Rob Pulham
Western Thunderer
The last couple of days has seen a bit of progress with the JLRT Stanier tender.
On a whim I decided to get most of the upper works done before detailing the inner chassis.
Starting with the outerframes and steps. These required much riveting.
There are lots of small etched parts that have a couple of rivets each which are very close together. Aside from those already pressed out, all the parts marked '55' also need two rivets each.
To make a better job of these, I took fifteen minutes out and made another rivet setting tool with a finer end to get in between these rivets.
Like the ones that I made previously, it's made from 6mm steel rod recovered from empty toner cartridges with the turned ends heat blued to help prevent them rusting.
On a whim I decided to get most of the upper works done before detailing the inner chassis.
Starting with the outerframes and steps. These required much riveting.
There are lots of small etched parts that have a couple of rivets each which are very close together. Aside from those already pressed out, all the parts marked '55' also need two rivets each.
To make a better job of these, I took fifteen minutes out and made another rivet setting tool with a finer end to get in between these rivets.
Like the ones that I made previously, it's made from 6mm steel rod recovered from empty toner cartridges with the turned ends heat blued to help prevent them rusting.