Scale7JB

Oh yes I noticed the red wire after posting. It's the wire that goes through to the cam sensor for regulating the chuffs on the lead driving axle. I think I just need tuck it inside a little better...

I shall need to practice my weathering on some lesser models before I tackle this one, it's going to be heavy..!!

JB.

Well, the K2 is going to be in 1946 livery as it will be a runner on the fitted fish trains to Liverpool St on the West Mersea layout, so I think that it would most probably be the post-war austere unlined black, or should that be brown because of the heavy weathering...

JB.

Hi Adrian, hope all is well with you..

Yes, I must admit that is the best finish I have had from the Halfords 'in a can' primer. Though I did try something different this time. As with the tender I chemically blackened the whole thing as I'm petrified of paint flaking of on handrails and the edges of running boards, and then I primed with the Halfords Acrylic primer, so it now has two etchants on there.

In the past I have heated the model, and the primer up to quite warm/hot as I have been told that this will make the primer adhere and etch better, but in the past I have found that the primer can go grainy on the model, requiring a bit of remedial work with a glass fibre brush and some fine 1500 grit paper. This time I thought I would try using both at room temperature rather than warm, and it seemed to work far far better!

It was all going so well, but then I sprayed the halfords acrylic black over the top, and gave the roof a bit too much which hid all the detail. So I got a cotton with some thinners on and removed the paint from around the heads of the Scale Hardware bolts in the roof of the cab. It has lost a little of the black, but this engine is going to be filthy dirty so the weathering will hide where the primer is coming through.

In terms of how filthy, something like this http://www.phantasrail.co.uk/Sid/Gold0280t.JPG would be nice to achieve, maybe even a little heavier. I love all the big white streaks and patches on the smokebox that come from too much priming of the cylinders, and big white patches on the lead driving wheels from where the steam from the cylinders emulsifies the oil on the wheels !!

I need to do have a bit of practice on some ropey old models before i take to any of the 3 engines..

JB.

Hi, thanks Dan!

Yes, pictures aren't too bad are they, especially as they were taken quickly on the mobile phone camera...

Will get the big camera and flashguns out at some point soon..

JB.

Good man choosing S7, it's the way forward !! :icon_thumbsup2:

JB.

Are you a fan of 'LemonJelly' ??

JB

Keep it up Adrian...

Nearly there !!

JB.

You do know that you have until October next year to finish this....

Don't tell anyone, but if you make it look too easy, then Andy might not accept the layout for the competition as it wasn't a 'challenge' as such

JB.

That's a great space for 2mm... I would be very happy to have that for something in 7mm !!

JB.

Thanks Pugsley !!

The nut and bolt head are a little on the large side, but if i find something more suitable they are easily changed..

JB.

Thanks for the info Richard.

I had my eye on something similar to this http://www.axminster.co.uk/recno/7/product-Axminster-SIEG-Axminster-SIEG-X0-Digital-Readout-Micro-Drill-366133.htm twinned with this http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Axminster-Compound-Table-for-Micro-Drill-376146.htm

The chuck will only go up to 6mm, but I can't see any need to go bigger unless I finally one day build something in 5" gauge

JB.

It will blacken any ferrous metal, brass, nickel, steel, whitemetal.....

I'm very curious to see how well the pain holds..

JB.

Hey Martyn... I have to admit, there is absolutely no smell at all from the product that I use... only smell you get is from the bottle itself, and still it's still not that bad, though of course, I try to not to indulge in my habit of solvent sniffing

Only joking kids... don't try that at home.. :icon_thumbsdown2:

JB.

Absolutely spectacular... this is one of the 2 or 3 P4 layouts which makes me wish I had pursued P4 to a layout.. :icon_thumbsup2:

Aaah well...

JB

Just checked and 0.5mm are the smallest... I'll have to stick with those... though I think they are about the right size anyway..

JB.

damn... I might have to go smaller..

JB.

You shouldn't joke Pint... you really shouldn't

I want to finish of these three engines first, and then I can start on the opening firebox doors. I was tempted after seeing Colins E4 and the opening doors, to make the locker doors on the K2 tender open and have loads of rubbish and lamps inside, but I decided to leave it alone this time, as it would have meant a near on total strip down of the front of the tender.

Next time.... next time, I have to draw a line somewhere

JB.

Well, measuring it, it's actually bigger than I thought it was... 3.8mm wide x 2mm high..

The simulated hex heads are 0.7mm wide.

JB.

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Hi Alcazar...

I know what you mean about the fluting on the union link, but looking at all the pictures in Yeadons, that link never had any fluting anyway. I think it might have been the link trying to look clever, although ultimately it isn't accurate. With a little more fettling it should look a lot better when it is on the engine.

Only problem with the scale hardware nuts and bolts is that they are stainless steel, and because it is a non-ferrous metal, the chemical black won't blacken it. :icon_frustrated:

JB.

Thanks for the offer Adrian, I managed with the eccentric rods, but the main rods will need a pillar drill... may well take you up on the offer if i don't get to WMHQ next week.. :icon_thumbsup2:

JB.

...oh and of course that ruddy great screw will 'eventually' disappear too !!

JB.

I think I satisfy Scale7JB's criterion as a rivet counter

I set a standard ??

I did the same recently for the buffers on the K2. I used some rivets that I got from Eileens at Telford as the SH order hasn't come through yet. I created a template on a piece of sheet brass... and 95% of the holes were in perfectly the right place...

It was definitely worth doing for the K2 as each buffer stock has 9 holes... 6 large rivets and 3 smaller ones. There must have been a weakness on the real thing somewhere to warrant so many fastenings.

Oh where oh where is my SH order.. I'm all psyched up for some rivet counting !! I should think the problem lies on the UK side rather than the US side what with all these promises of strikes...

JB.

lovely, very very lovely... just need to spray it brown now

JB.