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Oi Mr Gummage, using castings is hardly scratch building, I hope your head is hanging in shame. Disgusted of Apple Magners.

...and his rivets don't match.

When it comes to rivets, forget the rest,buy the best.

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It looks oddly proportioned but technically quite well balanced with the heavy cylinder block overhanging at the front balanced by the firebox at the back, the rear footplate and cab, as far as weight was concerned was nothing, just somewhere to stand the crew.

They were quite powerful locos for the time and obviously successful, the first was introduced in 1852 and the last withdrawn in 1923.

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It looks oddly proportioned but technically quite well balanced with the heavy cylinder block overhanging at the front balanced by the firebox at the back, the rear footplate and cab, as far as weight was concerned was nothing, just somewhere to stand the crew.

They were quite powerful locos for the time and obviously successful, the first was introduced in 1852 and the last withdrawn in 1923.

Must have waddled somewhat with that very short driven wheelbase.

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Must have waddled somewhat with that very short driven wheelbase.

 

I've recently read about a '93' class (NER outside framed goods similar to a 1001) in the 1860s pulling a passenger train at 30mph, it 'Jumped in the air and fell on it's side' between Stokesley and Picton. It was apparently deputising for the regular passenger loco.

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I've recently read about a '93' class (NER outside framed goods similar to a 1001) in the 1860s pulling a passenger train at 30mph, it 'Jumped in the air and fell on it's side' between Stokesley and Picton. It was apparently deputising for the regular passenger loco.

I must admit I'm not surprised - that big long boiler on that short wheelbase.

 

Mind you having lots of wheels doesn't always help - I managed to put one of Mark's big 45s on its side at the last BCB show.

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My Grandad told me about an outside framed goods engine working an excursion once and the cranks knocked off a lot of the coping stones on the platform, I thik it was on the Seamer line. The track had been relaid and no outside cranked locos had been there for a while.....

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The other side crankpin splashers are now on and tonight I've fitted the main boiler handrails, the small crank on the right hand side of the smokebox is, I think, the sander operating rod, the operating rod runs 'through' the handrail and is a piece of .25mm wire that is soldered into the first stanchion, it will go behind the sandbox when this is added. The smokebox front rail starts in the next stanchion and will curve around the top of the smokebox front

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Cab handrails fitted this morning, this included the beading round the cab roof. Initially I thought this loco had a vertical rail on the cab side but closer inspection of the photo shows it to be a rope holding a tarpaulin on. Like this rather than like this.

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Completely failed to injure myself today.

 

BUT, I've almost run out of brass bits to solder on! the only bits to do now is the fall plate between loco and tender, the cylinder cover below the smokebox will probably be made from plastic and there are a few other small details like the sandbox filler caps and sandpipes then it's castings glued on and perhaps some paint.

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The firebox and ashpan between the frames fills a large gap.

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The proud crew in the typical pose of the period - standing in front of the detail you need to see.

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I really don't know what it is about this loco build, all is going very well but I've broken 4 drill bits of various sizes and stabbed my left forefinger 3 times (not with the broken drill bits though)!

I do more damage to myself and my toolkit just assembling a plastic wagon kit!
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