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Isn't an 81xx effectively a 5101 with a bigger boiler?

according to the index, GWRJ 68 has a frame plan for the 42xx class fitted with Std 2 kettle.

GW Journal No. 5 (Winter 1993) has a full-spread GA for the 5101 class. It's comprised of several sub-drawings:

98682 - Frame Plan - Lot 284 - 5101 class - Feb 1934

Unnumbered - Arrangement of Boiler Mountings (Cab controls) S/2 Boiler 5101 & 6100 class

87341 - Cross Sections - Lots 257 & 259 - 5101 class - Feb 1934.

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15 hours ago, ian@stenochs said:

I have only used mine with ink and cleaning that out is difficult enough.

 

Ian.

Try a soak in Flash Kitchen Spray:—

£1/bottle from most places. Best used diluted - there's also a pink-flavoured one that's just as good.

I use it in conjunction with a £20 ultrasonic bath, unclogs even the 0.1mm pens... eventually.

Not sure I'd risk enamel in an Isograph - it's bad enough in an Uno or a Standardgraph 'nib'. Might be tempted to try it in a Graphos though.

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12 hours ago, Miss Prism said:

 

Woh. No disrespect to Didcot, but preserved things have often been rebuilt a few times from a collection of available bits, and so might not be representative of their time when running on the real railway, let alone as far back as GWR days. The HMRS siphons book is probably the best start, but no doubt Minerva have consulted that a long time ago!

 

Didcot's Siphon G has **never** been restored - just repainted & the roof canvas replaced with roofing felt back in the 70s (& re-canvassed properly when it was repainted a few years back).

The amount of glossed-over kack on the underframe ought to be obvious testimony to all who have eyes to see. If any rebuilds have occurred, then they'd have been in BR days & ought to be verifiable by referring to the appropriate Register.

12 hours ago, 57xx said:

 Vac cylinders are located wrongly for O33s, I don't recall seeing any with independent brakes per bogie.

Russell Coaches Vol 2:

Fig 308: 2992 L.1644/1945 - Offset 'independent' cylinders, lever brake, central batt boxes.

Fig 390: 2792 L.1578/1938 - Cylinders inline, DC lever, central batt boxes. Photo ex-works as built.

Russell Coaches Appendix Vol 2:

Fig 522: 2937 L.1644/1940 - offset 'independent' cylinders, lever brake, central batt boxes.

Fig 523: 2796 L.1578/1938 - Cylinders inline?, DC lever, central batt boxes? BR era photo.

RC 2 also has a Weight Drawing dated 7/1930 covering Lots 1441, 1651 & 1664 (so presumably amended over the years):

Lot 1441 - 7'-0" Bogies, 35'-0" centres, 49'-11" over headstocks, 53'-7" over buffers.

Lots 1651 & 1664 - 9'-0" Bogies (except for 4 unspecified fitted with 8'-6") 34'-6" centres, 1/2" smaller than L.1441 over headstocks & over buffers.

As to the model... since Minerva are planning on including the little slidey hatches from that suggests they're trying to find common ground between O.33 & O.62 - Good luck with that (unless it'd work with separate add-it-yourself battery/regulator boxes in addition to the vents)

Oh, and @mountaingoat - Please, it's Siphon, not Syphon.

Pete S.

3 hours ago, 57xx said:

"tooling is already underway" - oh dear. From the small CAD image, it looks like the underframe is a complete work of fiction. I hope that is not representative of what is being produced.

I see a lack of battery/Regulator boxes & have a question mark over the trussing (2 or 4 sets?), but I feel calling it "a complete work of fiction" is a bit ott.

There are variations in u/f arrangements depending on the Lot Number.

11 hours ago, WillCav said:

Hi Brighty,

Looks to me like:

|WOLVER|HAMPTON|

|STORES  |to be returned to |

|WOLVER|HAMPTON|

|                |When Empty|

 

Where | is the location of a vertical metal framing

Regards 

Will

Possibly a capital T in 'To' - 'When' definitely has a capital, and a bit more of a flourish than usual.

Also of note is that the inscription is centred vertically in each plank, rather tan using the bottom edge as a baseline.

Pete S.

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