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Ian_C's workbench - P4 and S7 allsorts
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Ian_C's workbench - P4 and S7 allsorts - Threadmarks
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Crankpins
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1.2k
28 May 2017
Chassis jig
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800
31 May 2017
Coupling rods complete (nearly)
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1.1k
2 June 2017
Coupling rods complete (really)
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470
3 June 2017
Chassis jig
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240
2 July 2017
Cylinders
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610
9 July 2017
Motion brackets
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1.1k
29 July 2017
A couple of firsts
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230
20 August 2017
Union links
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660
20 August 2017
The axle experiment that's been brewing
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2.4k
3 September 2017
Axle and setting tool drawings
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14
3 September 2017
Pony truck
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240
3 September 2017
The quartering tool
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420
18 September 2017
Modifying the Slaters driving wheels
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1.1k
18 September 2017
48142 was ny number...
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1.1k
25 September 2017
Modified eccentric rod big ends
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580
2 October 2017
Modified eccentric rod big ends - assembly
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95
8 October 2017
Driving wheel balance weights
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740
9 October 2017
Smokebox, boiler and front chassis - looks like progress!
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420
15 October 2017
Smokebox liner rivets
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410
21 October 2017
A distraction - lathe and DRO
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210
11 November 2017
The missing drop link
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750
28 December 2017
"Obtain a running chassis" - part 1
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830
4 February 2018
Rolling chassis - first run video
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26
4 February 2018
"Obtain a running chassis" - part 2
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230
10 February 2018
"Obtain a running chassis" - part 3 - springtime
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550
10 February 2018
"Obtain a running chassis" - part 1b - side play
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290
12 February 2018
"Obtain a running chassis" - part 4 - coupling rods and under power
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470
12 February 2018
"Obtain a running chassis" - part 5 - cylinders, motion bracket and connecting rods
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920
26 February 2018
"Obtain a running chassis" - interlude - rolling road
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480
5 March 2018
Posting problems tonight?
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12
8 March 2018
“Obtain a running chassis” - part 6 - return crank and eccentric rod revisited
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540
9 March 2018
Connecting rod cinema
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6
9 March 2018
“Obtain a running chassis” - part 7 - valve gear pins
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240
12 March 2018
"Obtain a rolling chassis" - part 8 - valve gear complete
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690
17 March 2018
Brakes - loco brake cylinder
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170
25 March 2018
LMS tender plates and histories
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570
2 April 2018
Completing the chassis - part 1 - Gubbins, and some more brake parts
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980
3 April 2018
Completing the chassis - part 2 - sanding gear gubbins
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880
22 April 2018
Diversion - making parts to make tools to make parts to make models
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420
17 May 2018
Completing the chassis - part 3 - sanding gear complete
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280
29 May 2018
Completing the chassis - part 4 - Exhaust steam injector...and a progress report
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1k
30 May 2018
Completing the chassis - part 5 - more small details
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320
2 June 2018
Completing the chassis - part 6 - brake blocks at last and cylinder drains
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440
10 June 2018
Cab - making a new boiler backhead
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1.3k
7 August 2018
Cab taking shape - some light relief
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30
11 August 2018
The cab - backhead complete
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1.4k
19 August 2018
More backhead
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31
15 September 2018
Boiler, balancing and DCC
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1.1k
23 September 2018
...except...pants!
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450
26 September 2018
Boiler fittings and some virtual modelling
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630
29 September 2018
Boiler details
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510
30 September 2018
Boiler assembly - steam pipe covers - chimney
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540
6 October 2018
Sandbox fillers
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330
13 October 2018
Sandbox filler postscript and reversing rod
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380
21 October 2018
More boiler fittings and modeller's block?
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540
22 December 2018
Top feed cover from scratch - part 1
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660
29 December 2018
Top feed cover from scratch - part 2
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760
29 December 2018
Some more boiler fittings - the single cone ejector
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550
1 January 2019
Some more scratchbuilding - the live steam injector
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460
13 January 2019
Injector by silver soldering - new things to learn
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620
10 February 2019
More pipe fittings, a bit more silver soldering and grinding small lathe tools
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680
11 February 2019
Injector pipework complete and some brackets for the ejector exhaust pipe
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570
9 March 2019
Another small part - ejector exhaust elbow
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110
10 March 2019
Ejector complete and installed
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200
16 March 2019
Top feed pipe covers
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1.1k
31 March 2019
The Silvertown lubricators
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710
13 April 2019
Endless boiler - atomiser steam cock cover
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770
19 April 2019
Postscript to the atomiser cover!
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58
21 April 2019
Tube cleaning steam cock - and a new toy
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120
21 April 2019
AWS parts
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320
28 April 2019
AWS conduit clips
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280
3 May 2019
AWS done and fitted- mostly
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410
5 May 2019
AWS bash plate
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12
5 May 2019
AWS receiver mounting
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440
7 May 2019
The smokebox and a load of difficult stuff - part 1
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1.2k
19 May 2019
Smokebox door hinges - emotionally damaging and now a bit stuck
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330
26 May 2019
Reasonably close to a happy ending - and seeing what you're doing!
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270
26 May 2019
48142 has a face at last
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590
2 June 2019
Handrails and knobs
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610
9 June 2019
Slow progress with little things
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230
6 July 2019
MOK 8F oil boxes
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96
30 July 2019
8F sabbatical and a different thing entirely
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840
17 August 2019
Smokebox weights and speaker installation
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340
19 August 2019
Front vacuum pipe and associated clutter
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650
25 August 2019
Couplings - should be straightforward?
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880
8 September 2019
The cab roof
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1.6k
20 September 2019
More cab details - injector water valve control
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49
24 September 2019
More oil boxes for the cab
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280
26 September 2019
Cab interior progress
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210
27 September 2019
Fixing the backhead and another small cab fitting
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110
29 September 2019
Window glass from microscope cover slides - a method for cutting very thin glass
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500
5 October 2019
Progess on sliding cab windows
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500
6 December 2019
Sliding cab windows - theory meets reality!
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520
8 December 2019
A question on works plates and photo etch recommendations
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180
16 December 2019
Cab side wind deflectors
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530
22 December 2019
Works plates and Santa's coming
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170
22 December 2019
Happy Christmas - and Santa brings a new book
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210
26 December 2019
Deflector glass & paint
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19
4 January 2020
Cab doors, with added files, flux and RSU
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1.1k
4 January 2020
Sweet and tender romance...
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520
27 January 2020
Tender compensation beams - minor mods
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460
2 February 2020
Tender rolling chassis and compensating the front axle
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480
8 February 2020
Tender water scoop gear
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1.1k
1 March 2020
Just checking in...
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180
5 April 2020
Tender brake hangers
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700
18 April 2020
All together now...
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310
19 April 2020
Tender pickups, DCC decoder and bodywork
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650
21 April 2020
Tender compensation beams again!
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130
21 April 2020
Into a corner, and back out again...
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1000
26 April 2020
Tender water filler and lid - just for fun!
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300
30 April 2020
Progress on the tender body
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1.6k
3 May 2020
Did I say 'end of the tunnel'?
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300
5 May 2020
3D printing excursion
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250
10 May 2020
Some 3D printed axleboxes, DCC first start up, and a dangerous distraction
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980
16 May 2020
3D printed loco and tender plates?
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310
17 May 2020
3D printed loco and tender plates
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180
22 May 2020
The drawbar
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300
24 May 2020
Electrical connection - teeny weeny connectors
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450
25 May 2020
Nearly done with the wiring, and some mechanical tweaks
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670
30 May 2020
It's been a while, but here's a little progress - the whistle
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110
4 August 2020
A not so quick diversion in 4mm
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410
29 September 2020
Back to the 8F - the fall plate
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420
30 September 2020
Loco to tender hose connections
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320
1 October 2020
All together now...
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220
4 October 2020
Cab doors again, and some thinking about paint
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970
25 October 2020
Paint drying contraption
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570
1 November 2020
Last knockings on the tender, and some paint at last.
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790
29 November 2020
On with the BR Grey!
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880
12 December 2020
Decals and some virtual weathering
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540
19 December 2020
Some progress with painting and weathering, and some useful knick nacks.
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940
31 December 2020
Weathering the driving wheels
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420
1 January 2021
Random pics from the finishing process
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42
2 January 2021
Missing bits & last minute additions
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510
10 January 2021
Part way through the painting and weathering process
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200
16 January 2021
More weathering
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610
24 January 2021
Modelu head and tail lamp diversion - mounting bracket modification
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580
30 January 2021
Forgot to ask - lamp etiquette
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55
30 January 2021
Phil O's crosshead teaser
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17
31 January 2021
Finishing the Modelu lamps
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170
31 January 2021
Three and a half years later...
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26
31 January 2021
More 8F photos I'm afraid
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260
6 February 2021
Can't resist just one more...
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9
6 February 2021
What's next? Another 2-8-0. Bradwell WD in P4
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260
14 February 2021
Back in business - the boiler
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1k
27 February 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 in S4 - boiler fittings, oil boxes and the wrong tender wheels
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450
6 March 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 in S4 - tender wheels onto axles
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550
7 March 2021
Slidebars and crossheads and jewellery
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1.1k
21 March 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - more cylinders and motion brackets
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820
29 March 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - the pony truck
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770
3 April 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - coming together
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98
3 April 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - chassis measurement and analysis
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1.1k
4 April 2021
Diversion - some remarkable modelling in France
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44
11 April 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - the valve gear - part 1
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330
17 April 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - crankpin knack, and victory in the War of Gibson's Wheel
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2.3k
3 May 2021
The taper
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82
5 May 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - epic diversions, and crankpins again - wheel form tools
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670
4 June 2021
Stop press - leading crankpins clear crosshead!
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350
15 June 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - getting round the bend
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410
11 July 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - A problem, and time for a re-think
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1.3k
27 July 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - some gearbox parts and one workshop tips
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570
3 August 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - the motor arrives, further complications, the drive train is assembled
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800
10 August 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - sledgehammer walnut wheel quartering
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1.1k
12 August 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - my little pony truck and some DCC
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960
28 August 2021
Loco storage box
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300
29 August 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - electrics done
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750
5 September 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - Weight and springs and valve gear things
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1.4k
29 September 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - the return cranks
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890
4 October 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - eccentric rod pin
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170
19 October 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - working valve gear and motion, springs, brake shoes
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420
21 November 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - Brakes that really do bring you to a stop...
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430
27 November 2021
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - injectors (welcome back threadmarks)
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910
26 January 2022
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - sanding gear
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510
6 February 2022
Bradwell WD 2-8-0 - big bits coming together at last
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440
12 February 2022
The 'no update' update
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1.4k
17 April 2022
Another no-upate update - and season's greetings
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130
25 December 2022
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