{"id":6449,"date":"2024-02-14T13:41:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T12:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6449"},"modified":"2024-02-14T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T12:41:23","slug":"david-andrews-princess-royal-more-pipe-fittings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6449","title":{"rendered":"David Andrews Princess Royal &#8211; More Pipe Fittings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Princess continues to challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The replacement for&nbsp;the live steam injector pipe took much tweaking and test fitting before it fit snugly with the chassis in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0009-1024x409.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0009-1024x409.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0009-300x120.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0009-768x307.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0009-500x200.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0009.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Royal Injector Pipe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once I got my head&nbsp;around how the pipes ran, the two front oilers didn&#8217;t present too much of an issue although I had to look at a good number of photos before I worked out where said pipes ran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0001-1-1024x816.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6451\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0001-1-1024x816.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0001-1-300x239.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0001-1-768x612.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0001-1-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0001-1.jpg 1156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Royal Steam Pipe and Front Oiler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0008-1024x810.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6452\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0008-1024x810.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0008-300x237.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0008-768x607.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0008-379x300.jpg 379w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-IMG_0008.jpg 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Royal Front Oiler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next I removed the pin rom the bottom of the steam pipe castings and drilled and tapped them 10 BA so that I could screw them to the footplate through the mounting holes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-New-Out99999-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-New-Out99999-1-1024x835.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6453\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-New-Out99999-1-1024x835.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-New-Out99999-1-300x245.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-New-Out99999-1-768x626.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-New-Out99999-1-368x300.jpg 368w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-New-Out99999-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Royal Steam Pipes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As can be seen from&nbsp;the snips below there is quite a gap between the boiler and the steampipe flange. At the moment I am not sure where the problem lies, whether it&#8217;s in the placement of the mounting holes, in the dimensions of the castings or something else. Initially I tried turning down some washers to fill the gap but I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_0001-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_0001-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6454\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_0001-Copy.jpg 950w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_0001-Copy-300x122.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_0001-Copy-768x311.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_0001-Copy-500x203.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Royal Steam Pipe and Front Oiler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Steampipe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Steampipe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6455\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Steampipe.jpg 854w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Steampipe-300x136.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Steampipe-768x347.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Steampipe-500x226.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Princess continues to challenge. The replacement for&nbsp;the live steam injector pipe took much tweaking and test fitting before it fit snugly with the chassis in place. Once I got my head&nbsp;around how the pipes ran, the two front oilers &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6449\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-david-andrews-princess-royal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6456,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6449\/revisions\/6456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}