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album:December 2016 pics
Our Number 4 lost in its own personal cloud on a snowy day at Dahuichang
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Completed spring pillar cap, machined from solid, compared to the original drawing.
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Paul and Alan with the tender spine channels now cut to length. They're preparing to mark out the sections that will be trimmed out to accommodate drawgear and brakes.
Dave 1 puts the finishing touches to the spring pillar cap.
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Joan in the freezing fog at Llanfair
Paintwork on the loco wheelsets is now complete and looking very smart.
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Axlebox bronzes now machined and ready for fitting to the axleboxes.
Time for shift-change in the den. Come on you lot, get back to work and make room for the rest of us to eat!
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The results of Chris's efforts at the rear of the tender frames. These plates have been trimmed back to make way for the new tender spine and drawgear components.
Dave 2 grinds out a corroded section of the tender frame ready for Andrew to weld repair.
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Will paints the cab window frames that Matt had so painstakingly de-rusted and cleaned.
Newly-made suspension knife edges and pillar cap being painted, along with a window catch, all framed by a cabside window.
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Happy Christmas Number 4!
Axle bearing and axlebox ready for final fitting.
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The edges of the large holes in the tender frame have been neatened up, while the un-necessary holes that had been crudely gas-cut nearby have been plugged, welded and ground flush. The tender frames are already looking much neater and will soon be ready for grit-blasting.
The new spine channels, trial fitted into the tender frame. There's a little fettling still needed but they're looking good. We will add 10mm thick plates to the tops of the old cross-members, which should be flush with the tops of the spine flanges. This will then form a rigid self-supporting tender frame, allowing the new tank to be fitted as a separate structure.
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