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By Galteemore · Posted
Excellent work all round. Photos are great - got to model that loose boiler cladding ! -
By Tullygrainey · Posted
Excellent. Your little jig is a fine bit of work. Beautifully made and it seems to do the job well. A useful addition to your tool kit. -
I managed to find a couple of hours yesterday to use my friend's lathe to modify the axles for my J26, and to prepare a few more for other projects too. Axles cut in half were set up in a collet and the end turned down in diameter using a homemade go/no-go gauge. There was a bit of slack in the lathe and I didn't have 100% success rate but my process improved through the batch. Back home this morning I prepared the brass tube sleeves and then assembled 6 axles. Four of these use the turned-down axle halves into a 1/8" OD tube to give an axle that's nominally 1/8" all along. The other two use the simpler approach of leaving the axle halves full diameter and fitting a 4mm OD tube over the halves. In both cases I was able to achieve a press fit and used my assembly jig to push the parts together. I drilled small holes in the tubes, and after the axles had been pressed together I fed some Loctite 290 into these holes. This is a very low-viscosity Loctite that seeps into the gaps by capillary action and takes 24 hours or more to set fully. So for now, I'm waiting! I have another busy week this week, including a flying visit to the IRRS archives in Dublin. So not much modelling time but hopefully some more research. This week's eBay success has been the negative of this image, which will hopefully arrive in the next few days. It's good to have a clear photo of this side of the loco I'm modelling, most show the other side.
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Yes, that’s correct, the GSR type is an earlier design. The GSR one is also articulated. For those wanting a more accurate model of a GSR railcar the NIU models print would be a better starting point, with adjustments to lower the ride height and buffer positions. However, the Heljan model captures the style of these railcars pretty well and is RTR in almost the right livery at a good price.
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I have noticed the GSR Steam Railcar has a lower body profile than the Heljan model. The bottom edge of the bodywork covers the under frame completely, unlike the model of the LNER railcar. Paul
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