Sand Hutton Hunslet in 009: smokebox...
This evening I have knocked up a smokebox for the Sand Hutton Hunslet which means it can now balance on it's own without a file to support the tail happy rear end...
The Minitrains F&C chassis is tail heavy because of the motor and has a metal boiler to counteract this so I have filled the boiler with fluid lead. The cylinder block has been infilled with plasticard to match the prototype and the smokebox assembled.
First I cut two matching pieces of 30 thou for front and back. Then a 15 thou base to set the distance between them. I then glued a 20 thou section between them that was hand formed first. Once dry I reinforced the joint with superglue and smoothed the outside. I opened a hole in the base to allow solvent vapour to release. I filed a round edge on the front and back and then added a 10 thou wrapper. I added more fluid gravity inside the smokebox, an then secured it to the boiler. The boiler bands were added from microstrip.
I'm looking forward to the custom turned chimney that a good modelling friend has promised me in the next few weeks, but in the meantime I have the chassis front and bufferbeams to tackle. More soon...
You might consider not only to use 'thou', but also mm. You have international readers, who have no clue what a thou is. It makes reading your otherwise very interesting website a bit annoying.
ReplyDeleteA thou is a thousandth of a UK inch. Plasticard is sold in thou thicknesses here.
ReplyDeleteI've converted some for my international readers and will keep this in mind in future!
10 thou = 0.25mm
15 thou = 0.38mm
20 thou = 0.5mm
30 thou = 0.76mm
40 thou = 1mm
For now I hope that helps, thanks for reading!
Google understands eg "10 thou in mm" and will calculate it for you. Handy that!
ReplyDeleteYou could just write .020" instead of 20 thou...
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