Paul's Nellie

Well this project got put well on the back burner with both Another Bridge and Toto's traversers taking over my life, but hopefully once the Elgin Show is over I can get started again.

Just to get the ball rolling, I've just purchased (via the bay) a Mashima 1824 as the canon wire tabs were just fouling on to the top of the boiler. Hopefully it will be here soon and I can test the fit.

Paul

 

1824 motor arrived from ebay

I may even get away with a small flywheel in the space I have.

Once built and run in I will monitor the current draw, as I have used a Laisdcc with stay alive in the Fowler and was really impressed, the loco plus 5 wagons and a brake van, took over 2.5 min to travel 9ft, that's approx 18mm per second without a single glitch which if I have my maths correct equates to appox a scale 1.7 mph.

Paul

 

After a break of four months, finally making some progress

So this is where I was up to



Smoke box and boiler made up but just placed into position.
Placing the parts into position, so they are on center, and square, then tacked in place.
The assembly was then removed from the footplate and soldered into position.

And the fillet ran round the the whole join.

Next up the boiler band adjacent to the smoke box - couldn't find it anywhere so used a piece of phosphour bronze strip

Clean up then solder the assembly into position

Ooops forgot to take any pictures - so will do that a bit later and update the thread

Paul

 

Hi Gary - as a first build, it's been a good and satisfying journey so far.

The main lesson is trying to keep the amount of solder to a minimum - less cleaning up, definitely a skill that comes with practice, as I reckon I was better at it in October when I was last working on Nellie, so ..........

The trick Toto was hinting at, with the phosphour bronze strip boiler band I tagged the first end down on the bottom of the boiler (unseen), then wrapped the rest around the boiler approx 1.5 times holding it in place with a hair clip



Then tagged the strip in place at 90, 270 and 360 degrees, before joining the dots.

Paul

 

Ouch - it's almost 18 months since I've done anything to Nellie sorry

So an hour or so reading through the instructions, ok so I had to find them first, and yes I could have just re-printed another copy, but thinking of the planet, I had a coffee, then looked under the box that contained Nellie's parts .

Handrails next - possibly one of the reasons I stopped, and ordered turned brass ones - and you've guessed it they've put away safe somewhere else. So back to the kits supplied split pins.

Before fitting the smokebox front rail I tinned the smoke box spacer plate with 100C solder ready for the whitemetal smoke box door - to be fitted later

Next up the steps

And one assembled, just ready for cleanup

Only three more to go

Paul

 

The body is nearing completion - once the steps are completed, lamp irons then the Whitemetal parts Smakebox door, tank fillers, chimney, domes and whistle I think that will it just about done. The chassis, tho has more, coupling rods, brake gear and other detail parts, paint it up then fit the plunger pick ups, refit the motor & gear box, test it, then the full paint job.

Not sure of the paint job - the old Triang Nellie was a nice shade of blue - similar to light caley blue, but I maybe a darker blue or red, it will be a Private Owner loco, the idea will be the gas works, with the Nellie, J79 in Private livery, the two Fowler Mechanical shunters and maybe a caley pug, the others I have so the pug would be a later addition to the fleet.

Then I just have to design & build the tippler - nae problem that's Toto's job

Paul

 

As I'm doing this as an Industrial loco, not to wander in the wider open plains of the rail network, how many lamp irons do I need to fit ?
Is it all four front and rear, or maybe as little as 1 at each end

Paul

 

Thanks Paul - would that be Lh Middle or Rh location, I thought the may have had to have 1 lamp at the front and 1 at the rear if the were running light.

Nil sounds like a good compromise

Paul

 

Wee bit o work so far this morning

All 4 soldered up now including the rear 0.9mm wire to strengthen them up - 145C solder used to attach the wire.

Cleaned up then the steps were soldered into place

I did loosen a cab hand rail, so thats to fix.

Paul I think I will go for the two lamp irons you suggest - oboy

Paul