Oakville 7mm Ivatt class 2 tank
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P A D
Western Thunderer
To complete the work for now on the Ivatt, I've made the steam heating and vacuum pipes from brass rod.
To represent the reinforced hoses I added a thread to the rod with an 8BA die, leaving enough unthreaded for the metal parts. I then annealed before shaping and adding the flange detail from 0.6mm D shaped nugold wire. The stowage chains for the heating pipes are made from 0.2mm twisted wire.
It will need a good clean before painting but I'm putting it aside for now until I have purchased and fitted the motor .
Next up is the Gladiator Horwich Mogul. I suspect it will be far less trying than this was!
Cheers,
Peter
To represent the reinforced hoses I added a thread to the rod with an 8BA die, leaving enough unthreaded for the metal parts. I then annealed before shaping and adding the flange detail from 0.6mm D shaped nugold wire. The stowage chains for the heating pipes are made from 0.2mm twisted wire.
It will need a good clean before painting but I'm putting it aside for now until I have purchased and fitted the motor .
Next up is the Gladiator Horwich Mogul. I suspect it will be far less trying than this was!
Cheers,
Peter
P A D
Western Thunderer
With the warm dry weather in the last couple of weeks I've been able to get my painting head on and spray the Ivatt tank.
Before painting I made and fitted the pick ups and motor and gave it a test run to ensure all was well. I then stripped it down, thoroughly cleaned all the parts, masked up the wheel treads and gave the lot a coat of Halfords' red oxide primer, followed by a coat of satin black on the frames, wheels and trucks and gloss black on the body. Here are the frames after reassembly.
I've settled on the cast white metal back head, painted black with the details picked out in copper, brass and matt brown. Here it is before completion. To finish off I made the regulator rod from brass strip, added some dials to the gauges and painted the inside of the water gauges in chrome paint. It's not
brilliant, but it looks the part inside the enclosed cab.
Here are some views of the finished article. When I say finished, I mean apart from the lining, numbering, lacquering and weathering before fitting the glazing. The roof is only "tack glued" in place with a couple of drops of PVA fot now.
I've picked out various details in copper and brass paint as appropriate. It looks a bit garish at the moment but once it's toned down it should compare pretty well with the Lionheart offering.
I'm bringing it along to the Wigan show tomorrow to give it a run round the test track, so keep a look out for it if you are interested. Hopefully there will be no issues with the truck clearances on the curves as I haven't been able to test that yet. I'll bring my Scorpio Std 3 tank as well.
Cheers,
Peter
Before painting I made and fitted the pick ups and motor and gave it a test run to ensure all was well. I then stripped it down, thoroughly cleaned all the parts, masked up the wheel treads and gave the lot a coat of Halfords' red oxide primer, followed by a coat of satin black on the frames, wheels and trucks and gloss black on the body. Here are the frames after reassembly.
I've settled on the cast white metal back head, painted black with the details picked out in copper, brass and matt brown. Here it is before completion. To finish off I made the regulator rod from brass strip, added some dials to the gauges and painted the inside of the water gauges in chrome paint. It's not
brilliant, but it looks the part inside the enclosed cab.
Here are some views of the finished article. When I say finished, I mean apart from the lining, numbering, lacquering and weathering before fitting the glazing. The roof is only "tack glued" in place with a couple of drops of PVA fot now.
I've picked out various details in copper and brass paint as appropriate. It looks a bit garish at the moment but once it's toned down it should compare pretty well with the Lionheart offering.
I'm bringing it along to the Wigan show tomorrow to give it a run round the test track, so keep a look out for it if you are interested. Hopefully there will be no issues with the truck clearances on the curves as I haven't been able to test that yet. I'll bring my Scorpio Std 3 tank as well.
Cheers,
Peter