I was being kicked off to allow my daughter to do her homework. Two machines were for some reason conflicting and shutting down the router. I have edited the previous post so the photos now work
Ran into a small hiccough with the Y9. Went to order the Gibson 9 spoke wheels and discovered the Gibson price list says the Y9 wheels are 3'0". Everything else I have suggests they should be 3'8".
I have sent an email but no response yet (joys of Easter).
There appear not to be 3'8" 9 spoke wheels in the range.
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I have now shortened the chassis, and almost completed the dumb buffers.
The chassis now measures 96.6mm (should be 95.2mm) compared to 106mm of the original Hornby model.
The next step is to add the slope to the underside of the rear dumb buffers (a lot of filing) and then start on making the incline on the cylinders. I am still yet to find the motor I want to use to prevent having to raise the section between the cab and boiler.
The cylinders have been modified to represent the inclined examples of the original. There is still a bit of work to complete them, filing off the protrusions on the underside of the metal chassis, and possibly covering the outside of the cylinders.
I have also added the sections between the cab front and the rear of the boiler, (photos to follow), and given the whole mode a couple of coats of satin black. (The "Smokey Joe" has nearly gone completely)
A smaller motor has been sourced so it does not stick out into the area in front of the cab, but a suitable worm gear is yet to be found.
Frustratingly, I decided to start work on my whitemetal D30 kit. Dragged out my daughters variable temp soldering iron only to discover the lowest temperature I could set it to was 175C. Not a lot of use when using solder with a melting point of 70C I didnt think. I'll have to search a bit harder for my dimmer switch setup....!
Nice to see another Y9 coming up. They are not very often modelled in 4mm. A very good scale chassis is produced by Branchlines (and is suitable for the Caledonian variant as well). The SRPS's 68095 hasn't steamed in decades, and I wonder if it's now permanently static display.
I wasn't clear whether you'd managed to shorten the saddle tank moulding as well as the chassis; my understanding is that you reduce it by about 8mm.
In respect of the drivetrain, I've seen it mentioned on other forums that you can play about with other spare Hornby worm gears in order to make the overall ratio a bit less jackrabbit - as well as saving a bit of money - but none of them actually say what ratio is possible, and which worms and gear you would use.
Just noticed your Smokey Joe conversion to a Y9. Where did the Y9 drawing come from? It's better than the two I have - one from the NRM, which isn't all that accurate! Is it to scale, and if so, what scale? I have an old Smokey in bits, ready to do a similar job; mine will be St Margaret's 68119, when I get round to it. Might have to check the Branchlines chassis kit out though, to see how well it matches the Y9.
This project is still ongoing.
I have more work to do with particularly smoothing the funnel, adding pickups & handrails etc.
The funnel is a small dynabolt covered in Selleys Knead-it and can therefore be placed in a drill to enable even sanding.
Might see you this weekend if you're going to the Adelaide Exhibition? I'll be there all of the weekend - most of the time working on a GW layout (I know its hard to type that in) called Porthminster which is actually sensational to look at. The guy who built it is probably going to build an LNER layout in a few years time - he builds a new exhibition layout every few years!
I will certainly dropping past Porthminster at sometime during the weekend (most probably Saturday morning) it would be good to meet lnernut or manna if they are at the show.
Woodcock, has there been any suggestion of which region or era of the LNER that Gavin is considering exercising his prodigious talent upon?
EDIT...........Working now, thank you
