{"id":5535,"date":"2022-05-28T12:33:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T11:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5535"},"modified":"2022-05-28T12:33:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T11:33:48","slug":"david-andrews-princess-royal-scratch-built-silvertown-lubricators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5535","title":{"rendered":"David Andrews Princess Royal &#8211; Scratch Built Silvertown Lubricators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over on the Guild forum there was some discussion about lubricators, centred primarily on the potential difficulties of drilling out brass castings. This prompted me to look&nbsp;in the box and see what the lubricator castings were like as supplied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0001-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"951\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0001-001-951x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5524\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0001-001-951x1024.jpg 951w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0001-001-279x300.jpg 279w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0001-001-768x827.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0001-001.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>David Andrews Silvertown Lubricator castings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are nicely detailed castings, albeit missing the front and rear fittings. But,&nbsp;most importantly for this build, there are only two of them in the kit and we need three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a bit of a dilemma but not needing them right now, I sent an email off to the&nbsp;gent that I am building it for with a few options on how we might proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While awaiting a reply\/phone call, I rose to the challenge and had a look through&nbsp;my material stock to see if I had any bar of a suitable size for making some myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had a length of brass that was suitable, so I cut three lengths and machines them to the basic shape and size before drilling out the various holes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, I turned the circular front piece that the pivot mechanism attaches to. Which gave me a chance to try out the grooving tool that I ground. I am pleased to say that by taking very light cuts, I was able to turn down a part with a 1mm spigot then a 3mm centre and a further 1mm spigot beyond the 3mm section without having to reverse the workpiece in the collet to turn the second spigot without snapping it off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I then filed up and cut off around 50 small brass unions (I needed 42 but there&nbsp;were the inevitable pings off into space). It was only when I started to fit the blanking plugs on the front of two of the lubricators that I thought to take any photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_00012-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_00012-001-1024x778.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_00012-001-1024x778.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_00012-001-300x228.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_00012-001-768x583.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_00012-001-395x300.jpg 395w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_00012-001.jpg 1097w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>David Andrews Princess Royal &#8211; Scratch built Silvertown Lubricators<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"938\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5531\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0006.jpg 753w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0006-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>David Andrews Princess Royal &#8211; Scratch built Silvertown Lubricators<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0004-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"962\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0004-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5529\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0004-001.jpg 906w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0004-001-283x300.jpg 283w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0004-001-768x815.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>David Andrews Princess Royal &#8211; Scratch built Silvertown Lubricators<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you can see not all of the holes were dead in line due to the small drill wandering a little because I drill right through rather than from each side. But I had a cunning plan to get around that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0003-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0003-001-1024x602.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5527\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0003-001-1024x602.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0003-001-300x176.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0003-001-768x451.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0003-001-500x294.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0003-001.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>David Andrews Princess Royal &#8211; Scratch built Silvertown Lubricators<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The holes through the bodies were 0.5mm but the copper wire that I am using for the pipes is only 0.3mm. The smallest microbore tube that I had for making the unions has a 0.5mm id so I had quite a bit of wiggle room to line them up as&nbsp;I fitted them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rocking [ shaped pieces on the rear, were made from some slices cut from a&nbsp;length rectangular brass tube that I have had in my stock box for 10 years or more. I don\u2019t seem to use it often and then only in small slices but it\u2019s handy to&nbsp;have and more rigid that if I had bent up some strip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over on the Guild forum there was some discussion about lubricators, centred primarily on the potential difficulties of drilling out brass castings. This prompted me to look&nbsp;in the box and see what the lubricator castings were like as supplied. 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