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Been busy with other things but managed a little time in the workshop. This is where I left off The plans for this loco did not have any detail for the firebox so a little imagination just to make some details. As well as that the two side panels and the funnel sand box and valve dome all fitted

Yes you can rough turn blanks the advantage is that you can turn to final dimensions in as little as 6 months. Remember to make the tenon slightly larger than you would for dry wood and put a small dimple in the centre of the tenon as that will come in handy when remounting and touching up the...

It may take a little longer but I find it a benefit especially when I am making the wooden models that I am currently doing. I have even resorted to using milling cutters in the pillar drill to cut slots in small pieces of wood where a router is just too large.

After checking the points already mentioned if you find that it is only the drill bit that is slightly off centre the problem may be a combination of a couple of things. Chucks for drilling may not always hold a drill bit exactly central, the drill may have a very slight bend in it. One thing I...

The number you need is the 6304 the only other thing is, does the motor have a grease nipple to feed the bearing and are there any seals where the shaft passes through the casing If so then an open-sided bearing is fine. If none of the above then ask for a sealed bearing both sides.

And there is me using 1/2 of a log to keep one of my doors open :lol: :lol: :lol: . Looks like I will need to make one for the back door :twisted:

Nice pot. I know what you mean I think we all have days like that. I found a couple of dents in the cab roof of the truck I am building luckily did not need to steam it just a couple of drops of water un them and left overnight to dry both now gone

Started with cutting out the cab windows cleaning up with a file made this easy. Marking up the boiler was easier than expected even though it still took some time. Improvised flat surface as I could not be bothered to get the granite surface plate out. Drilled all the holes in the...

Managed to get the bed glued down and make up some exhaust pipes the original plans called for two 1/4" pieces of dowel which were about 4 1/2" long and only held at the bottom in a hole and glued. As this is a plaything I changed that design so that it had a silencer halfway up which meant they...

Very nice the sutle change makes all the difference

You are welcome. Today been slow as I masked up where the roof sits so that I could apply finish to the inside of the cab as this makes it easier to do now rather than later. Once that had dried I glued the roof in place. The second photo shows the back just resting in place that will be...

I assemble the cab minus the two dark wood panels and put a piece of wood across the front to make the height up to the same as the back piece as this sits slightly higher than the rest. Cut and mark the roof with the position of the holes lay this in place and clamp it to prevent it moving and...

Started today by cutting and sanding the end of some dowel to 2" these are for the bed of the truck. I put a piece of wood in the lathe chuck and drilled a hole so that the dowel just fitted in easily so that I could sand the ends and round them off slightly. I could put them in and take them...

After work on the truck, I decided to turn the two tanks and the two pistons with their respective end caps this was a relatively short task, by this time it was getting quite warm in the workshop so I changed the heat of the workshop to the heat of the kitchen a cooked the wife a meal. I must...

Thank you AES. This build is a toy not a model and is to be played with unlike some of my models like Old 99 and the Tractor that I am currently making at the same time. Some of the parts I have scrapped get reused as smaller parts especially if they are large so keeping waste down.

Three nice models, like me with the first one I made it was modified to suit the recipient it was for.

Another nice piece like the little decoration around the piece. My other diversion is the garden especially the veg patch and greenhouse I have just come in to post the progress on two of the models that I am building in the projects section as you know I am building three all at the same...

As you have found out, patients is a must when making some of these models many times I have scraped a piece to then remake it because I was not happy with it. Trying to rehash the part does no favours. Anyway I had to prepare some 1/2" square stock for the two rails on the flatbed part of the...

A good day on the loco other than stopping and preparing some wood for the Mercedes truck and took the opportunity to do some for all the loco wheels. Once I got started I began the build of the cowcatcher and the bracket for this and the front cylinder bracket. Some short pieces...

Managed to get some more assembly done on the truck so not as much making parts as I did prepare many of them in effect making a kit of parts which just needed assembly. That does not mean that there are not parts still to produce but they are small pieces.