Len Cattley
Western Thunderer
It's now 2023 how time flies, have soldered the dummy hornguides, going to fit Grease Nipples but don't know if you can see the feed pipes Any ideas on this?
Len
Len
I have done the 14BA method on my 4mt tanks and tender locos it worked quite well.Also on the Brake hanger brackets, I want to make the brackets removable (there is 3 ways to achieve this) what is the best way to do this?
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0.3mm.Yes there are the ones. What size is the wire you use?
Len
Not 100% sure. There's the two that pop up over the top of the chassis and disappear into the dark recesses. The others I just routed to the various holes in the chassis. They're largely hidden, so I wasn't too fussed as this fits in with my 'impressionist' approach to my model making. I did spend quite a bit of time studying books and online references to glean more info and had I persevered I may possibly have come up with a definitive version, but I decided to call a halt.Do you know were they go?
Len
This is the link to the thread that I started before the 9f came out that you refer to above.Len.
Can't give a definitive answer but, looking at some photos of un-wheeled 9F chassis in the works, suggests that at least some of the grease pipes ran along the outside of the frames to the horn guides. Beware of modelling a model rather than the real thing. There's at leat a couple of preserved examples, so perhaps someone has detailed photos or access to the information?
Might not fully answer you question, but there are some great detailed photos on here under the gallery section, last entry 29 Aug 2022 under 9F Detailed photos, or something like that.
Dave.
Mike,This is the only pic I took as a work in progress.
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The remaining three pipes (not added when pic taken) disappear into the round hole to the right. I haven't got any pics of the other oilbox. Next time I take the wheels off I'll take some pics and send them to you. But like I say I do apply some artistic licence to my interpretation!
Mike
I think you're right. However, I'm probably not going to change them now as I'm struggling a bit to keep motivated with the build. They're pretty much hidden away anyway.Mike,
The routing of the oil pipes puzzles me a wee bit. I understand that that type of oil box works by means of oil siphoning into the pipe via worsted wicks and flowing by gravity to where required. Oil could not flow up those pipes over the frames! Perhaps that round hole is where they should all go and the two over the frame are redundant but not disconnected. I assume you have a prototype photo showing them routed like that!
Ian.
This is the only pic I took as a work in progress.
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The remaining three pipes (not added when pic taken) disappear into the round hole to the right. I haven't got any pics of the other oilbox. Next time I take the wheels off I'll take some pics and send them to you. But like I say I do apply some artistic licence to my interpretation!
Mike
Ah! OK. That makes sense.Hello Mike,
these are not oil pipes. A oil pipe could not work like that as most oil pipes work by gravity.
They are in fact grease pipes fed by grease nipples in about the same position. You can see it quite well in the photo below, the nipples are the round dots above the pipe work.
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HTH
OzzyO.