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| Here the boiler is fited between the frames. |
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| The smoke box saddle has been added and the boiler fittings are being made. I started a conventional water gauge, but the lower bush was so high the visible range of the glass would have been to low. I built a simplex type gauge with a milled brass body and a plastic cover. Im not sure how I'll seal between the glass and brass, or how well the plastic will hold up to the temperature and pressure, but if it doesnt work I can just remove it. The original plan does not have a gauge. |
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| The sheet metal work is done for the tanks and tender. Note the side tanks
do not have a back side, there is no use for a tank, but they might hide a radio
for R/C control some day.
The rivets are not really to scale, and LBSC is kind of hard on the whole idea of rivets, calling them 'pimples'on a model, but I like the look so I added them. |
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| The smokestack, dome and safety vale have been added, |
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| A view into the cab with some of the steam fittings installed.
The tender was built when I was planning to use an alchol burner, so it has a tank built in and solderd. However, its just sheet metal and soft solder, so its not really suitable for gas. It only fills half the tender so there is room for a gas tank, and maybe someday Ill add an axle driven pump anad make it a water tank. |
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| 6 drivers ready to install. These were machinbed from a solid bar of cast iron, then the spokes were cut on my Prazi CNC mill . It took 29 minutes to cut each wheel with a 1/8" end mill. I cut the pockets between spokes in passes just .031" deep. |
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| Here is the frame on the new wheels, with the side rods in place. The side rods were also
cut on my Prazi CNC mill . I had to rough out a blank on the
bandsaw and left just a small bit to trim. Sure wish I had a laser cutter or water jet!
I've been putting a sheet behind the photos to block the view of my bench- note here 2 other projects 'on the back burner', the LION and a 1 cylinder marine engine. Their time will come. |