{"id":6485,"date":"2024-03-02T11:20:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T10:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6485"},"modified":"2024-03-02T11:20:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T10:20:35","slug":"david-andrews-princess-royal-silvertown-lubricators-fitted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6485","title":{"rendered":"David Andrews Princess Royal – Silvertown Lubricators Fitted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The last few sessions at the bench have been spent working on fitting the Silvertown lubricators which I made earlier in the build. After some thought I decided to drill and tap the bases\/footplate rather than trying to solder them on.
I did this for two reasons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. They would be removable for painting
2. Being solid brass, soldering them would require quite a bit of heat, potentially disturbing some of the other details fitted previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DA Princess Royal Silvertown Lubricators Fitted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have soldered all the wire tails to a strip of etch to keep them tidy but I may have to revisit the length and position of them once I refit the chassis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also noted a couple of etched holes in what looks like an inspection panel on the top of the footplate so I turned a couple of small knobs to fill the holes I am not sure how prototypical this is as I couldn’t find any photos which showed the inspection panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turned Knob<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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