Jon Nazareth
Western Thunderer
Here we are, 1,025 rivets later.
Jon
Jon
Jennifer Who?
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Jon Nazareth
Western Thunderer
Mike
That’s just what my nephew said.
Jon
P.S. We’re all waiting for the next, ‘Some of my G3 rolling stock’.
That’s just what my nephew said.
Jon
P.S. We’re all waiting for the next, ‘Some of my G3 rolling stock’.
Jon Nazareth
Western Thunderer
I soldered the sides to the end and sat it on the tender to see how it looked, I should have made it narrower. From this exercise I could see the little clearance that exists between the bolts that hold the springs to the hangers and the sides of the tender tank. It was obvious that I couldn’t simply join the sides and end to the nickel base as it wouldn’t then be possible to fix the springs in place. I decided to make a sort of ‘sub-base’ out of brass where the tender tank et al could be made up on and then fixed to the nickel base using a couple of 8BA screws put in from underneath. The screws will go into those two brass nuts that can be seen soldered in place. The main idea is that the nickel floor will be fixed to the tender under frame using 14BA countersunk brass screws, the springs will be put in place and then the tank will be placed between the springs and the whole held in place by the screws. Should work.
Jon
Jon
Jon Nazareth
Western Thunderer
I’ve added this coal door to the tender. It’s such a simple thing but it did take me a while to get it right as I kept making mistakes. Still, it’s done now.
Jon
Jon
Jon Nazareth
Western Thunderer
More drilling, more de-burring and more riveting for the part that fits inside the tender. That’s the last of it on the tender and I’m determined to find a rivetless way of doing things when it comes around to building the loco.
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michael mott
Western Thunderer
Your riveting work look very sharp Jon. I cannot imagine that there would be anything regarding rivets that could look anywhere near as good.
Michael
Michael
Jon Nazareth
Western Thunderer
Michael
You’re very kind.
Jon
You’re very kind.
Jon
Jon Nazareth
Western Thunderer
A dummy run to see how the tank fits on the base plate/body and the breaking gear lining up. The fitter made the hole for the brake standard in the wrong place so fitted a plate over it and made a new one. I’ll need to make some guard rails to prevent the fireman from falling off and also a fall plate.
Jon
Jon