dibateg Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 Got to look after my dainty fingers! A day's work sees the front platform almost complete, including the deliberate mistake.. here it is at an early stage. Well, the man that never made a mistake, never made anything! There seemed to be quite a lot of variation with the size of lubricators that were fitted to the class. After a fair bit of photo scanning I decided on the configuration as shown. One thing that needed doing was to cut a slot in the platform for the lubricator pipes to go through. The boiler is remarkable, of course its one of those truncated cones, but the etched development fits perfectly to the formers when it is rolled up. The mistake? Yeah - I got the inner buffer beam the wrong way round. Not a problem, just had to make a new pipe bracket and cut off the original, and in fact it slightly better as it's set further back. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Grumpy Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 We all make mistakes....some just don't admit them:-) What a stunning kit, and a cracking build! I hope you have the 9f on order :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 Thanks Mr Grumpy - no I won't be doing the MOK 9F for myself, although a client wants one. I already have 2 DJH ones.. Regards Tony 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Grumpy Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 What are the DJH kits like to build? I know it's totally different , but my DJH 47 was horrendous in the amount of flash on the cabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 I covered them earlier in this thread - page 21 on and MRJ 249. They were not quite as good as I though they'd be, and the one that was of recent production - the castings were not as clean as the one I had sitting around for about 8 years.. Regards Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieS Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Hi Tony I have unashamedly hi-jacked your blog to promote the Wolves show in November hope you will forgive me! Wolverhampton Model Railway Exhibition 2016 - Galleries - RMweb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 No problem Ron - I shall be there and quite happy to talk to anyone about loco building! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Took a few pics at the Bluebell yesterday. Not your normal views, just the pipework and fittings on the top. Just a couple here and there's one or 2 more if you need them. HTH JF 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Thanks Jon - I missed you at Telford.. I've been away cycling the Reseau Breton, great fun and covered 275k during the trip! That's Chris on the bike... not me... Now I'm home, it's back to the workbench and I'm a lot more progressed than the latest picture. I added the hinges from 0.5 wire on the cupboards. Just solder on and then snip off the rest of the wire. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 Adrian documents this very well, so there is no sense in repeating it:- http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/16549-standard-4mt-build-scale-7/page-5 I'm making good and determined progress. There is a lot of cleaning up and polishing of the side tank to underside castings, getting that right is important. Pretty well all the cleaning was done with emery sticks, I didn't want the risk of any file abrasions showing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAD Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Absolutely superb and inspiring workmanship. The accuracy of the joints, the lack of any visible solder and the cleanliness is incredible! Or have you found a source of "colourless" solder? I don't bother much with this blog of late but when I do, yours is one of the first threads I look for. Fantastic. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 Thanks Peter, well, a lot of that is down to the kit as it fits together so well. The advantage of nickel silver is that it hides solder so well! I tend to clean the model several times during a session and I'm a fastidious cleaner upper, with scrapers and emery sticks. My new Ersa 80- watt iron is proving a godsend, so plenty of heat and sparing with the solder... Regards Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funtleyworks Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Thanks Peter, well, a lot of that is down to the kit as it fits together so well. The advantage of nickel silver is that it hides solder so well! I tend to clean the model several times during a session and I'm a fastidious cleaner upper, with scrapers and emery sticks. My new Ersa 80- watt iron is proving a godsend, so plenty of heat and sparing with the solder... Regards Tony Hello Tony, Excellent work and always coming back to check your latest posts!! Regards your iron, any more gen etc? Thinking of a new one myself and just wondering if you can give any pros or cons and price? Many thanks Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 Thanks Andrew - It's an Ersa Icon 1, they are about £280, which might seem a lot. I've been using an Antex temperature controlled unit for over 20 years, but they changed the tip design, and the new bits don't have the heat transfer. So to the Ersa, it is German, and being a great fan of German engineering, it is top class. The iron is lighter than the Antex and it heats up in 6 seconds! I think its rated at 80W, and has plenty of heat for what I am doing. The unit is electronic, so can be programmed to do all sorts of things. It drops the bit temperature to 250 degrees if the iron has not been used for 5 mins and has a motion sensor to bring up to temp when you pick it up again to use it. That's all programmable too. It seems a lot of the well known 'names' in loco building use them.... So ...highly recommended, especially if you are using it every day... Regards Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share Posted September 23, 2016 And at last it's starting to look like a Standard 4... 80016, hence the SR style lamp irons.. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 (edited) After an excellent trip to Salzburg, I'm back at the workbench - I did manage to get an hour to tootle down to the railway sidings whlist Mrs T had a lie in. Although there was a lot of wagons around, it was quiet on the freight side. We don't seem to have marshalling yards like this any more in the UK, this one is pretty large. On with the Standard, one strange omission on the etching was the ventilation holes on the bunker side of the cab, and the angle that goes over the coal watering pipe. The cab roof is not fixed on yet, that will be the last item.. I notice that 80080 in the museum at Highley, doesn't have the rounded tank vents in the bunker, they are completely missing. Edited September 30, 2016 by dibateg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
44690 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 I notice that 80080 in the museum at Highley, doesn't have the rounded tank vents in the bunker, they are completely missing. I think it's 80079 in the muesum at Highley. 80080 is in traffic on the East Lancashire Railway. I haven't looked in the bunker for the vents, but next time I'm there which is Saturday 8th October I'll try and look in for you and see if 80080 has them. If the Std 4 shed is open I'll have a look at 80097 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 Correct 44690! I'm getting me Standards mixed up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold markjj Posted September 30, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 30, 2016 (edited) The Bury Standard 4 80097 has the bunker vents fitted I have them on Facebook and there are several photos of them on there. Here is a link to an original photo of the loco I hope it helps. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=80097+loco&client=ms-android-samsung&source=lnms&prmd=mivn&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCn8mNqbfPAhXFvRoKHVOdD4UQ_AUICCgC&biw=360&bih=512#imgrc=epqRmoMKr8rGwM%3A Edited September 30, 2016 by markjj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
44690 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 The Bury Standard 4 80097 has the bunker vents fitted I have them on Facebook and there are several photos of them on there. Here is a link to an original photo of the loco I hope it helps. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=80097+loco&client=ms-android-samsung&source=lnms&prmd=mivn&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCn8mNqbfPAhXFvRoKHVOdD4UQ_AUICCgC&biw=360&bih=512#imgrc=epqRmoMKr8rGwM%3A It does Markjj. One less bunker to climb in to Here's photographic evidence http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SnQXHGfIoOY/VnPa9qxJIII/AAAAAAAAoKw/SehkWgIn2Lk/s1600/IMG_0075.JPG Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 Wizzing along now, the pipe work has been added. Most preserved locos have the pipes to the ejector lagged, period photos show them unlagged. I suspect they had less joins in them when the locos were built, so these are tidy. You really have to be careful with preserved locos. some of the pipe runs are completely different! Extra SR lamp irons on the smokebox door and I need to pluck up courage to put that cab roof on permanently.. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 So, there we are, ready for the paint shop ( i.e. Warren ) . I couldn't see how the cab roof could be fixed tidily after painting, so it is now. Access into the cab is from underneath via a removable cab floor - which also has the backhead attached to it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Another great build. What's next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Thanks Steve - a Finney V2... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Looking forward to that...one was on my list, but sadly, MF's retirement intervened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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