{"id":6128,"date":"2023-03-20T11:14:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T10:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6128"},"modified":"2023-03-20T11:14:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T10:14:29","slug":"david-andrews-princess-royal-cab-dials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6128","title":{"rendered":"David Andrews Princess Royal &#8211; Cab Dials."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Still working on the back head, because I am using a mixture of David Andrews and Just Like the Real Thing castings, I have had to move\/reduce the size of all the holes except the one for the regulator mounting boss. The JLRT castings are really nice (as are the couple of David Andrews castings that I have) except for the cab dials which are a bit misshapen and the &#8216;unions&#8217; for where the pipes are proving impossible to drill. The simplest and quickest way was to make some more swarf by turning some more.<\/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\/03\/IMG_00011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"848\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00011-848x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00011-848x1024.jpg 848w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00011-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00011-768x927.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00011.jpg 1233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Turned Cab Dials<\/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\/2023\/03\/IMG_00012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"937\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00012.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00012.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00012-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00012-768x707.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00012-326x300.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Turned Cab Dials<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I realised that I also needed a smaller version<\/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\/03\/IMG_0003-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"902\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0003-3-1024x902.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0003-3-1024x902.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0003-3-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0003-3-768x677.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0003-3-340x300.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0003-3.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Turned Cab Small Dial<\/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\/2023\/03\/IMG_0004-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0004-2-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0004-2-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0004-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0004-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0004-2-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0004-2.jpg 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Turned Cab Small Dial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It made sense while I had the set up to do some for the Rebuilt Scot at the same time.<\/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\/03\/IMG_0001-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"871\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0001-3-1024x871.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0001-3-1024x871.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0001-3-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0001-3-768x653.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0001-3-353x300.jpg 353w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0001-3.jpg 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Turned Cab Dials<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I dug out the mountings and attached the dials to 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\/03\/IMG_00015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00015-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00015-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00015-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00015-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00015-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00015-414x300.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_00015.jpg 1969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mounted Cab Dials<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still working on the back head, because I am using a mixture of David Andrews and Just Like the Real Thing castings, I have had to move\/reduce the 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