{"id":6610,"date":"2024-05-12T15:18:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T14:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6610"},"modified":"2024-05-12T15:18:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T14:18:29","slug":"david-andrews-princess-royal-replacement-drawbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6610","title":{"rendered":"David Andrews Princess Royal &#8211; Replacement Drawbar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>These are the drawbar options as supplied. I have a confession to make at this stage. I couldn&#8217;t find them and had asked a couple of fellow modellers who have the same kit for dimensions. As it happens one was able to supply part numbers and the other the key dimensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then as is often the way, I opened a box where I keep useful bits (actually looking for a piece of plug pin to see if it would be suitable to make a draw bar from) and there on top of all the bits and pieces was the square of etch containing the two missing drawbars.<\/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\/2024\/05\/IMG_0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"885\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0003-1024x885.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6611\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0003-1024x885.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0003-300x259.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0003-768x664.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0003-347x300.jpg 347w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0003.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Drawbar &#8211; As supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While I completely understand why they would be supplied as etches I wanted to see if I could make something more 3 dimensional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made a complete hash of my first attempt due to getting the machining operations in the wrong order. I had started by milling and drilling which left the part too weak when I attempted to turn the dog bone section.<\/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\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"861\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1-1024x861.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6612\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1-1024x861.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1-300x252.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1-768x646.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1-357x300.jpg 357w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1.jpg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Broken Drawbar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was at the end of the turning operation on the second attempt.<\/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\/2024\/05\/IMG_1295.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_1295-1024x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6613\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_1295-1024x224.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_1295-300x66.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_1295-768x168.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_1295-1536x336.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_1295-2048x447.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_1295-500x109.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Replacement Drawbar turning complete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"858\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001-1024x858.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6614\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001-1024x858.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001-300x251.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001-768x644.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001-358x300.jpg 358w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001.jpg 1416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Replacement Drawbar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6615\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-1024x791.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-300x232.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-768x594.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-2048x1583.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-388x300.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Replacement Drawbar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the end result greatly enlarged of course. The insulated bushes were made from knitting needles. Sadly the only one I had of the right thickness was green. I did think that I had a suitable grey one but having turned one and subsequently dropped it, it landed with a decidedly metallic click. Further investigation revealed that it was in fact aluminium not plastic so not much cop for insulated bushes&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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-6610","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\/6610","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=6610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6616,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6610\/revisions\/6616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}