuarly like the bigend brass casing I just wish they were available on the market. I choose the masochist option and used the existing expansion link lost wax castings that came with the kits My method was to file back the inner sides of the expansion link castings enough to provide enough room to fit a scratch built central support made from a scrap bit of etch. With the radius rod then fitted onto the new SB central support and able slide up an down within it they were then slid into the reworked expansion link casting and carefully soldered into place Its a realy pity that no one has produced an etch for the the expansion link. The ones that Martin Finney included in his LNER Pacific valve gear etches now Finney7 were superb Regarding the Smokebox casting my DJH A2 and A1 had the same problem and both were rectified using the same method as you described. They all look the part when complete Regards Bob Edited February 10, 2019 by Sun Chariot 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 Interesting reading and nice photos guys. I'm hoping this kit will not have the issues you mention. The firebox/boiler/smokebox is all one casting, so that's OK. The valve gear will be wait & see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 Not exactly falling together like the tender did, but getting there slowly. Just some slight tweaking at the from end to get it exactly level with the upper running plates. I drilled and tapped 8BA the rear end by the firebox to secure it the the footplate. (Not sure just how that was meant to be secured as no mention was made in the instructions.). But it works just fine and that's OK by me. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Seeing it like this makes it look like a 4mm kit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 Yes, I had the camera well back to get in the frame. I could have used the wide angle lens but that gives a fish eye effect on close ups. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 Got the chassis fitting to the body all squared off. There are six screws to attach the body. Tomorrow the correct size bogie wheels will arrive, (the ones in the photo are 2" too large). Then I will probably get the inspiration to tackle the chassis detailing and valve gear etc. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Chassis is coming along now. That's as far as I can go until it's primed and painted as usual. All was a good fit even down to the etched holes for the nuts & bolts etc. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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