{"id":5,"date":"2012-08-11T21:34:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T21:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2012-08-12T16:13:38","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T15:13:38","slug":"blog-for-railway-models-and-art","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=5","title":{"rendered":"Building Nellie – A 7mm Scale Connoisseur Models Starter Loco"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0The origins of Nellie<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nNellie, was a gift from my son for father’s day last year.The plan when I started was to build as per the instructions finish it as an industrial loco \u00a0-blue with red lining and sell it on to raise some funds for something to suit my modelling period – grouping era northern steam.<\/p>\n

I had got to here when the plan started to go wrong….. \u00a0 \u00a0Nellie’s first run<\/a><\/p>\n

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A Change of Heart<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Once I had her running I started to get attached and to look at whether she remotely resembled any of the LNER locos.<\/div>\n
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I took the plunge and replaced the supplied white metal clack valves with some brass ones from Jim McGeown. \u00a0A rummage in the scrap box yielded a westinghouse pump.<\/div>\n
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F<\/span>urther<\/span> progress<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nBit by bit the details were added, steps, \u00a0the coal rail sitting loosely and a bunker back – this latter was scratch built.\"\"<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nBuffer details<\/strong><\/span><\/strong>The buffers supplied with the kit are solid white metal ones.\u00a0For the more discerning Jim recommends the sprung pre group ones from Slaters.<\/p>\n

A trip to my local model shop\u00a0 – Wakefield Models and Crafts set me up with a set and a crew\u00a0(but more on them when I get to them).<\/p>\n

The Slaters buffers are rather nice brass turnings with steel heads.\u00a0In order to improve them I drilled out for bolt heads and consulted my store of Scale hardware.\u00a0Sadly I had nothing that suited to hand so I filed the heads of some brass pins square and soldered them in.<\/p>\n

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Lubricators<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nIn early August 2012 the latest Gauge O Guild Gazette dropped through my letterbox.One of the articles in it was about making scratch built Silvertown Lubricators from brass.<\/p>\n

While Silvertown were not suitable for Nellie, a\u00a0look though the RCTS green bible revealed that some LNER small tanks Y8’s\u00a0had lubricators fitted to the tank fronts.<\/p>\n

Starting with a length of brass bar, I measured 10mm along and marked it (for two\u00a0lubricators 5mm each). I then filed a slop on the top and drilled 4 holes in the bottoms\u00a0for the pipes. I got a piece of scrap fret and marked it to length.<\/p>\n

I then filed each side of the front face to make a lifting handle. I placed this on a partially opened mini vice and made a crease down the centre long ways using a screwdriver blade.<\/p>\n

I soldered this onto the base with 298 degree solder.\u00a0This was to prevent it coming loose when I attached the pipes and soldered it to the tank fronts.<\/p>\n

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