{"id":6250,"date":"2023-08-18T21:29:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T20:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6250"},"modified":"2023-08-18T21:29:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T20:29:59","slug":"david-andrews-princess-royal-overcoming-a-mental-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6250","title":{"rendered":"David Andrews Princess Royal &#8211; Overcoming a mental block"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Well I managed to get my head into gear and work out a way to get past my issue of not being able to retain the cylinders in the chassis without the body in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a piece of 3mm diameter nickel rod I turned a short length down to 2.2mm and threaded it 8BA. I cut it off using a piercing saw then reversed it and face it off until I had just&nbsp;the merest hint of a head as the thread ends.<\/p>\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\/2023\/08\/IMG_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6251\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0001.jpg 906w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0001-300x230.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0001-768x590.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0001-391x300.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Headless screw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I drilled a couple of holes in the top plate between the cylinders and tapped them 8ba there was already a slot in the frame spacer to accommodate one of the screws but I had to&nbsp;drill a corresponding hole to allow the second screw to pass through the spacer.<\/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\/2023\/08\/IMG_0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0002-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6252\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0002-1024x642.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0002-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0002-768x482.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0002-478x300.jpg 478w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0002.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Headless screws Inserted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There isn&#8217;t a huge amount of screw thread in the holes so I soldered the screws in to reinforce them.<\/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\/2023\/08\/IMG_0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"850\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0003-1024x850.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6253\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0003-1024x850.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0003-300x249.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0003-768x638.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0003-361x300.jpg 361w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0003.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Headless Screws Soldered 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